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WorksheetsThanksgiving
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Black Friday is the busiest day for plumbers.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
How many places in the United States are named Turkey?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
3.
Which president declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday?
a)
George Washington
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
Ulysses S. Grant
4.
Thanksgiving is only an American holiday.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
You get groggy after you eat on Thanksgiving because:
a)
The tryptophan in the turkey
b)
You have spent all day cooking
c)
You overate
6.
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was
a)
Macy's
b)
Montgomery Wards
c)
J.C. Penny's
d)
Gimbel's
7.
The color of a turkey’s head and throat will change depending on his mood.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Wild turkeys can run at speeds of up to ____
a)
15 mph
b)
25 mph
c)
30 mph
d)
40 mph
9.
Wild turkeys can fly at speeds of up to ____
a)
10 mph
b)
25 mph
c)
55 mph
d)
70 mph
10.
The longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is:
a)
Spiderman
b)
Superman
c)
Wonder Woman
d)
Barney the Dinosaur
11.
What day of the week is Thanksgiving?
a)
Monday
b)
Saturday
c)
Tuesday
d)
Thursday
12.
What is this?
a)
apple pie
b)
pumpkin pie
c)
banana pie
d)
chocolate pie
13.
What are these?
a)
black berries
b)
blueberries
c)
strawberries
d)
cranberries
14.
Which place is open on Thanksgiving?
a)
bank
b)
school
c)
hospital
d)
library
15.
What is the day after Thanksgiving?
a)
White Friday
b)
Black Saturday
c)
Black Wednesday
d)
Black Friday
16.
What Indian helped the Pilgrims?
a)
Squanto
b)
Pocahontas
c)
Massasoit
d)
Powhatan
17.
What did Squanto teach the Pilgrims to make?
a)
Syrup
b)
Corn
c)
Bread
d)
Turkey
18.
Why did the Pilgrims leave Europe?
a)
They wanted to get rich.
b)
They were looking for a Northwestern Passage to India.
c)
They wanted freedom of religion.
d)
All of the above
19.
Where did the Pilgrims come ashore in North America?
a)
Virginia
b)
Florida
c)
Jamestown
d)
Plymouth
20.
What was the name of the Indian tribe that helped the Pilgrims survive?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Wampanoag
c)
Sasquatch
d)
Tlingit
21.
What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to North America
a)
Nina
b)
Mayflower
c)
Pinta
d)
Santa Maria
22.
When was the first true Thanksgiving?
a)
1621
b)
1776
c)
1492
d)
1623
23.
How many people arrived in Plymouth Rock in 1620?
a)
52
b)
48
c)
102
d)
200
24.
How long was the Pilgrim voyage?
a)
1 year
b)
66 days
c)
2 years
d)
1 month
25.
Who attended the first Thanksgiving?
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Native Americans
c)
Pilgrims and Wampanoags
d)
Americans and Native Americans
26.
What did the Wampanoags teach the Pilgrims?
a)
How to hunt and grow crops
b)
How to trade
c)
How to sew
d)
how to fish
27.
In the US Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated on the 4th _______ of November.
a)
Wednesday
b)
Friday
c)
Sunday
d)
Thursday
28.
Which gender of the Turkey says "GOBBLE GOBBLE"?
a)
MALE
b)
FEMALE
29.
Which country consumes the most turkeys?
a)
United States
b)
Israel
c)
Canada
d)
Australia
30.
Which balloon was the first balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade in 1927?
a)
Felix the Cat
b)
Mickey Mouse
c)
Popeye
d)
Snoopy
31.
What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?
a)
Wishbone in the neck
b)
Thigh bone
c)
Collar bone
d)
Drumstick
32.
Which ocean did the pilgrims cross?
a)
The Pacific
b)
The Arctic
c)
The Atlantic
33.
Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
a)
corn
b)
string beans
c)
potatoes
34.
What is the name of the famous rock thought to be where the pilgrims first landed?
a)
White Rock
b)
Plymouth Rock
c)
Big Rock
d)
Sock Rock
35.
Approximately how many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States?
a)
100 million
b)
280 million
c)
500 million
36.
What is the name of the skin that hangs off the turkey's neck?
a)
snark
b)
wattle
c)
gobbler
37.
What are male turkeys called?
a)
toms
b)
bobs
c)
harrys
38.
The term "Cornucopia" means what?
a)
tall corn
b)
horn of plenty
c)
greek god of corn
39.
What sport is commonly associated with Thanksgiving?
a)
football
b)
soccer
c)
baseball
40.
Who was the captain of the Mayflower?
a)
Marcos Smith
b)
Robert Soot
c)
Christopher Jones
d)
Squanto
41.
In what month is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
a)
December
b)
November
c)
September
d)
October
42.
In what year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?
a)
1950
b)
1909
c)
1924
d)
1971
43.
How many pilgrim women survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621?
a)
40
b)
15
c)
13
d)
25
44.
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last in 1621?
a)
1
b)
4
c)
2
d)
3
45.
In the 1600's, which utensil didn't the pilgrims have to eat their Thanksgiving meal?
a)
fork
b)
knife
c)
spoon
46.
What season is Thanksgiving in?
a)
Spring
b)
Summer
c)
Winter
d)
Fall
47.
Where did Thanksgiving start?
a)
West
b)
South
c)
Northwest
d)
New England
48.
TV dinners were created as the result of a 26 ton turkey surplus.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
49.
When did Thanksgiving become an official holiday?
a)
2016
b)
1941
c)
1621
d)
1774
50.
While on their voyage....
a)
they ran out of food.
b)
a storm blew them off course.
c)
a whale ran into their ship.
d)
the sails ripped.
51.
What was the first year like for the Pilgrims?
a)
Very hard, many Pilgrims died.
b)
They had a plentiful harvest.
c)
They ran into Abraham Lincoln
52.
Approximately what percentage of American homes eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
a)
10%
b)
40%
c)
50%
d)
90%
53.
What food was likely NOT served at the first Thanksgiving?
a)
venison (deer)
b)
pie
c)
corn
d)
swan
54.
Which president was the first to 'pardon' a turkey?
a)
Harry Truman
b)
Bill Clinton
c)
Theodore Roosevelt
d)
Richard Nixon
55.
How many places in the United States are named Turkey?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
56.
What season did the Pilgrims start to come to America?
a)
winter
b)
spring
c)
summer
57.
Why did the Pilgrims die?
a)
no food
b)
cold
c)
sick
d)
all of the above
58.
What did the Pilgrims eat a lot of?
a)
fish
b)
turkey
59.
True or False
Turkeys often sleep in trees during the night.
Turkeys often sleep in trees during the night.
a)
True
b)
False
60.
Where did the Pilgrims sail from?
a)
United States
b)
Atlantic
c)
Mayflower
d)
England
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