Quiz for Thanksgiving Day

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1. How long did the Pilgrims' voyage to the 'New World' last?
select answer 92 days 36 days 66 days

2. Name the truce signed by the Pilgrims following the landing?
select answer Mayflwoer Truce Mayflower Treaty Mayflower Compact

3. Who was the first governor of Plymouth?
select answer John Smith William Bradford John Carver

4. Do you think Pocahontas saved the Pilgrims? Why?
select answer Yes. Because Pocahontas was very friendly. Yes. Because Pocahontas loved a Pilgrim. No. Because the two didn't see each other.

5. The oldest document available on the Thanksgiving feast by Pilgrims is ......     select answer travelogues by an explorer letters from a Pilgrim essays by an English official

6. What you think is the best place to know about the 1st Thanksgiving feast?    
select answer Plymouth Museum of Natural History Plymouth Plantation Museum Plymouth Museum of Food and Beverage

7. Fish, fowl, peas, pumpkins, veal, beef, turkey.
    Find the odd item out of the 1st Thanksgiving Day menu list.
select answer Beef Veal Fish

8. Who was in favor of making turkey the National Bird of America?
select answer George Washington Benjamin Franklin John Smith

9. Which Proclamation did instate Thanksgiving a national holiday?
select answer 1789 Proclamation. 1863 Proclamation. 1939 Proclamation.

10. Who and when did dedicate the Wall of Presidents to the nation?
select answer George Washington in 1780 Abraham Lincoln in 1830 George Bush in 1991

11. When did Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade start?
select answer 1929 1924 1927

12. Which of the following Presidents you remember most on the Thanksgiving Day?     
select answer Theodore Roosevelt George Washington Abraham Lincoln

13. "...It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God...to be grateful for his benefits." This famous Thanksgiving Proclamation came from...
select answer George Washington Abraham Lincoln Franklin D Roosevelt

14. You are to send a Thanksgiving Day wish to the US President in 2001. Which of the following you're least likely to choose? George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Al Gore.     
select answer George W. Bush Al Gore Bill Clinton

15. Md. Ali, Michael Douglas, Geri Halliwal, Harry Belafonte, Susan Sarandon and Sharon Stone. They are celebrities indeed. But what else is common for them?      
select answer All are fighting for causes on behalf of UN. All are entertainment celebrities partying at the UN Hq. All are US citizens.

16. Which country first adopted Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
select answer Canada India Mexico England United States

17. The Horn of Plenty, or Cornucopia, which symbolizes abundance, originated in Greece.
     select answer True False

18. Name the Indian chief that was invited to the first Thanksgiving feast.
select answer Massasoit Squanto Chingachgook Jamiraquoi

19. What do you call the bright red thing that hangs under a turkey's chin?
select answer A snood. A wattle A beard. swag

20. Which of these dishes was not served at the first Thanksgiving feast?
select answer Popkorn A goose, roasted A turkey, boiled A cod

21. Where was the turkey first domesticated?
select answer United States Canada Spain Mexico and Central America

22. Turkey's scientific name is Meleagaris Gallopave. From what language does this word originate from?       
select answer Spanish French Latin Huron  

23. The Guinness Book of World Records states that the greatest dressed weight recorded for a turkey is.....     
select answer 31.9 kilograms or 72 pounds 39.09 kilograms or 86 pounds 80 kilograms or 170 pounds 22 kilograms or 47 pounds

24. Which song was originally written for a Thanksgiving program?
select answer Jingle Bells O Come All Ye Faithful Deck the Halls Silent Night

25. Which pilgrim leader invited the neighboring Indians to the first Thanksgiving feast.     
select answer Miles Standish John Bunny Button Gwinnett William Bradford

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