Free Printable Game – Thanksgiving Trivia

As you get ready to send out Thanksgiving Day invitations, consider adding this free printable game to your celebration agenda.  Test your friend’s and family’s knowledge about all things Thanksgiving.  This free printable game will be the perfect addition to your Thanksgiving gathering.  It is also great for kids to play at school events too.  Simply cut and paste the Thanksgiving  Trivia Questions into a Word document.  Decorate with some festive Thanksgiving clip art and print a copy for each player.   Create and answer key by copy and pasting the answers below into a separate document. To make it more challenging, set a time limit.  The player with the most correct answers wins!

Thanksgiving Trivia Questions

 
1) In what year did the first Thanksgiving occur? _____________________________________________________________

2) What Indian tribe was at the first Thanksgiving?
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3) What country other than the United States celebrates Thanksgiving?
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4) Who was the first department store to hold a Thanksgiving Day parade? _____________________________________________________________

5) What is the name of the famous rock where the Pilgrims supposedly landed? _________________________________________________________

6) Which President signed Thanksgiving into Federal holiday status? ______________________________________________________________

7) What does the term cornucopia mean? _____________________________________________________________

8) True or False, it is believed that only 5 women had were present at the first Thanksgiving. ___________________________________

9) How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?  _______________________________

10) What utensil was primarily used at that first Thanksgiving?  _________________________     

 Thanksgiving Trivia – Answers

1)  1621. The Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast which is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.
2)  Wampanoag
3)  Canada
4?  Gimbles in Philadelphia, 1920.
5)  Plymouth Rock
6)  Franklin D Roosevelt
7)  Horn of Plenty
8)  True.  And they cooked the meal!
9) 3
10) Spoons, forks weren’t invented yet.

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