Thanksgiving Quiz

1. What year did the Pilgrims have their first Thanksgiving Feast?
... 1621
... 1916
... 1492
... 1942
2. What food was probably NOT on the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving menu?
... Potatoes
... Corn
... Fish
... Dried fruit
3. The Horn of Plenty, or Cornucopia, which symbolizes abundance, originated in what country?
... Cornice
... Greece
... America
... Turkey
4. In 1676, a day of thanksgiving was proclaimed to take place during what month?
... May
... June
... October
... November
5. What president didn't like the idea of having a national Thanksgiving Day?
... Richard W. Nixon
... Harry Truman
... Thomas Jefferson
... Theodore Roosevelt
6. Who is credited with leading the crusade to establish Thanksgiving Day?
... Sarah Jessica Parker
... Sarah Lee
... Sarah Hale
... Sarah Ferguson.
7. Which president first established the date of Thanksgiving as a national celebration?
... Thomas Jefferson
... Warren Harding
... Abraham Lincoln
... Woodrow Wilson
8. Which president moved the date of Thanksgiving twice?
... Gerald Ford
... T. Roosevelt
... F. D. Roosevelt
... William Clinton
9. The reason Thanksgiving was moved up a week was...
... To fulfill a political promise
... Better weather
... More turkeys are available
... To lengthen the Christmas shopping season.
10. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on...
... 2nd Monday in October
... November 30
... 3rd Thursday in November
... July 14th

1. 1621
2. Potatoes
3. Greece
4. June
5. Jefferson
6. Sarah Hale
7. Lincoln
8. F.D. Roosevelt
9. To lengthen the Christmas shopping season
10. 2nd Monday in October