1. Happy Thanksgiving!

2. Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the United States. True or False?

3. It is also celebrated in Canada!
False
It is also celebrated in Canada!

4. The Greek Goddess of Corn is:
(a) Demeter (b) Cornucopia (c) Ceres (d) Grainophillia

5. A Demeter

6. The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was: (a) Montgomery Wards (b) J.C. Penney's (c) Gimbel's (d) Macy's (e) None of the above.

7. (c) Gimbel's

8. What is the name of the famous rock credited to where the pilgrims first landed?

9. Plymouth Rock

10. (a) Massasoit (b) Pemaquid (c) Samoset (d) Squanto
The Indians who were invited to the Thanksgiving feast were of the Wampanoag tribe.  Who was their chief?
(a) Massasoit (b) Pemaquid (c) Samoset (d) Squanto

11. (a) Massasoit

12. What was the name of the ship the pilgrims came over on?

13. Mayflower

14. The term "Cornucopia" means what?
(a) Tall Corn (b) Greek God of Corn (c) Horn of Plenty (d) A traditional New England relish

15. (c) Horn of Plenty

16. What great American wanted to make the turkey the national symbol instead of the bald eagle?

17. Benjamin Franklin

18. What was the original name for the pilgrims
What was the original name for the pilgrims? (a) Puritans or Separatists (b) Partisans or Dividians (c) Settlers or Colonists (d) Journeymen or Seekers

19. (a) Puritans or Separatists

20. What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?

21. Wishbone

22. Indian corn is for decoration purposes only and not for cooking.
True or False?

23. True

24. It is believed that how many pilgrim women survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
(a) 5 (b) 15 (c) 25

25. (a) 5

26. (a) 1 day (b) 3 days (c) 7 days
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was believed to have lasted how many days?
(a) 1 day (b) 3 days (c) 7 days

27. (b) 3 days

28. Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain. True or False?

29. True

30. Historians have proven that the pilgrims didn't really wear those funny hats and buckles on their shoes.
True or False?

31. True

32. What do we call a male Turkey? (a)Tom (b)Henry (c)Jerry

33. Tom

34. Back in the early 1600's, the pilgrims didn't have which of the following utensils to eat their Thanksgiving meal with?
(a) Spoons
(b) Forks (c) Knives

35. (b) Forks

36. How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower?
(a) 92 (b) 102 (c) 122

37. (b) 102

38. Of the original 102 pilgrims that came, approximately how many survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving? (a) 101 (b) 50 (c) 10

39. (b) 50

40. (a) Roast Beef (b) Codfish (c) Ham
Which of the following foods that we normally do not eat today at Thanksgiving, was an original food that the pilgrims ate back in 1600's?
(a) Roast Beef (b) Codfish (c) Ham

41. (b) Codfish

42. At the first Thanksgiving, there were more Indians than there were pilgrims.
True or False?

43. True

44. Which of the following was approved table manners at the first Thanksgiving:
(a) To eat with your hands (b) To spit on the floor (c) To throw bones into the hearth when done (d) All of these

45. (d) All of these

46. True or False: Eating turkey will make you sleepy.

47. False

48. (a) Shooting (b) Archery (c) Knife Throwing
Back in the early Thanksgiving celebrations, they also liked sporting events and took bets. Of course it wasn't football back then. Which sport was it?
(a) Shooting (b) Archery (c) Knife Throwing

49. (a) Shooting

50. The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team
The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team? (a) Pittsburgh Steelers (b) Kansas City Chiefs (c) Detroit Lions

51. (c) Detroit Lions

52. (a) Pumpkin Pie (b) Yams (c) Vegetables
In 1621, which of the following foods that we eat at Thanksgiving today, they DID NOT serve?
(a) Pumpkin Pie (b) Yams (c) Vegetables

53. (a) Pumpkin Pie

54. (a) Tea (b) Molasses (c) Cinnamon
In 1705 a ship in Colchester, CT port was stuck frozen in the harbor and so the people delayed Thanksgiving one week so that what item on this ship (important to Thanksgiving) could be brought ashore?
(a) Tea (b) Molasses (c) Cinnamon

55. (b) Molasses

56. Which state produces the most turkeys?
(a) North Carolina (b) North Dakota (c) Texas (d) California

57. (a) North Carolina

58. What do we call a female turkey? (a)Henrietta (b)Hen (c)Squaw

59. Hen

60. How fast can a turkey run?
(a) 7 mph (b) 11 mph (c) 18 mph (d) 25 mph

61. (d) 25 mph

62. How fast can a wild turkey fly?
(a) 20 mph (b) 27 mph (c) 45 mph (d) 55 mph

63. (d) 55 mph

64. Most of us eat turkey on Thanksgiving
Most of us eat turkey on Thanksgiving. But, how many eat turkey also as a Christmas meal?
(a) 25% (b) 36% (c) 50% (d) 79%

65. (c) 50%

66. All turkeys gobble.
True or False?

67. False

68. Which vegetable did the Pilgrims have but not use because they believed it was poisonous? (a)Potatoes (b)Squash (c) Broccoli (d) Pumpkin

69. Potatoes

70. Turkeys are very fluffy with lots of feathers
Turkeys are very fluffy with lots of feathers.  Approximately how many feathers does a full-grown turkey have?
(a) 2,750 (b) 3,000 (c) 3,500 (d) 4,100

71. (c) 3,500

72. The dangling skin under a turkey's neck is called?
(a) Wattle (b) Weedle (c) Wuddle (d) Widdle

73. (a) Wattle

74. How many calories does the average American consume during Thanksgiving dinner (this does not include dessert)? (a) calories (b) calories (c) calories

75. Calories