Food
While churros are a common dessert in Hispanic populations, it originated from a dish called tueles, by this group.
Who are the Moors?
In 1541, Padre Fray Juan de Padilla called for a feast of prayer and thanksgiving in this canyon, beating out the Plymouth Thanksgiving by 79 years.
What is the Palo Duro Canyon?
The largest diamond ever, weighing 3,106 carats, was found on November 26, 1905 in this country.
What is South Africa?
This country celebrates Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October.
What is Canada?
The names of Columbus’ three ships.
What is the Nina (Santa Clara), Pinta, and Santa Maria (La Gallega)?
Limes originated here.
What is Southeast Asia?
This famous abolitionist is known as “The Mother of Thanksgiving.” She also published the nursery rhyme “Mary had a Little Lamb.”
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
The US election is held in November to accommodate this group.
Who are Farmers?
This president declared Thanksgiving Day as a national holiday
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This Canal opened on November 17, 1869 and allowed travelers to cut through Africa, rather than sail around it.
What is the Suez Canal?
While tomato sauces are generally thought of to be Italian or Indian, this country was the originator of the dish with their tomato dip.
What is Mexico (salsa)?
This disease was caused by an overconsumption of maize that had not gone through the nixtamalization process.
What is Pellagra?
Another name for the full moon in November. It marked the last chance for hunters to set beaver traps.
What is the Beaver Moon?
The term “pilgrim” wasn’t widely used until the 1870s. Before this, they were separatists of this religion.
Who are the Puritan Separatists?
Science has shown that during the last ice age, people journeyed across this ancient land bridge connecting modern-day Russia to modern-day Alaska.
What is the Bering Land Bridge?
Turkeys were brought to this empire and bred to become the plump turkeys we know today.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
Dorcas Reilly was responsible for creating recipes for the back of Campbell’s soup cans in the 1950s. This controversial dish of hers is still being made today.
What is Green Bean Casserole (Green Bean Bake)?
This Hindu New Year Festival symbolizes the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, knowledge over ignorance.
What is Diwali?
This president and founding father did not endorse thanksgiving because he thought his endorsement would amount to a state-sponsored religious holiday.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Chrisopher Columbus believed he made it to the East Indies when he really arrived at this island country.
What is the Bahamas? (look up geography of bahamas)
An agricultural practice used by the Wampanoag where squash, beans, and corn were grown together to support each others growth.
What is the Three Sisters Method?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving parade was held annually until this war because of helium and rubber shortages.
What is World War II?
While Edison is credited with inventing the phonograph (sound recording) in November, this French printer and book seller actually created it 15 years prior.
Who is Edouard-Leon?
This famous American president was the first to “pardon” a turkey on thanksgiving.
Who is JFK?
This Norse explorer came across North America in 1000 AD.
Who is Leif Erickson? (how much earlier did Lief Erickson discover the Americas before Columbus?)