Thanksgiving Trivia!

Let’s have some fun this week! It’s Thanksgiving week and I hope you all are planning a safe, socially-distanced, and delicious holiday meal. You may not be able to gather with family like usual, but you can always do a video call and quiz each other with some Thanksgiving Trivia. Read on:

The first Thanksgiving lasted how long? (answers at the bottom)

1. One day
2. Two days
3. Three days

Which Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were  invited to the Thanksgiving meal?

1. Apache
2. Wampanoag
3. Cherokee

What is a snood?

1. The loose skin under a male turkey’s neck
2. A hat worn by a Pilgrim
3. A hot cider drink served at Thanksgiving

Which President is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?

1. President Lincoln in 1863
2. President Roosevelt in 1939
3. President Harry Truman in 1947

Today, our Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November because…?

1. It is the date the Pilgrims landed in the New World
2. This was the date set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and approved by Congress in 1941
3. It was the date people voted to have it on

What is a baby turkey called?

1. A chick
2. A nestling
3. A poult

It has been estimated that how many Americans eat turkey at  Thanksgiving?

1. 88%
2. 50%
3. 75%

True or False: All turkeys gobble

1. True
2. False

Ready for the answers…? See how you did! Scroll down.

The first Thanksgiving lasted how long? 

1. One day
2. Two days
3. Three days

Which Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were  invited to the Thanksgiving meal?

1. Apache
2. Wampanoag
3. Cherokee

What is a snood?

1. The loose skin under a male turkey’s neck
2. A hat worn by a Pilgrim
3. A hot cider drink served at Thanksgiving

Which President is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?

1. President Lincoln in 1863
2. President Bush in 1989
3. President Harry Truman in 1947

NOTE: Lincoln was the first to do it, some say Truman, but he never pardon, the first president to do so was Bush.

Today, our Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday of November because…?

1. It is the date the Pilgrims landed in the New World
2. This was the date set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 and approved by Congress in 1941
3. It was the date people voted to have it on

What is a baby turkey called?

1. A chick
2. A nestling
3. A poult

It has been estimated that how many Americans eat turkey at  Thanksgiving?

1. 88%
2. 50%
3. 75%

True or False: All turkeys gobble

1. True
2. False

NOTE: Only male turkeys gobble. They do so to attract female turkeys.