History.com Bet You Didn't Know About Thanksgiving

Question 1

Traditional Thanksgiving foods TODAY include all of the following except...

Accepted Answer

venison.

Question 2

Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is the largest parade.

Accepted Answer

This is a fact.

Question 3

About how many years after pilgrims arrived did Thanksgiving become a "thing" ?

Accepted Answer

200 years.

Question 4

The Mayflower left _____, England in 1620.

Accepted Answer

Plymouth

Question 5

On Thanksgiving Day, _____ are ubiquitous.

Accepted Answer

parades, football games, retail sales

Question 6

By "pardoning" a Thanksgiving turkey, the U.S. President

Accepted Answer

saves a bird from being cooked.

Question 7

Roosevelt once moved Thanksgiving to the 3rd Thursday in November to

Accepted Answer

allow stores more time to sell product for the holidays.

Question 8

Traditional Thanksgiving day activities include

Accepted Answer

watching football games., overeating., volunteering.

Question 9

The first Thanksgiving took place in what year?

Accepted Answer

1621

Question 10

The first Thanksgiving feast was a celebration of

Accepted Answer

the successful first corn harvest.

Question 11

Sarah Hale sent letters to politicians to make Thanksgiving a holiday - it took her ___ years!

Accepted Answer

30 years.

Question 12

Who proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day be held in each state?

Accepted Answer

Lincoln

Question 13

The pilgrim's first thanksgiving feast probably included

Accepted Answer

duck., venison.

Questions 13