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Random Thanksgiving Trivia
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1
Who
made Thanksgiving an official holiday?
The Pilgrims
Benjamin Franklin
Herbert Hoover
Abraham Lincoln
2
What are most turkey feathers used for after the turkey is plucked?
It is made into clothing
It is made into bedding (pillows and blankets)
It is made into carpets
It is made into animal feed
3
Who created green bean casserole?
the native Americans
the pilgrims
Campbell's Soup Company
the British
4
During Chuseok, the Korean Thanksgiving / harvest festival, they traditionally eat a stuffed food but it isn’t a turkey.
Nori
Dumplings
Rice cakes
Pasta
5
What state consumes the most turkey every Thanksgiving?
Minnesota
California
Oregon
New York
6
How does both Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude?
With Santa Clause Arriving
With the Easter Bunny
With Free Turkeys for Everyone
With a Turkey Float
7
When did the tradition of Thanksgiving football begin?
1842
1981
1950
1934
8
What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?
A squishy
A snood
A gullet
A wobbly
9
In what month did the very first Thanksgiving celebration likely take place?
July
September
October
November
10
Does turkey really make people sleepy?
yes
no
11
How many turkeys are eaten each Thanksgiving?
46 million
4 billion
4 million
600 million
12
This meat was eaten at the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
chicken
deer and seafood
turkey
ham
13
What state raises the most turkeys?
Washington
California
Minnesota
Maine
14
Only male turkeys actually gobble.
True
False
15
What are turkey chicks called?
Goslings
Ducklings
Pults
Fawns
16
When
was Thanksgiving an official holiday?
1863
1621
1776
1645
17
How long was the first Thanksgiving?
5 days
Three days
One day
1 month
18
TV dinners were created to do something with all the leftover frozen Thanksgiving turkeys.
false
true
19
What culture produced the idea of the cornucopia, the horn of plenty?
Greek culture
Roman culture
American culture
Native American culture
20
What was featured in the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1924?
millions of live turkeys
floats made of flowers
giant balloon animals
live zoo animals
21
When was the first traditional pumpkin pie made? (as we know them today)
1800s
1700s
1600s
1900s
22
The cranberry used to be called the _________________.
cherry berry
rose berry
crane berry
red berry
23
What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
The Apache
The Wampanoag
The Ohlone
The Cherokee
24
Which utensil was
NOT
present at the first Thanksgiving feast?
fork
spoon
knife
napkin
25
Who was the first president to make it a tradition to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving?
John Kennedy
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
George Bush Sr.
