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fall facts

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Benjamin Franklin wished the turkey was the national bird.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

"Jingle Bells" was originally a Thanksgiving Day song.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

Thanksgiving was once celebrated on the _______ Thursday in November.

a)

1

b)

4

c)

3

d)

2

4.

Fall is not a peak migration time for many species of birds.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Squirrels get smarter

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

maybe so

d)

maybe something else

6.

Autumn used to be called___________

a)

autumn

b)

harvest

c)

christmas

d)

halloween

7.

Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving holiday in_______________

a)

1864

b)

1861

c)

1863

d)

1869

8.

Americans eat roughly ________ million pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving.

a)

534

b)

539

c)

600

d)

535

9.

Pumpkin spice has nothing to do with pumpkins.

a)

false

b)

true

10.

Fall colors are not caused by the amount of sugar in leaves.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Originally, Thanksgiving may not have been celebrated in November at all

a)

true

b)

false

12.

In ___________, President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the date of Thanksgiving to one week earlier.

a)

1990

b)

1939

c)

1985

d)

1967

13.

A woman named _____________ lobbied Congress for years to make Thanksgiving an official holiday

a)

Millie Bobby Brown

b)

Emily Hale Jo

c)

Sara Josepha Hale

d)

Maddie Jose hale

14.

Thanksgiving Day football games began in the 1870s.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in __________ featured live animals from the Central Park Zoo.

a)

1954

b)

1934

c)

1944

d)

1924