Thanksgiving Trivia

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Where was the first Thanksgiving?

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Plymouth, Massachusetts

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What did the Native Americans and Pilgrims eat at the first Thanksgiving?

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Deer, seafood and fruit

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Thanksgiving is held on the final Thursday of November each year.

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False

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Which president refused to acknowledge Thanksgiving?

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Thomas Jefferson

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When did we start canning cranberries?

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1912

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One of America’s Founding Fathers thought the turkey should be the national bird of the United States.

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True

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How did a botched Thanksgiving order lead to TV tray dinners?

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Swanson and Sons had ordered too many turkey to be sold, had extra turkey after Thanksgiving so created TV dinners to use the turkey.

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Why is football a Thanksgiving tradition?

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It started in 1876 when Yale and Princeton play on Thanksgiving day.

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In 1863, Abraham Lincoln became the first American president to proclaim a national day of thanksgiving.

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False

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Who was the first president to officially pardon a turkey?

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George HW Bush