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Easy Thanksgiving Trivia Questions
The easy questions from our thanksgiving set, 14 of them, each with the answer and an explanation below the game.
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The easy questions are the holiday as everyone knows it: the month, the bird, the pies, the parade, the ship. Anyone who has sat down to a Thanksgiving dinner or watched the parade on television should get through this band without much trouble.
14 easy thanksgiving trivia questions with answers
In which month do Americans celebrate Thanksgiving?
Answer: November Canadians hold theirs a month and a half earlier.
Which bird is the centrepiece of the traditional Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer: Turkey Roast goose was the older English festive bird it displaced.
On which day of the week does US Thanksgiving always fall?
Answer: Thursday That fixed weekday is what creates the long holiday weekend.
The shopping day immediately after US Thanksgiving is known as what?
Answer: Black Friday Retailers adopted the name from an older, less flattering use of it.
Which tart red berry is served as a sauce alongside the turkey?
Answer: Cranberry It grows in low bogs across the northern United States and Canada.
Which pie is most closely associated with Thanksgiving dessert?
Answer: Pumpkin It is usually spiced with cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.
In which month is Canadian Thanksgiving held?
Answer: October The earlier date reflects Canada's earlier harvest.
Which New York department store gives its name to the famous Thanksgiving parade?
Answer: Macy's The parade ends outside the store's Herald Square building.
Which sport is traditionally watched on American television on Thanksgiving?
Answer: American football Professional games have been part of the day since the 1920s.
Which ship carried the English settlers to New England in 1620?
Answer: Mayflower A companion ship turned back after proving unseaworthy.
The 1621 harvest feast took place at which colony?
Answer: Plymouth The settlement was on the coast of what is now Massachusetts.
Which Indigenous nation took part in the 1621 harvest gathering?
Answer: Wampanoag Their homeland covered much of present-day southeastern Massachusetts.
Which horn-shaped basket spilling fruit and grain is a Thanksgiving symbol?
Answer: Cornucopia The name comes from Latin words meaning horn of plenty.
Which turkey bone is traditionally pulled apart by two people for luck?
Answer: Wishbone The custom of pulling a fowl's forked bone predates the holiday by centuries.
Answer key
- November
- Turkey
- Thursday
- Black Friday
- Cranberry
- Pumpkin
- October
- Macy's
- American football
- Mayflower
- Plymouth
- Wampanoag
- Cornucopia
- Wishbone
How to play
- Pick a mode: multiple choice, true or false, a 60-second sprint, or the daily quiz.
- Answer with a tap, or press 1 to 4 on a keyboard. The right answer appears straight away with a line explaining it.
- Finish the round to see your score, copy the result grid, and step up a difficulty.
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