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WorksheetsTyson'sThanksgiving Trivia
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the United States.True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
2.
The Greek Goddess of Corn is:
a)
Demeter
b)
Cornucopia
c)
Ceres
d)
Grainophillia
3.
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was:
a)
Montgomery Wards
b)
J.C. Penney's
c)
Gimbel's
d)
Macy's
4.
Which President was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the 4th Thursday in November?
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
5.
In Canada, they celebrate Thanksgiving in what month?
a)
November
b)
October
c)
September
d)
May
6.
The term "Cornucopia" means what?
a)
Tall Corn
b)
Greek God of Corn
c)
Horn of Plenty
d)
A traditional New England relish
7.
The pilgrims took beer with them on their voyage. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Butterball says that when making your turkey stuffing, you should have all the ingredients already cooked before you put it into the bird. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
9.
The real Plymouth rock is cracked, true or false?
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Indian corn is for decoration purposes only and not for cooking. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
In what year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?
a)
1864
b)
1894
c)
1904
d)
1924
12.
Thanksgiving is a religious holiday. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Butterball says the best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is:
a)
Breast
b)
Thigh
c)
Top of Leg
d)
At an angle so it hits both the meat and stuffing
14.
WHY is the male turkey often referred to as "Tom Turkey?"
a)
Because it's more politically correct than using the word cock for male. (Hen is a female turkey btw)
b)
After Thomas Jefferson
c)
Because Indians would catch them bypounding on tom-tom drums and lure them into traps.
d)
From an 18th century political cartoon.
15.
It is believed that how many pilgrim women survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
a)
5
b)
15
c)
25
d)
30
16.
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was believed to have lasted how many days?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
5
d)
7
17.
Every year the President of the US pardons a turkey and it goes to a public farm called Frying Pan Park, Herndon, VA. Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?
a)
President Andrew Jackson
b)
President Millard Fillmore
c)
President Harry Truman
d)
President Warren Harding
18.
Before being harvested and sold, an individual cranberry must bounce at least how many inches high to make sure they aren't too ripe?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
19.
The first meal eaten on the moon by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren was a roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Which balloon was the first balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:
a)
Mickey Mouse
b)
Felix the Cat
c)
Betty Boop
d)
Superman
21.
Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The following towns with "turkey" in their names, are really towns in the United States. Turkey, Texas, Turkey Creek, Louisianna, Turkey, North Carolina and Turkey Feather, New Mexico. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Back in the early 1600's, the pilgrims didn't have which of the following utensils to eat their Thanksgiving meal with?
a)
Spoons
b)
Knives
c)
Forks
24.
How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower?
a)
92
b)
102
c)
122
d)
132
25.
How long was the voyage from England to the New World?
a)
66 days
b)
100 days
c)
125 days
d)
156 days
26.
Of the original 102 pilgrims that came, approximately how many survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
a)
101
b)
50
c)
10
d)
none
27.
Which of the following foods that we normally do not eat today at Thanksgiving, was an original food that the pilgrims ate back in 1600's?
a)
Roast beef
b)
Codfish
c)
Ham
28.
At the first Thanksgiving, there were more Indians than there were pilgrims. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
29.
Back in the early Thanksgiving celebrations, they also liked sporting events and took bets. Of course it wasn't football back then. Which sport was it?
a)
Shooting
b)
Archery
c)
Knife throwing
30.
The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team?
a)
Pittsburgh Steelers
b)
Kansas City Chiefs
c)
Detroit Lions
d)
Philadelphia Eagles
31.
The turkey is considered a sacrificial bird in which country?
a)
Turkey
b)
Japan
c)
Mexico
d)
India
32.
How fast can a turkey run?
a)
7 mph
b)
11 mph
c)
18 mph
d)
25 mph
33.
How fast can a wild turkey fly?
a)
20 mph
b)
30 mph
c)
45 mph
d)
55mph
34.
All turkeys gobble. True or False?
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Baby turkeys are called?
a)
chicks
b)
poults
c)
Tommies
d)
they do not have a name
36.
This part of the turkey turns bright red when he's upset or during courtship:
a)
Top of His Head
b)
Snood
c)
Tips of feathers
d)
Eyes
37.
Turkeys are very fluffy with lots of feathers. Approximately how many feathers does a full-grown turkey have?
a)
2750
b)
3000
c)
3500
d)
4100
38.
The dangling skin under a turkey's neck is called?
a)
Wattle
b)
Weedle
c)
Wuddle
d)
Widdle
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