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Fact or Fowl

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
  1. Which national figure wanted the turkey to be our national bird.
a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Frederick Douglas

d)

Squanto

2.

The "First Thanksgiving" lasted how many days?

a)

3 days

b)

one day

c)

5 days

d)

30 days

3.

Baby turkeys are called?

a)

poults

b)

joeys

c)

pups

d)

kids

4.

This lady urged President Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday. She also wrote the popular song, "Mary Had a Little Lamb?

a)

Helen Keller

b)

Betsy Ross

c)

Florence Nightingale

d)

Sarah Hale

5.

A cranberry is ripe when it...

a)

turns bright red

b)

is soft to the touch

c)

bounces

d)

tastes sweet

6.

In order to strengthen the economy by lengthening the holiday shopping season, this President moved Thanksgiving up from the 4th Thursday in November to the 3rd.

a)

John F. Kennedy

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Harry Truman

d)

Gerald Ford

7.

The first "Black Friday," named in hopes that retailers would pull in enough profit to be in the "black," took when & where?

a)

1960 Philadelphia

b)

1975 California

c)

1977 Miami

d)

1989 Minnesota

8.

The First Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, held in 1924 was filled with...

a)

Costumed Disney characters

b)

Small floats of cartoon characters

c)

Actors from the latest Broadway show

d)

Live animals from the zoo

9.

What is the flap of skin hanging off of a turkey's chin called?

a)

"wattle"

b)

"wafle"

c)

"glotus"

d)

"flappus"

10.

Besides being grateful, the best thing about Thanksgiving is...

a)

Eating

b)

Football

c)

Black Friday

d)

A week off work