All Things Thanksgiving
Have your trivia crowd gobble up these Thanksgiving trivia tidbits to kick off the holiday season.
15 questions · Published November 11, 2021
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which U.S. president signed the resolution declaring Thanksgiving a federal holiday?
Although the U.S. has acknowledged a "day of Thanksgiving" since 1789, and President Lincoln proclaimed it a national holiday in 1863, it did not become a federal holiday (with a set day as the fourth Thursday in November) until Franklin Roosevelt signed the resolution into law on December 26, 1941.
- Multiple Choice
2. What U.S. city hosts the country's longest running Thanksgiving Day parade?
Now called the "6ABC Dunkin' Thanksgiving Day Parade", Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's, parade started in 1920 and is the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States.
- Multiple Choice
3. At the first Thanksgiving meal in 1621, which of these items would NOT have been on the menu?
Venison, duck, goose, oysters, lobster, eel, and fish were most likely served at the first Thanksgiving dinner, alongside pumpkins and cranberries.
There was no ham because pigs had not yet been domesticated by early American settlers.
- Fill In The Blank
4. Commonly known as "Turkey _______," more than one thousand costumed Thanksgiving Day races take place around the United States.
FUN FACT
The oldest Turkey Trot in the United States started in Buffalo, New York, in 1896.
- Multiple Choice
5. In the first "Friends" Thanksgiving episode, who declares they'll be "boycotting all the pilgrim holidays"?
Chandler Bing boycotts the pilgrim holidays because they remind him of his parents divorce. His plan is to eat a "traditional holiday feast" of grilled cheese, tomato soup, and Funyuns.
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