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Potpourri
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What kind of potatoes do people usually make for Thanksgiving dinner?
Mashed potatoes or Sweet potatoes
1
What do people like to do on the Friday after Thanksgiving? It is called Black Friday.
Christmas shop
1
This animal is the main food that is ate on Thanksgiving.
Turkeys
1
When does the United States celebrate Thanksgiving? (day/month)
4th Thursday of November
1
Name the popular green vegetable often made into a casserole on Thanksgiving?
Green Beans
1
Male Turkeys are called?
Toms
2
What is the most popular dessert at Thanksgiving dinner?
Pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert.
2
What is a popular sport that people play or watch on Thanksgiving?
football
2
What was the name of the ship/boat that traveled from England to America?
Mayflower
2
Captain John Smith found which colony in Virginia?
Jamestown
2
What is the name of the place that the Pilgrims settled?
Plymouth
2
Which meat did Native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?
Deer
3
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest turkey weighed how much? 60, 70, 80, 90
80 pounds
3
Where is the famous Thanksgiving Day parade located?
New York City
3
Who were the English people who came to the United States in 1620?
The Pilgrims
3
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
A) 1681
B)1642
C)1621
D)1617
C) 1621
3
What part of the turkey is pulled by two people and the person that has the bigger piece will have good luck or their wish granted?
Wishbone
3
How many miles long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?
2 miles
2 1/2 miles
3 miles
2 1/2 miles
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What do you call the "sauce" that is popular to put on your mashed potatoes?
gravy
4
What are two things you can see if you watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade?
Balloons, bands, floats
4
This group of people helped the Pilgrims survive the first winter in America.
Native Americans
4
Which Native American tribe took part in the first Thanksgiving feast?
The Wampanoag
4
What do you call the horn shaped container of fruits, flowers, or nuts often seen on dinner tables at Thanksgiving.
cornucopia
4
This holiday figure is at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
Santa Claus
5
What is the name of the red fruit that is often served at Thanksgiving dinner? (used as a sauce to put on top of turkey)
Cranberries.
5
What is the name of this Holiday thanksgiving movie?
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
5
Which of these U.S. Presidents made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863.
President George Bush,
President Abraham Lincoln
President Calvin Coolidge
President Abraham Lincoln
5
Which Founding Father wanted the Turkey to be our national bird rather than the Bald Eagle?
Benjamin Franklin
5
What is the part of the turkey that hangs down under it's chin called?
wattle
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President George H.W. Bush started the tradition of pardoning turkeys on Thanksgiving.
Saving a turkey from being dinner.
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