Thanksgiving Fun

What Indian helped the Pilgrims?

• Squanto
• Pocahontas
• Massasoit
• Powhatan

What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to North America

• Nina
• Mayflower
• Pinta
• Santa Maria

The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was:

• Montgomery Wards
• Macy's 
• Gimbel's
• Wal-Mart

The first Thanksgiving lasted how many days?

• 3 days
• 5 days
• 1 week 
• 2 weeks

How many turkeys are cooked each Thanksgiving in the US?

• 20 million
• 32 million
• 45 million
• 111 million

Every year a turkey gets pardoned by the president of the United States.  Who was the first president to do this?

• Dwight Eisenhower
• Harry Truman
• James Monroe
• Abe Lincoln

The word "turkey" comes from the Hebrew word, "Tukki" which means...

• Big bird
• Wild bird
• Yummy bird
• Turk's bird

What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?

• the neck
• the leg
• the wishbone
• the wing

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Black Friday is the busiest day for 

• retailers
• plumbers
• emergency rooms
• couch potatos

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Which state does NOT have a city named Turkey?

• Idaho
• Texas
• Louisiana
• North Carolina