We all love Thanksgiving festive time. Thanksgiving is an annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. How about teasing your friends and family with some Thanksgiving trivia questions on this occasion?
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Thanksgiving day trivia questions
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1. Which of the founding fathers wrote to his daughter saying he thought the turkey would be a better national symbol than the bald eagle?
Benjamin Franklin
2. Which two football teams took part in the first ever NFL Thanksgiving Day game in 1934?
The Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears
3. Which U.S. state raises the most turkeys?
Minnesot
4. Which Native American tribe took part in the first Thanksgiving feast?
The Wampanoag
5. Who was president when it was first established that Thanksgiving Day would be on the fourth Thursday of November?
Franklin Roosevelt
6. How many days did the first Thanksgiving feast last?
Three
7. And where was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
8. On which Thursday of November is Thanksgiving celebrated?
The fourth Thursday (not necessarily the last Thursday)
9. Who was the first president to grant a turkey an official presidential pardon?
Ronald Reagan
10. What was the name of the ship that transported the first Pilgrims to America in 1620?
The Mayflower
11. Where does the oldest Thanksgiving Parade in the U.S.A. take place?
Philadelphi
12. Under which U.S. President was Thanksgiving first proclaimed to be a national holiday?Hide Answer
Abraham Lincoln, in 1863
13. In what year did the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade take place?
1924
14. Is it the female turkeys or the male turkeys that gobble?
The male Female turkeys cackle
15. On which day of the week does Thanksgiving always occur in Canada?
Monday
16. In what year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated by the Pilgrims?
1621
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