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Thanksgiving Trivia

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was the celebration that is most commonly considered to be the first Thanksgiving?

a)

1622

b)

1621

c)

1623

d)

1625

2.

How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?

a)

2 days

b)

1 day

c)

3 days

d)

4 days

3.

Under which president did Thanksgiving become an annual holiday?

a)

Ulysses S. Grant

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

Andrew Johnson

d)

Abraham Lincoln

4.

In what decade did both the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade start?

a)

1930s

b)

1940s

c)

1920s

d)

1950s

5.

Which president was the first to give a turkey a presidential pardon?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

George Bush

c)

John F. Kennedy

d)

Ronald Reagan

6.

Which state raises the most turkeys?

a)

Michigan

b)

Missouri

c)

Montana

d)

Minnesota

7.

Is it the female turkeys or the male turkeys that gobble?

a)

Male

b)

Female

8.

In what city and state was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

a)

Salem, Massachusetts

b)

Watertown, Massachusetts

c)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

d)

Medford, Massachusetts

9.

Which two football teams took part in the first ever NFL Thanksgiving Day Football Game?

a)

Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers

b)

Chicago Bears and the Cincinnati Reds

c)

Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears

10.

Who was president when it was first established that Thanksgiving Day would be on the fourth Thursday of November?

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Lyndon B. Johnson

d)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

11.

Which seventies TV show had a Thanksgiving episode which included a "Turkey Drop"?

a)

Happy Days

b)

Three's Company

c)

Laverne and Shirley

d)

WQRP in Cincinnati

12.

What are baby turkeys called?

a)

Pults

b)

Snood

c)

Turklings

d)

A and C

13.

How many feathers will turkeys have at maturity?

a)

3500

b)

1500

c)

8000

d)

5000

14.

What is the red growth ground at the base of the beak and which hangs down over the beak called?

a)

Wattle

b)

Hood

c)

Snood

d)

Beard

15.

What state produces the most pumpkin?

a)

California

b)

Tennessee

c)

Illinois

d)

Texas

16.

What is the most common time to eat Thanksgiving dinner?

a)

12pm

b)

1pm

c)

2pm

d)

3pm

17.

What is the most popular type of pie eaten on Thanksgiving? (according to foodbeast.com)

a)

Cherry

b)

Pumpkin

c)

Strawberry

d)

Apple

18.

Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the United States.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

The term "Cornucopia" means what?

a)

Tall Corn

b)

Greek God of Corn

c)

Horn of Plenty

d)

A Traditional New England relish

20.

The real Plymouth rock is cracked, true or false?

a)

True

b)

False