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Test Your Thanksgiving Knowledge
Test Your Thanksgiving Knowledge
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Source: https://www.today.com/life/holidays/thanksgiving-trivia-rcna44178
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1
About how many turkeys are consumed each Thanksgiving?
about 100 million
about 20 million
about 10 million
about 45 million
2
What bird inspired Pilgrims naming of the cranberry?
the Sandhill Crane
the Northern Cardinal
the Laughing Gull
the Eastern Wild Turkey
3
Which two NFL teams have played a game on Thanksgiving Day since 1966?
The Pittsburgh Steelers and the Philadelphia Eagles
The New York Jets and the New York Giants
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
The Miami Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons
4
What did the Pilgrims refer to themselves as?
Separatists
Rebels
New Worlders
Sojourners
5
Which U.S. President
FIRST
declared Thanksgiving a national celebration?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Harry Truman
6
What notable Native American served as an interpreter between the Pilgrims and Native Americans?
White Feather
Masopequa
Geronimo
Squanto
7
Which U.S. president was the first to officially pardon a turkey?
Barrack Obama
Dwight Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
George H.W. Bush
8
Which retailer was the first to host a Thanksgiving Day parade?
Macy's
Gimbels
Nordstrom
Bloomingdale's
9
Which Founding Father once proclaimed, “No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day”?
James Madison
Patrick Henry
James Monroe
Alexander Hamilton
10
Which U.S. Founding Father famously called turkeys "a bird of courage"?
Benjamin Franklin
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Rush
John Jay
