Thanksgiving: What do You Know?

What did they eat on the first Thanksgiving Day?

• fish, meat, milk
• fish, turkey, deer
• fish, meat, vegetables
• meat and veggies

In what year did the first Thanksgiving take place?

• 1621

• 1492

• 1500

• 1776

Answer explanation

Where did the first Thanksgiving take place?

• Turkeytown, New Jersey

• Los Angeles, California

• London, England

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

Turkey is a good source of the amino acid, tryptophan, which supposedly does what to people after they eat it?

• causes memory loss for a few hours

• makes them sleepy

• causes uncontrollable laughter

• makes them want to eat pumpkin pie

Pumpkin pie is by far the most popular pie to eat on Thanksgiving, but what pie comes in second?

• chocolate

• apple

• rhubarb

• pecan

There were no kids at the first Thanksgiving.

• True

• False

There was no cranberry sauce at the first Thanksgiving.

• True

• False

When do people celebrate thanksgiving?

• the first Thursday of November
• the fourth Thursday of October
• the fourth Thursday of November
• the first Thursday of October

Why did governor William Bradford proclaim Thanksgiving Day?

• to celebrate the harvest

• to celebrate independence

• to celebrate Victory Day

• to have a rest

Black Friday is the busiest day for plumbers.

• True

• False