Answers
Here are the answers to the Thanksgiving Quiz. Don't forget to memorize the answers and play again!
Question 1: What day each year does thanksgiving occur on
in the United States?
Answer: The fourth Thursday of November.
Question 2: Which was the first state to practice
thanksgiving in 1855?
Answer: Virginia.
Question 3: How many feathers does a adult turkey have?
Answer: 5,000 to 6,000.
Question 4: What was the name of the American Indian tribe
who helped the pilgrims grow the food for thanksgiving?
Answer: Wampanoag tribe.
Question 5: How many days was the original Thanksgiving
celebration?
Answer: 3 days.
Question 6: What year was the fourth thursday of November
declared a federal U.S. Holiday?
Answer: 1941.
Question 7: What was the name of the ship the pilgrims
sailed in to discover America?
Answer: Mayflower.
Question 8: Where in Massachusetts did the pilgrims
celebrate Thanksgiving?
Answer: Plymouth.
Question 9:The pilgrims sailed what ocean to reach America?
Answer: Atlantic Ocean.
Question 10:How many of the pilgrims died before the first
Thanksgiving?
Answer: 50 Percent.
Question 11: What other country observes Thanksgiving as
national holiday?
Answer: Canada.
Question 12: What does cornucopia mean?
Answer: Horn of plenty.
Question 13: What food do we not eat, that the pilgrims ate
at the first Thanksgiving?
Answer: Codfish.
Question 14: What is the name of the famous rock where the
Pilgrims first landed?
Answer: Plymouth Rock.
Question 15: What was the original name of the Pilgrims?
Answer: Puritans.
Question 16: What year did the first Thanksgiving take place?
Answer: 1621.
Question 17: Which type of Turkey is called a Gobbler?
Answer: A male.
Question 18: What is the chemical in Turkey meat that some
believe make you sleepy after eating?
Answer: Tryptophan.
Question 19: What part of the turkey is saved and pulled
apart as a superstitious good luck custom?
Answer: Wishbone.
Question 20: What religion is the main affiliate of
Thanksgiving?
Answer: Thanksgiving has no religious affiliations.
Question 21: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower?
Answer: 102
Question 22: What is a Turduckin?
Answer: A duck cooked in a chicken cooked in a turkey.
Question 23: How fast can a wild turkey run on the ground
when scared?
Answer: 20 Miles per hour.
Question 24: How heavy was the world record Turkey?
Answer: 86 Pounds
Question 25: What was the drink of choice for the pilgrims?
Answer: Beer.
Question 26: Which country consumes the most Turkey per
capita?
Answer: Israel.
Question 27: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have but not
eat because they thought it was poisonous?
Answer: Potato.
Question 28: What is the name of the famous Thanksgiving
parade hosted in New York every year?
Answer: Macy's Day Parade.
Question 29: What is the traditional pie served at
Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer: Pumpkin Pie.
Question 30: When Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate their
first meal on the moon what was it?
Answer: A turkey dinner.
Question 31: What is typically stuffed into turkey's and
then baked?
Answer: Seasoned bread (stuffing).
Question 32: How many turkey's are eaten each Thanksgiving?
Answer: 46 million.