Turkey Time
What sound does a turkey make?
Gobble :)
What ship brought the Pilgrims to America?
Mayflower
Which big parade happens every Thanksgiving morning?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
What city has hosted the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the U.S.?
Philadelphia
What other countries celebrate thanksgiving (or something extremely similar)??
Name two!
🇨🇦 Canada
Celebrated on the second Monday in October
Very similar to the U.S. version (turkey, harvest, gratitude)
🇱🇮 Liberia
Founded by freed American slaves
Celebrated the first Thursday of November
Focuses on gratitude, church events, and feasts
🇬🇩 Grenada
Celebrated on October 25
Commemorates the 1983 U.S. intervention
Includes thanksgiving prayers and celebrations
🇩🇪 Germany — Erntedankfest
“Harvest Thanks Festival”
Usually in September or October
Big church services, parades, and vegetables instead of turkey
🇯🇵 Japan — Labor Thanksgiving Day
Celebrated on November 23
Originally a harvest festival
Now focuses on gratitude for work and community service
🇰🇷 South Korea — Chuseok
Major harvest celebration
Big family meals, ancestral rituals, gift-giving
Often compared to Thanksgiving
🇨🇳 China/Taiwan — Mid-Autumn Festival
Mooncakes, harvest celebrations, family gatherings
Not “Thanksgiving” but similar themes of gratitude & harvest
🇬🇭 Ghana — Homowo Festival
Celebrated by the Ga people
Harvest celebration with dancing, drumming, feasts
✔️ Countries with Thanksgiving-inspired celebrations
Netherlands: A small Thanksgiving service in Leiden (Pilgrims lived there before sailing to America)
Australia (Norfolk Island only): Celebrated since American whalers brought it in the 1800s
United Kingdom: Some churches hold American-style Thanksgiving services
Brazil: National Day of Thanksgiving (Dia de Ação de Graças) in November, inspired by the U.S.
What do you call a baby turkey?
Poult
Which president made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
True or False: Turkeys can blush.
True
In what year did the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade take place?
1924
Which state grows the most cranberries in the U.S.?
Wisconsin (Massachusetts is 2nd!)
What is the red dangly part under a turkey’s neck called?
A wattle
Which Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims?
The Wampanoag
What animal did Benjamin Franklin want as the national bird?
The turkey
How many towns in America are named Turkey
Not a solid number but most sources say 3-4
There is a U.S. town that celebrates Thanksgiving every single month of the year. What state is it in?
Virginia (Town of Turkey, VA — celebrates “Turkey Day” monthly)
How fast can a Turkey fly?
Up to 55mph
What year was the “first Thanksgiving”?
1621
What is it called when the president “saves” a turkey each year?
A turkey pardon
How many Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
(Ratio or percentage)
Around nine-in-ten Americans (91%) celebrate Thanksgiving
On what remote Massachusetts island did the Pilgrims briefly land before Plymouth, but left because of a “strange cry in the woods”?
Clark’s Island (in Plymouth Bay)
What is the scientific name of the wild turkey?
Meleagris gallopavo
How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?
3 days
What Christmas song was actually made for thanksgiving?
"Jingle Bells" ( og name was One Horse Open Sleigh)
Composer James Pierpont originally wrote "Jingle Bells" in 1857 as a song for children celebrating Thanksgiving, not Christmas
What famous American writer campaigned for making Thanksgiving a national holiday for 17 years?
Sarah Josepha Hale
Which state had a town once move thanksgiving because of pumpkin pie
Colchester, Connecticut