Where did the Thanksgiving holiday originate?
a) America
b) England
c) Ireland
d) Mexico
The answer
a) America
Holiday shopping
The day after Thanksgiving typically is the busiest shopping day of the year. The day often is referred to as:
a) Thanksgiving Friday
b) Black Friday
c) Casual Friday
d) Super Tuesday
National holiday
Which president proclaimed Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday?
a) Thomas Jefferson
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Ulysses S. Grant
d) John F. Kennedy
The big game
For many Americans, football is as much a part of Thanksgiving as are turkey and pumpkin pie. An NFL game has been played on Thanksgiving Day since what year?
a) 1920
b) 1930
c) 1940
d) 1950
Gobble, gobble
Where did turkeys originate?
a) Africa
b) Central Asia
c) North and
Central America
d) Australia
Plymouth Colony feast
In 1621, Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony shared a harvest feast with which American Indian tribe?
a) Chickasaw
b) Shoshoni
c) Susquehannock
d) Wampanoag
Who eats turkey?
What percentage of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
a) 39 percent
b) 50 percent
c) 88 percent
d) 99 percent
Desserts
Which dessert was not part of the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) Pumpkin pie
b) Apple cake
c) Pecan pie
d) All of the above
Pardon me
Each year, the president receives a gift of a live turkey and then "pardons" the bird during a ceremony at the White House. What happens to the pardoned turkey?
a) It is set free to live in the wild
b) It is served at the president's Thanksgiving dinner
c) It lives the rest of its life on a farm
d) It is auctioned to the highest bidder
