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WorksheetsFun facts about Thanksgiving
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Black Friday is the busiest day for
a)
retailers
b)
plumbers
c)
emergency rooms
d)
couch potatos
2.
What famous food item is famous because of the Thanksgiving of 1953 and 26 tons of extra turkey?
a)
tater tots
b)
cranberry sauce
c)
frozen dinners
d)
turkey salad
3.
Which state does NOT have a city named Turkey?
a)
Idaho
b)
Texas
c)
Louisiana
d)
North Carolina
4.
When Abe Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, it was thanks to the tireless efforts of a magazine editor named Sarah Josepha Hale. Her other claim to fame? She also wrote the nursery rhyme
a)
Jimmy Cracked Corn
b)
Humpty Dumpty
c)
Jack Jumped Over the Candlestick
d)
Mary Had a Little Lamb
5.
Only male turkeys, called toms, gobble. Females, called hens,
a)
scream
b)
yell
c)
cackle
d)
holler
6.
Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird. An eagle, he wrote in a letter to his daughter, had ___________. A turkey, on the other hand, was a "much more respectable bird."
a)
too much wing span
b)
a white head, so he looked too old
c)
ugly talons
d)
bad moral character
7.
Thanksgiving is not just an American holiday. Canadians celebrate it too. Except they do it the second Monday in _________.
a)
September
b)
December
c)
August
d)
October
8.
Break out the menurkeys: The first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving happened on the same day in ______ for the first time since 1888. Scientists say the confluence won't occur again for another 70,000 years, give or take a millennium.
a)
2000
b)
2013
c)
1999
d)
1986
9.
A turkey less than 12-weeks-old is called a ___________.
a)
poultry
b)
fry
c)
chick
d)
fryer-roaster
10.
Why is it called a turkey? Back in the day, the Europeans took a liking to the guinea fowls imported to the continent. Since the birds were imported by ________ merchants, the English called them turkeys. Later, when the Spaniards came to America, they found a bird that tasted like those guinea fowls. When they were sent to Europe, the English called these birds "turkeys" as well.
a)
Spanish
b)
European
c)
Indian
d)
Turkish
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