Thanksgiving Trivia Quiz
1) True of False. The United States is the only country that celebrates
Thanksgiving.
2) Which department store sponsored the first Thanksgiving Day
parade?
a. Macy’s
b. Gimbel’s
c. Sears & Roebuck
3) Who was the chief of the Wampanoag Indians who were invited to
the first Thanksgiving feast?
a. Massasoit
b. Squanto
c. Tonto
4) Who was the captain of the Mayflower?
a. John Smith
b. Christopher Jones
c. Thomas Payne
5) How many pilgrim women survived to cook the first Thanksgiving
meal in 1621?
a. 25
b. 15
c. 5
6) Which utensil was not used at the first Thanksgiving?
a. Fork
b. Spoon
c. Knife
7) True of False. Thanksgiving is celebrated on Thursday because it
was the midweek prayer day for the pilgrims.
8) True of False. Franklin Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving up one week
in 1939 to extend the Christmas shopping season.
9) True of False. Roosevelt’s proclamation was extremely unpopular.
After two early Thanksgiving holidays, Congress passed a resolution
making the celebration on the fourth Thursday of the month.
10) Who wanted the turkey
as the official bird of the
United States?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. George Washington
11) True of False. The first
Thanksgiving lasted for
seven days.
12) Who was the first
president to proclaim a
national day of Thanksgiving?
a. George Washington
b. Abraham Lincoln
c. Harry Truman
13) Were the pilgrims beer drinkers?
14) Why don’t we eat turkey eggs?
15) What year did Swanson first produce turkey TV dinners?
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4 comments
1) False – Canada also has a Thanksgiving.
2) b. Gimbel’s in 1920 in Philadelphia
3) a. Massasoit
4) b. Christopher Jones
5) c. 5
6) a. Fork
7) True
8) True
9) False. It was until after the 1941 Thanksgiving.
10) a. Benjamin Franklin
11) False. It was only three.
12) a. George Washington
13) Yes
14) Turkeys protect their eggs, so farmers have a hard time getting
them.
15) 1953
1) false
2) a
3)a
4)c
5)c
6)a
7) false
8) true
9) true
10)a
11) true
12) b
13) yes
14) dont know lol
15) ?
can you please send me the correct answers
Ok..gonna guess these and see how I do..
1. False
2. A
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. F
8. T
9. T
10. A
11. F
12. B
13. No
14. I dont know..maybe casue they dont lay them as fast a chickens
15. hummm...in the seventies?
~Flops~
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