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WorksheetsThanksgiving Trivia 1
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What service personnel are most in demand on Black Friday?
a)
electricians
b)
plumbers
c)
refuse workers
d)
cable service people
2.
What was born in the 1950s due to Thanksgiving?
a)
television
b)
radio
c)
tv dinners
d)
canned cranberries
3.
Who Was the person responsible for convincing Abraham Lincoln to create a National Day of Thanksgiving?
a)
Dolly Madison
b)
US Grant
c)
Sarah Hale
d)
Clara Barton
4.
Only male turkeys gobble. What do female turkeys do?
a)
yodel
b)
cackle
c)
high level screech
d)
they say teh, teh, teh
5.
Name the first President who proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in November.
a)
Warren Harding
b)
Theodore Roosevelt
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Andrew Jackson
6.
Name the President who moved Thanksgiving due to a request from the National Retail Goods Assoc.
a)
Dwight Eisenhower
b)
Herbert Hoover
c)
Franklin Roosevelt
d)
Grover Cleveland
7.
Who preferred the turkey as our national bird?
a)
George Washington
b)
John Hancock
c)
Frank Rizzo
d)
Ben Franklin
8.
Which of the following foods was likely served at the First Thanksgiving?
a)
Romolos
b)
cranberries
c)
potatoes
d)
shell fish
9.
Which of the following is NOT true of turkeys?
a)
Turkey meat has more protein than beef.
b)
Wild turkeys cannot fly.
c)
Wild turkeys can run up to 25mph.
d)
Males weigh twice as much as females.
10.
Which dept. store was responsible for the first Thanksgiving parade?
a)
Macys NYC
b)
Gimbels Philly
c)
Garfinkels DC
d)
Hudsons Detroit
11.
What NFL team hosted the first Thanksgiving Day game?
a)
New York Giants
b)
Detroit Lions
c)
Pittsburgh Steelers
d)
Philadelphia Eagles
12.
Which part of the turkey meat has the fewest calories?
a)
Dark
b)
White
13.
Where does Thanksgiving fall in popularity of major US holidays?
a)
First
b)
Second
c)
Third
d)
Fourth
14.
This song was originally written as a Thanksgiving song.
a)
Little Drummer Boy
b)
Deck the Halls
c)
Jingle Bells
d)
Silver Bells
15.
More than 100 yrs ago, City of Erie schools closed so students could help harvest what crop of Presque Isle?
a)
concord grapes
b)
yams
c)
cranberries
d)
wild strawberries
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