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Happy Thanksgiving!. Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the United States. True or False?. False It is also celebrated in Canada!. The Greek Goddess of Corn is : ( a) Demeter (b) Cornucopia (c) Ceres (d) Grainophillia. A Demeter. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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