The first Thanksgiving lasted how many days:
7 days
5 days
4 days
3 days
True or False: Turkeys can see behind themselves.
True - They can see 270 degrees.
True or False: All turkeys gobble.
False. Only male turkeys gobble. They do so to attract female turkeys.
Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?
President Roosevelt in 1939
President Harry Truman in 1947
President Lincoln in 1863
What utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner?
fork
spoon
knife
True or False: The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was Macy’s.
False. It was Gimbel’s.
What state consumes the most Turkey?
Texas
Georgia
California
Illinois
Which Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal?
Cherokee
Apache
Wampanoag
Iroquois
Approximately how many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States?
100 million
280 million
370 million
500 million
It has been estimated that how many Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving.
88%
72%
75%
50%
What is a snood?
The loose skin under a male turkey’s neck.
What is a baby turkey called?
a nestling
a chick
a poult
a turklet
A full grown turkey has about how many feathers?
too many to count
7,500
3,500
a million
Thanksgiving occurs on the:
fourth Thursday in November
The best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is:
the thigh
the middle of the back
the breast
Every year the President of the United States pardons a turkey, who spends the rest of its life on a historical farm.
False
True