Thanksgiving Day Article Quiz

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated in which two countries?

• United States and Canada

• United States and Mexico

• Canada and Mexico

• United States and England

The traditional Thanksgiving meal typically includes which of the following?

• Turkey, bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie

• Ham, rice, beans, and apple pie

• Chicken, pasta, salad, and chocolate cake

• Fish, chips, peas, and lemon tart.

Thanksgiving Day did not become an official holiday until which group dominated the federal government?

• Northerners

• Southerners

• Westerners

• Easterners

Fill in the blank: President Franklin D. Roosevelt attempted to extend the ____ shopping season by moving Thanksgiving.

• Christmas

• Easter

• Halloween

• New Year

What was the first Thanksgiving Day football game played between?

• Yale vs Harvard

• Yale vs Princeton

• Harvard vs Princeton

• Yale vs Columbia

In what year did Gimbel’s department store in Philadelphia stage a parade with Santa Claus?

• 1918

• 1920

• 1922

• 1924

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City has continued the tradition since ____.

• 1920

• 1924

• 1927

• 1930

Thanksgiving Day has come to symbolize intercultural ____. A) war B) peace C) conflict D) tension.

• war

• peace

• conflict

• tension

The earliest celebration of Thanksgiving in Canada was held in ____.

• 1578

• 1879

• 1920

• 1957

Who is mentioned at the rear of the procession in the Gimbel’s department store parade?

• The Easter Bunny

• Santa Claus

• The Tooth Fairy

• The Great Pumpkin