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1. What year did the Pilgrims have their first Thanksgiving Feast?

1. 1620
2. 1621
3. 1625
4. 1935

2. This questions has more than one answer. List the letters corresponding to the food that the Pilgrims certainly did eat at the first Thanksgiving Feast:

1. Corn
2. Turkey
3. Plums
4. Pumpkin Pie
5. Potatoes
6. Fish
7. Lobster
8. Dried Fruit
9. Bread
10. Milk
11. Clams

3. In 1676, a day of thanksgiving was proclaimed to take place during what month?

1. May
2. June
3. October
4. November

4. What president scoffed at the idea of having a national Thanksgiving Day?

1. Washington
2. Jefferson
3. Lincoln
4. Nixon

5. Who is credited with leading the crusade to establish Thanksgiving Day?

1. Sarah Jessica Parker
2. Sarah Lee
3. Sarah Josepha Hale
4. Sarah Joyce DeVaugh

6. Which president established the date of Thanksgiving as a national celebration?

1. Lincoln
2. Grant
3. Roosevelt
4. Truman

7. Which president moved the date of Thanksgiving twice?

1. Theodore Roosevelt
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower

8. Why was the date of Thanksgiving moved up a week by one president?

1. Political Reasons
2. It was warmer
3. To make Christmas shopping season longer
4. To be more in line with what Canada was doing

9. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on what date?

1. May 1
2. 3rd Thursday in November
3. 2nd Monday in October
4. Never

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