TURKEY TRIVIA

Turkey Facts

100

This is the thing in turkey that makes you sleepy.

What is Tryptophan?

200

This state raises the most Turkeys.

What is Minnesota?

300

These are the only turkeys that actually gobble. 

What are male turkeys? 

400

These three states have towns called "Turkey."

What are Texas, North Carolina, and Louisiana?

500

This is the name of bb turkeys?

What are pults/turkeylings?

That's So Random

100

The first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade featured these three animals from Central Park Zoo?

What are Bears, Camels, and Elephants?

200

Cranberries are also known as ___________.

What are bounceberries?

300

This is the average amount of calories consumed during thanksgiving dinner. 

What is 4500?

400

This is the official name of the wishbone.

What is a furcula? 

500

Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday on the fourth Thursday of November, a date that coincided with (and eventually superseded) this adjacent holiday. 

What is Evacuation Day? 

*A celebration of the exodus of British troops after the Revolutionary War. 

Prezzies

100

This president declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday.

Who is Abe Lincoln?

200

This President pardoned the first turkey.

Who is John F. Kennedy?

300

This President wanted the turkey to be our national bird (instead of an eagle).

Who is Ben Franklin?

400

This President refused to proclaim Thanksgiving as a National Holiday.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

*He was a staunch supporter of separation of church and state and viewed Thanksgiving as a religious holiday. 

500

This President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present.

Who is Calvin Coolidge?

My First Time

100

This tribe of Native Americans celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims after having shared food through a tough winter and in exchange for protection against another tribe. 

What is the Wampanoag tribe?

200

This Native American acted as an interpreter at the first Thanksgiving.

Who is Squanto?

Tisquantum (Squanto) learned English after being captured by settlers and sold into slavery in Spain. He travelled to England and eventually returned home before the arrival of the Mayflower. 

300

This is the month that the first Thanksgiving probably took place.

What is September?

400

This is the number of women who attended the first Thanksgiving.

What is five?

500

This is the name that the Wampanoag use to refer to the epidemic brought by the pilgrims that wiped out 80-90% of the native population.

What is 'The Great Interruption?' 

Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

100

This is the duration of the first Thanksgiving.

What is three days?

200

Thanksgiving is celebrated on this day in Canada.

What is the second Monday in October? 

300

This meat was likely consumed at the first Thanksgiving. 

Hint: Not turkey.

What is venison/deer?

400

This is the meaning of Cornucopia.

What is Horn of Plenty?

500

Many people believe that the first Thanksgiving took place at Plymouth, MA. However, locals in this town in Virginia vehemently argue that the first Thanksgiving took place there. 

What is Berkeley Hundred?