Answers for Thanksgiving Trivia/Quiz

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.