How Well Do You Know Your Thanksgiving Holiday?
How well do you know your Thanksgiving Holiday? Choose your answer and see if you are correct.
- 1.A spooked turkey can run.......
- A.
50 miles an hour
- B.
5 miles an hour
- C.
20 miles an hour
- D.
60 miles an hour
- 2.What utensils did the pilgrims eat with at the first thanksgiving?
- A.
Their hands
- B.
A fork
- C.
A spoon and knife
- D.
A and C
- E.
B and C
- 3.Where did the male "tom" turkey get his name?
- A.
The popular Tom and Jerry Show
- B.
Benjamin Franklin named it after Thomas Jefferson when he would not allow it to be the national bird.
- C.
A tom cat. Wild turkeys were just like wild cats back then. They would roam around and get into fights all teh time.
- 4.What foods were served at the first thanksgiving?
- A.
Dear and Codfish
- B.
Bread, milk and pasteries
- C.
Boiled pumpkins
- D.
A and B
- E.
A and C
- 5.What Indian tribe was invited to spend Thanksgiving with the pilgrims?
- A.
Sioux
- B.
Wampanoag
- C.
Red Sox
- D.
Comanche
- 6.How many degrees can a turkey see with its eyes?
- A.
360 degrees
- B.
100 degrees
- C.
270 degrees
- D.
90 degrees
- 7.What is a baby turkey called?
- A.
A chick
- B.
A squab
- C.
A poult
- D.
A goblet
- 8.What was the name of the Indian chief that helped the pilgrims survive the winter?
- A.
Massasoit
- B.
Geronimo
- C.
Washaki
- D.
Sitting Bull
- 9.How can a turkey drown when it is raining?
- A.
By looking up.
- B.
By getting its beak stuck in the mud.
- C.
By hiding its head between its legs
- 10.What vegetable did the pilgrims have available for thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
- A.
Beans
- B.
Pumpkins
- C.
Tomatoes
- D.
Potatoes
- E.
Cauliflower
- 11.Who was the first president to pardon a turkey from thanksgiving dinner?
- A.
Truman
- B.
Jefferson
- C.
Clinton
- D.
Lincoln
- 12.What percentage of pilgrims who sailed on the mayflower survived to celebrate thanksgiving?
- A.
50%
- B.
100%
- C.
20%
- D.
75%
- 13.Do turkeys have heart attacks?
- A.
Yes
- B.
No
- 14.Which gender of turkey says "gobble, gobble"?
- A.
The female, when she is eating.
- B.
They both do!
- C.
The male, but only seasonally and when going to sleep.
- 15.What does cornucopia mean?
- A.
Horn of plenty.
- B.
The goddesses' blessings.
- C.
May your table always be full and your friends many.
- 16.Who was the first astronaut to eat a turkey dinner on the moon?
- A.
Tom Hanks
- B.
Neil Armstrong
- C.
James Lovell Jr.
- 17.Who was the first president to make Thanksgiving a national holiday?
- A.
Truman
- B.
Lincoln
- C.
Jefferson
- D.
Roosevelt
- 18.How must a cranberry bounce before it is harvested?
- A.
12 inches
- B.
8 inches
- C.
36 inches
- D.
4 inches
- E.
How silly, you don't bounce cranberries you eat them.
- 19.The original thanksgiving lasted how long?
- A.
2 months
- B.
14 days
- C.
7 days
- D.
3 days
- 20.Plymouth Rock is how big today?
- A.
The size of Manhattan
- B.
The size of a car engine.
- C.
The size of Carnegie Hall
- D.
The size of a peanut
- E.
The size of a New York Block
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