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Right in my Own Backyard - Thanksgiving IQ - by Brandt Carter
posted: Nov. 13, 2015

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Thanksgiving IQ

We hear the story of the first Thanksgiving as children. From that first three-day observance by the Pilgrims and local Indians, changes have been abundant: varying dates, foods, attire, settings, and celebration customs. So let's see how much you really know of the traditions of this national holiday!

1) When was the first Thanksgiving?
        a. 1621         c. 1863
        b. 1776         d. 1941

2) T or F - The first Thanksgiving was celebrated with the Puritans and Woodland Indian tribe.

3) Who is the Mother of Thanksgiving?
        a. Susan B. Anthony         c. Sarah J Hale
        b. Betsy Ross         d. Martha Washington

4) What was the most likely meat served at the first Thanksgiving?
        a. Wild Boar         c. Turkey
        b. Chicken         d. Venison

5) T or F - Because Franklin D. Roosevelt moved Thanksgiving Day up, for a short time to November 23, and it was dubbed Franksgiving or the Democrat Thanksgiving. November 30 was the Republican Thanksgiving.

6) T or F Canada observes Thanksgiving on the first Monday of October.

7) The first Thanksgiving football game was between
        a. William and Mary and Georgetown         c. Harvard and Yale
        b. Yale and Princeton         d. Wabash and DePauw

8) T or F - A gobbler is a male turkey.

9) The oldest Thanksgiving Day parade welcomes in the holiday season and ends with Santa takes place in
        a. New York         c. Philadelphia
        b. Detroit         d. Boston

10) Match the following words to the days after Thanksgiving
        a. Thursday         1. Cyber
        b. Friday         2. Reason for the Season
        c. Saturday         3. Thanksgiving
        d. Sunday         4. Black
        e. Monday         5. Small Business

The answers can be found below.

Happy Thanksgiving!





















Answers
  1. A 1621
  2. F Speculation is that Pilgrims and Wampanoag Nation were the celebrants.
  3. C. Sarah Hale began in 1827 and wrote letters to the presidents for 30 years to have Thanksgiving made a national holiday.
  4. D Most likely the meat was venison, oysters, and fish. Legend has it that the Indians brought between five and nine deer to the meal.
  5. T He was also said to have pardoned his son's pet turkey, saving it from the dinner table.
  6. F Canada's Thanksgiving is the second Monday of October.
  7. Yale and Princeton met in 1876 to play football.
  8. T The male is the only turkey that gobbles. A female is a hen.
  9. C. Philadelphia. It originated as Gimbel's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1920 to usher in the Christmas retail season.
  10. A3 Thanksgiving Thursday; b4. Black Friday; c5 Small Business Saturday; d2 Reason-for-the-Season Sunday; e1 Cyber Monday


Brandt Carter, artist, herbalist, and naturalist, owns Backyard Birds at 2374 E. 54th Street. Visit her web site www.feedbackyardbirds.com. Email your bird questions to Brandt@BroadRippleGazette.com



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