History of Thanksgiving

When is Thanksgiving Day celebrated every year in the United States?

• November 26th

• The 4th Thursday of November

• The second Monday of October

• Once a month

When did Martin Frobisher celebrate the first Thanksgiving (in Canada)?

• 2020

• 1776

• 1578

• 1994

What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?

• the Iroquois

• the Wampanoag

• the Cherokee

What year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated in America?

• 1621

• 2004

• 1992

• 1800

Why did the pilgrims have a feast to celebrate being "thankful?"

• They were happy to be alive after their trip to America on the Mayflower

• They were happy to have met the Native Americans

How may pilgrims survived the trip on the Mayflower on their journey to America?

• All of them

• 75% of them

• only half of them

What year did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade first start?

• 1901

• 1624

• 2020

• 1924

Have you ever watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?

• yes

• no

Approximately how many turkey are eaten every year on Thanksgiving?

• 46 thousand

• 46 billion

• 46 million

Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey making it a tradition?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• John F. Kennedy

• George Bush