Thanksgiving Quiz

When did Thanksgiving become an annual tradition?

• 1789

• 1863

• 1827

• 1621

What was served on the first Thanksgiving menu?

• Potatoes

• Pumpkin pie

• Turkey

• Venison

What did the Pilgrims not have on the first Thanksgiving?

• Venison

• Turkey

• Pumpkin pie

• Potatoes

Who announced the first National Thanksgiving holiday?

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• Sarah Josepha Hale

• Franklin D Roosevelt

Who was inspired by a diary of Pilgrim life to recreate the first Thanksgiving feast?

• Sarah Josepha Hale

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Franklin D Roosevelt

When did President Abraham Lincoln announce that Thanksgiving would be celebrated every year?

• 1863

• 1621

• 1827

• 1789

Why did President Franklin D Roosevelt move Thanksgiving up a week in 1939?

• To give retailers more time for Christmas shopping

• To align with the Pilgrims' celebration

• To accommodate the Civil War

• To create a longer holiday season

When did President Franklin D Roosevelt sign a bill fixing Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday in November?

• 1941

• 1621

• 1789

• 1827

When did the tradition of pardoning a turkey begin?

• 1621

• 1789

• 1827

• 1989

Who granted the first official pardon to a turkey?

• Franklin D Roosevelt

• George HW Bush

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln