Thanksgiving Traditions
The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving
What is American football?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
What is pumpkin?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
When you celebrate Thanksgiving with your friend either in place of or in addition to celebrating with your family.
What is Friendsgiving?
The name of the 2020 turkey pardoned by the big turkey (Trump)
Corn
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620
Who were Pilgrims?
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England
What is religious persecution?
True or False: Eating turkey makes you sleepy
What is false?
While it's true that studies show the amino acid tryptophan causes drowsiness in lab rats, turkey doesn't contain enough to make much of a difference in humans. So if you're in need of a snooze after your Thanksgiving feast, you can blame all those calories—and probably dessert, too—rather than the bird.
The first president to "pardon" a turkey
Who is John F Kennedy?
When we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving every year
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving
Who are Native Americans? Wampanoag tribe
The number of Pilgrim women who were at the first Thanksgiving
What is four?
The most popular alternative to turkey.
What is ham?
This U.S. president sent his pardoned Turkey to a petting zoo.
Nixon
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday?
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family
What is a wild turkey?
The month the first Thanksgiving most likely took place
What is September?
The red, loose skin under a turkey's head
What is a wattle?
This U.S. president formalized the Turkey Pardoning tradition
George H.W. Bush formalized the turkey pardoning tradition in 1989.
The Thanksgiving Day event in New York City where there are large balloons, marching bands, singers, and dancers
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables
What is a cornucopia?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this long.
What is 3-days long?
The average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving
4500
The US President who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The most common reason plumbers are called on Thanksgiving or the day before.
What is a backed up sink?
(potato peels are often the culprit)
The first crop the Native Americans taught the Pilgrims how to grow
What is corn?
A writer of the Constitution who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The number of turkeys prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year. The answer is in millions. Guess within a 5 million range.
What is 46 million?
This president was the first to receive a ceremonial turkey from the National Turkey Federation.
Harry Truman