Слайд 2B) False
Thanksgiving is only celebrated in the USA.
A) True
B) False
Слайд 3B) On the second
Monday of November
D) On the fourth
Thursday
of November
When do Americans celebrate
Thanksgiving Day nowadays?
C) On
the third Thursday
of November
On the first Thursday
of November
D) On the fourth Thursday
of November
Слайд 4B) On the second Monday
of October
C) On the fourth
Monday
of October
When is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
C) On the
third Monday
of October
On the first Monday
of October
B) On the second Monday
of October
Слайд 5B) False
Thanksgiving is a religious holiday.
A) True
B) False
Слайд 6B) 1620
D) 1884
When did the first colonists from
England arrive
in America?
C) 1721
A) 1492
B) 1620
Слайд 7B) London
D) Amsterdam
Where did The Pilgrims sail from?
C) Southampton
A) Plymouth
A)
Plymouth
Слайд 8B) Settlers
D) Colonists
What was the original name of The Pilgrims?
C)
Parisans
A) Puritans
A) Puritans
Слайд 9B) Cook
D) Black Tulip
What was the name of The Pilgrims’
ship?
C) The Mayflower
A) Harvest
C) The Mayflower
Слайд 10B) New World
D) New Europe
How did The Pilgrims call their
land?
C) New York
A) New England
B) New World
Слайд 11B) 92 days
D) 44 days
How long did the Pilgrims' voyage
to the 'New World' last?
C) 65 days
A) 100 days
C) 65
days
Слайд 12B) In the woods
D) In huts
Where did The Pilgrims spend
the first freezing winter?
C) With Native Americans
A) On board the
ship
A) On board the ship
Слайд 13B) To trade tea for animal fur
D) To seek religious
freedom
Why did The Pilgrims leave England?
C) To set up a
company
To fight the Indians
D) To seek religious freedom
Слайд 14B) False
Squanto, the Native American who helped
The Pilgrims to
grow crops,
was a member of the Patuxet tribe.
A) True
A)
True
Слайд 15B) 1622
D) 1624
What year was the celebration that is
most
commonly considered to be
the first Thanksgiving?
C) 1623
A) 1621
A) 1621
Слайд 16B) Plymouth, Massachusetts
D) Jamestown, Virginia
Where did The Pilgrims celebrate
the
first Thanksgiving?
C) Washington, DC
Herald Square
in New York City
B) Plymouth, Massachusetts
Слайд 17B) 3 days
D) 1 week
How long did the first Thanksgiving
dinner
last?
C) 4 days
A) 1 day
B) 3 days
Слайд 18B) Pilgrims
Where there more Pilgrims or Native
Americans at the
first Thankgiving?
A) Native Americans
A) Native Americans
Слайд 19B) 154
D) 97
How many Pilgrims travelled
on The Mayflower?
C) 102
A)
208
C) 102
Слайд 20B) 50
D) 15
Of the 102 Pilgrims who travelled on
The
Mayflower, how many lived to celebrate
the first Thanksgiving?
C) 30
A)
80
B) 50
Слайд 21B) 15
D) 5
How many Pilgrim women survived
to celebrate the
first Thanksgiving?
C) 10
20
D) 5
Слайд 22B) Pork
D) Cranberry sauce
Which of the following foods was
probably
served at the first Thanksgiving?
C) Shellfish
A) Potatoes
C) Shellfish
Слайд 23B) False
The Pilgrims ate pumpkin pie and
mashed potatoes at
their Thanksgiving feast.
A) True
B) False
Слайд 24B) Patriot's Rock
D) Pet Rock
What landmark is known as the
place
where the Pilgrims landed in America?
C) Plymouth Rock
A) Pilgrim Rock
C)
Plymouth Rock
Слайд 25B) Mohican
D) Patuxet
The Native American Indians who celebrated
the First
Thanksgiving dinner
with the Pilgrims were from which tribe?
C) Wampanoag
A)
Cherokee
C) Wampanoag
Слайд 26B) 10,000 years
D) 10 years
About how long had the Wampanoag
been living in the Cape Cod area
when The Pilgrims
arrived?
C) 500 years
A) 100,000 years
B) 10,000 years
Слайд 27B) Metacomet
D) Crazy Horse
Who was the leader of the Wampanoag
at the time of the first Thanksgiving?
C) Massasoit
A) Tisquantum
C) Massasoit
Слайд 28B) John Smith
D) Abraham Lincoln
What was the name of the
governor of the
Plymouth Colony who organized
the first Thanksgiving?
C)
George Washington
A) William Bradford
A) William Bradford
Слайд 29B) John Adams
D) Andrew Johnson
Under which president did Thanksgiving
become
an annual holiday?
C) Abraham Lincoln
A) George Washington
C) Abraham Lincoln
Слайд 30B) Pumpkin
D) Turkey
What is the symbol of Thanksgiving Day?
C) Cornucopia
A)
Corn
C) Cornucopia
Слайд 31B) A lot of vegetables
D) Greek Goddess of corn
What does
"cornucopia" mean?
C) Horn of plenty
A) A lot of corn
C) Horn
of plenty
Слайд 32B) Pumpkin pie
D) Strawberry pie
What is the traditional dessert
on
Thanksgiving Day?
C) Cherry pie
A) Apple pie
B) Pumpkin pie
Слайд 33B) Beef
D) Deer
What meat did the native Americans
bring to the
first Thanksgiving?
C) Turkey
Lamb
D) Deer
Слайд 34B) Dried flowers
D) Fresh flowers
Which of the following is not
used
to decorate homes on Thanksgiving?
C) Pumpkin lamps
A) Wreaths
C) Pumpkin
lamps
Слайд 35B) Macy's
D) Stern's
Which company held the first
Thanksgiving Day in
1920?
C) Lord & Taylor
A) Gimbels
A) Gimbels
Слайд 36B) Times Square
D) Brooklyn Bridge
Where does Thanksgiving Parade
usually start
from?
C) Empire State Building
A) Macy’s
A) Macy’s
Слайд 37B) False
The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is
one of the largest
parades in the world.
A) True
A) True
Слайд 38B) 1926
D) 1930
In what year did the first Macy's
Thanksgiving
Parade take place?
C) 1928
A) 1924
A) 1924
Слайд 39B) Santa
D) Snoopy
Who traditionally appears at the end
of Macy's
Thanksgiving Day Parade?
C) Pilgrims
A) A giant turkey
B) Santa
Слайд 40B) Spiderman
D) Spongebob
Which character has been a Macy's
balloon the
most?
C) Snoopy
A) Mickey Mouse
C) Snoopy
Слайд 41B) 15 million
D) 70 million
How many turkeys are eaten
in
the U.S. each year?
C) 46 million
A) 6 million
C) 46 million
Слайд 42B) He/She makes a
televised speech about
American History
D) He/She
"pardons“
a turkey
What special “duty” does the President of
the United States have during Thanksgiving
every year?
C) He/She eats an entire
pumpkin pie
He/She throws an annual
ball at the White House
D) He/She "pardons“
a turkey
Слайд 43B) They are sent to a farm
to live out
the rest of
their days
D) They are donated
to poor
families
What happens to turkeys that are pardoned
by the President of the USA?
C) They become pets
of the First Family
They are served on
a plate at the White
House
B) They are sent to a farm
to live out the rest of
their days
Слайд 44B) He sent them to
a cousin's ranch
D) He sent
them to
Disney World
What did President George W. Bush do
with
the turkeys he pardoned?
C) He sent them to
a friend's farm
He ate them
D) He sent them to
Disney World
Слайд 45B) Cranberries
D) Oranges
Many Thanksgiving dinners aren’t complete
without a serving
of congealed “sauce”
made from this fruit:
C) Blueberries
A) Apples
B) Cranberries
Слайд 46B) Cricket
D) Football
Which televised sport do many people
watch on
Thanksgiving?
C) Basketball
Baseball
D) Football
Слайд 47B) 85%
D) 50%
What percentage of Americans celebrate
the Thanskgiving feast?
C)
60%
A) 95%
B) 85%
Слайд 48B) Female
Which turkeys gobble?
A) Male
A) Male
Слайд 49B) False
There are towns in the USA
that are named
Turkey.
A) True
A) True
Слайд 50B) Walt Whitman
D) Sarah Josepha Hale
What is the name of
the author who led
the national campaign to have Thanksgiving
declared a national holiday?
C) Jacob Riis
Nellie Bly
D) Sarah Josepha Hale
Слайд 51B) George Washington
D) Alexander Hamilton
Which of America’s Founding Fathers wanted
the turkey to be America’s national bird,
rather than the
eagle?
C) Samuel Adams
A) Benjamin Franklin
A) Benjamin Franklin
