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Thanksgiving Trivia to Ponder While the Turkey Roasts
1. Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States on the_____Thursday of November?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
2. The settlers that came over the Atlantic Ocean to find a new life for themselves are most commonly referred to as ___________?
a. Pirates
b. Mormons
c. Pilgrims
d. New Yorkers
3. Those same settlers came over the Atlantic on a ship called the _________.
a. the Queen Elizabeth
b. the Pinta
c. the Mayflower
d. the Titanic
4. The strip of land where these settlers landed, in now what is Massachusetts, is ________________?
a. Cape Canaveral
b. Cape Meridian
c. Long Island
d. Cape Cod
5. The agreement that the early settlers wrote and signed, stating that everyone must follow the rules of the new colony was called the _____________?
a. Mayflower Manifesto
b. Compact of Cape Cod
c. Standish Agreement
d. Mayflower Compact
6. The sea voyage that carried men, women, children, livestock and dogs took ____days to complete?
a. 33
b. 44
c. 55
d. 66
7. The hokey tourist attraction at Plymouth, where Pilgrims are said to have first stepped on dry land is called____________.
a. Plymouth boulder
b. Plymouth rock
c. Plymouth sand bar
d. Plymouth boardwalk
8. The Pilgrims were befriended by local Indians from the _________________tribes?
a. Sammamish & Salish
b. Tiquoat & Choate
c. Wampanoag & Patuxet
d. Souix & Chumash
9. Tisquantum was a one of the only surviving Indians who did not succumb to small pox, brought by the white settlers. He lived with the Pilgrims and taught them local survival skills such as how to plant, which native plants were edible and how to fish and trap. He is more commonly known as __________.
a. Squanto
b. Tonto
c. Silver
d. Sacagawea
10. The First governor of Plymouth was ___________________. He died the first winter in the New World.
a. William Bradford
b. John Carver
c. Miles Standish
d. Samoset
11. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in celebration of their first bountiful harvest. The meal included cod, bass, eel, duck, and geese, in addition to wild turkey. The year of that first feast was _______?
a. 1492
b. 1621
c. 1739
d. 1879
12. Chief Massasoit joined the settlers on the day of the feast and brought along a few friends. The ______Pilgrims were joined by ninety Indians who then went into the forest and returned with five deer to add to the feast so they could all eat. (Note: This is why it is polite to RSVP to a party, so the hostess will know how much wild game to kill and prepare for guests).
a. 19
b. 38
c. 52
d. 76
13. Plymouth was the second permanent English settlement in the New World. What was the first?
a. Salem, Massachusetts
b. New York, New York
c. Baltimore, Maryland
d. Jamestown, Virginia
14. Thanksgiving was declared a National Holiday by president___________in 1863?
a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. F. D. Roosevelt
Answers: 1 d, 2 c, 3 c, 4d, 5 d, 6 d, 7 b, 8 c, 9 a, 10 b, 11 b, 12 c, 13 d, 14 c.
1. Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States on the_____Thursday of November?
a. first
b. second
c. third
d. fourth
2. The settlers that came over the Atlantic Ocean to find a new life for themselves are most commonly referred to as ___________?
a. Pirates
b. Mormons
c. Pilgrims
d. New Yorkers
3. Those same settlers came over the Atlantic on a ship called the _________.
a. the Queen Elizabeth
b. the Pinta
c. the Mayflower
d. the Titanic
4. The strip of land where these settlers landed, in now what is Massachusetts, is ________________?
a. Cape Canaveral
b. Cape Meridian
c. Long Island
d. Cape Cod
5. The agreement that the early settlers wrote and signed, stating that everyone must follow the rules of the new colony was called the _____________?
a. Mayflower Manifesto
b. Compact of Cape Cod
c. Standish Agreement
d. Mayflower Compact
6. The sea voyage that carried men, women, children, livestock and dogs took ____days to complete?
a. 33
b. 44
c. 55
d. 66
7. The hokey tourist attraction at Plymouth, where Pilgrims are said to have first stepped on dry land is called____________.
a. Plymouth boulder
b. Plymouth rock
c. Plymouth sand bar
d. Plymouth boardwalk
8. The Pilgrims were befriended by local Indians from the _________________tribes?
a. Sammamish & Salish
b. Tiquoat & Choate
c. Wampanoag & Patuxet
d. Souix & Chumash
9. Tisquantum was a one of the only surviving Indians who did not succumb to small pox, brought by the white settlers. He lived with the Pilgrims and taught them local survival skills such as how to plant, which native plants were edible and how to fish and trap. He is more commonly known as __________.
a. Squanto
b. Tonto
c. Silver
d. Sacagawea
10. The First governor of Plymouth was ___________________. He died the first winter in the New World.
a. William Bradford
b. John Carver
c. Miles Standish
d. Samoset
11. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in celebration of their first bountiful harvest. The meal included cod, bass, eel, duck, and geese, in addition to wild turkey. The year of that first feast was _______?
a. 1492
b. 1621
c. 1739
d. 1879
12. Chief Massasoit joined the settlers on the day of the feast and brought along a few friends. The ______Pilgrims were joined by ninety Indians who then went into the forest and returned with five deer to add to the feast so they could all eat. (Note: This is why it is polite to RSVP to a party, so the hostess will know how much wild game to kill and prepare for guests).
a. 19
b. 38
c. 52
d. 76
13. Plymouth was the second permanent English settlement in the New World. What was the first?
a. Salem, Massachusetts
b. New York, New York
c. Baltimore, Maryland
d. Jamestown, Virginia
14. Thanksgiving was declared a National Holiday by president___________in 1863?
a. George Washington
b. John Adams
c. Abraham Lincoln
d. F. D. Roosevelt
Answers: 1 d, 2 c, 3 c, 4d, 5 d, 6 d, 7 b, 8 c, 9 a, 10 b, 11 b, 12 c, 13 d, 14 c.
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