THANKSGIVING TRIVIA

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good morning all you early morning cooks just wanted to wish everyone a happy thanksgiving! What are your plans today and what are you thankful for? I decided to post some fun thanksgiving trivia you can share with family and friends today at dinner.

Questions

1) In what year did the first Thanksgiving occur?

2) What Indian tribe was at the first Thanksgiving? who was chief of this tribe?

3) What country other than the United States celebrates Thanksgiving?

4) Who was the first department store to hold a Thanksgiving Day parade?

5) What is the name of the famous rock where the Pilgrims supposedly landed?

6) Which President signed Thanksgiving into Federal holiday status?

7) What does the term cornucopia mean?

8) True or False, it is believed that only 5 women were present at the first Thanksgiving.

9) How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?

10) What utensil was primarily used at that first Thanksgiving?

11) What foods were served at the first thanksgiving?

12) What vegetable did the pilgrims have available for thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?

13) Who was instrumental in declaring Thanksgiving Day a National holiday?

14) What year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade start?

15) What is a baby turkey called?

16) How many Pilgrims were on board the Mayflower?

17) Which of the following were considered acceptable table manners at the First Thanksgiving?

18) Approximately how many feathers does a mature turkey have?

19) Which state produces the most turkeys annually?

20)How fast can wild turkeys run?

Answers

1) 1621.

2) Wampanoag, Massasoit

3) Canada

4) Gimbles in Philadelphia, 1920.

5) Plymouth Rock

6) Franklin D Roosevelt

7) Horn of Plenty

8) True. And they cooked the meal

9) 3

10) Spoons, forks weren’t invented yet.

11) Deer codfish and boiled pumpkin

12) Potatoes

13) Sarah Hale; In 1863, she encouraged Abraham Lincoln to set aside the last Thursday in November as a "day for national thanksgiving and prayer."

14) 1924

15) a poult

16) 102

17) To spit on the ground, to throw bones into the hearth, and to eat with your hands

18) 3,500 feathers

19) North Carolina

20) 25 mph

Trivia taken from various websites