HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the United States.

True or False?

FalseIt is also celebrated in

Canada!

The Greek Goddess of Corn is:

(a) Demeter(b) Cornucopia

(c) Ceres(d) Grainophillia

A Demeter

The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade

was:

(a) Montgomery Wards(b) J.C. Penney's

(c) Gimbel's(d) Macy's

(e) None of the above. 

(c) Gimbel's

What is the name of the famous

rock credited to where the

pilgrims first landed?

Plymouth Rock

The Indians who were invited to the Thanksgiving feast were of the Wampanoag

tribe.  Who was their chief?

(a) Massasoit(b) Pemaquid(c) Samoset(d) Squanto

(a) Massasoit

What was the name of the

ship the pilgrims came

over on?

Mayflower

The term "Cornucopia" means what?

(a) Tall Corn(b) Greek God of Corn(c) Horn of Plenty(d) A traditional New England relish

(c) Horn of Plenty

What great American wanted to make the turkey the national symbol instead of the bald eagle?

Benjamin Franklin

What was the original name for the

pilgrims?(a) Puritans or

Separatists(b) Partisans or

Dividians(c) Settlers or

Colonists(d) Journeymen or

Seekers

(a) Puritans or

Separatists

What part of the turkey is saved

and snapped as a superstitious

good luck custom?

Wishbone

Indian corn is for decoration

purposes only and not for cooking. True or False?

True

It is believed that how many pilgrim women

survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

(a) 5(b) 15(c) 25

(a) 5

The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was believed to have lasted how many

days?

(a) 1 day(b) 3 days(c) 7 days

(b) 3 days

Turkeys can drown if they look up in the

rain. True or False?

True

Historians have proven that the pilgrims didn't

really wear those funny hats and buckles on their

shoes. True or False?

True

What do we call a male Turkey?

(a)Tom(b)Henry(c)Jerry

Tom

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) Forks(c) Knives

(b) Forks

How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower?

(a) 92(b) 102(c) 122

(b) 102

Of the original 102 pilgrims that came, approximately how many survived to celebrate the first

Thanksgiving?

(a) 101(b) 50(c) 10

(b) 50

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

(b) Codfish

At the first Thanksgiving,

there were more Indians than there

were pilgrims. True or False?

True

Which of the following was approved table manners at the first

Thanksgiving:(a) To eat with your hands

(b) To spit on the floor(c) To throw bones into the hearth when done

(d) All of these

(d) All of these

True or False: Eating turkey will make you

sleepy.

False

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

(a) Shooting

The first Thanksgiving

football game was started in 1934 by

which team?

(a) Pittsburgh Steelers

(b) Kansas City Chiefs

(c) Detroit Lions

(c) Detroit Lions

In 1621, which of the following foods that we

eat at Thanksgiving today, they DID NOT

serve?(a) Pumpkin Pie

(b) Yams(c) Vegetables

(a) Pumpkin Pie

In 1705 a ship in Colchester, CT port was stuck frozen in the

harbor and so the people delayed Thanksgiving one week so that what item on this ship (important to Thanksgiving)

could be brought ashore?

(a) Tea(b) Molasses(c) Cinnamon

(b) Molasses

Which state produces the most turkeys?

(a) North Carolina(b) North Dakota

(c) Texas(d) California

(a) North Carolina

What do we call a female turkey?

(a)Henrietta(b)Hen

(c)Squaw

Hen

How fast can a turkey run?

(a) 7 mph(b) 11 mph(c) 18 mph(d) 25 mph

(d) 25 mph

How fast can a wild turkey fly?(a) 20 mph(b) 27 mph(c) 45 mph(d) 55 mph

(d) 55 mph

Most of us eat turkey on Thanksgiving. But, how

many eat turkey also as a Christmas meal?

(a) 25%(b) 36%(c) 50%(d) 79%

(c) 50%

All turkeys gobble.

  True or False?

False

Which vegetable did the Pilgrims have but not

use because they believed it was

poisonous?

(a)Potatoes(b)Squash(c) Broccoli(d) Pumpkin

Potatoes

Turkeys are very fluffy with lots of feathers. 

Approximately how many feathers does a full-grown turkey have?

(a) 2,750(b) 3,000(c) 3,500(d) 4,100

(c) 3,500

The dangling skin under a turkey's neck is called?

(a) Wattle(b) Weedle(c) Wuddle(d) Widdle

(a) Wattle

How many calories does the average American consume during Thanksgiving dinner

(this does not include dessert)?

(a)5000-5500 calories(b)4000-4500 calories(c)3000-3500 calories

3000-3500 Calories