Thanksgiving

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American Culture

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What do you know about this holiday?

Thanksgiving

What was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620?

1. Golden Hinde
2. Sunflower
3. Mayflower
4. Titanic

The first Thanksgiving Day celebration is thought to have taken place in

1. 1620
2. 1621
3. 1789
4. 1720

Congress made Thanksgiving Day a ______________ holiday in 1941

1. special
2. mandatory
3. legal
4. family

In which month of the year is Thanksgiving in the US?

1. October
2. November
3. December
4. September

Thanksgiving Day is always on a

1. Wednesday
2. Thursday
3. Saturday
4. Monday

When is Thanksgiving celebrated?

1. first Thursday of November
2. fourth Thursday of November
3. first Tuesday of November
4. fourth Tuesday of November

This traditional pie is made of _______

1. Cranberry
2. Corn
3. Bean
4. Pumpkin

_____ potatoes is also served at Thanksgiving.

1. Flattened
2. Squashed
3. Crushed
4. Mashed

In 1924 Macy's department store started their ..................

1. Thanksgiving sale
2. Thanksgiving parade
3. Thanksgiving feast
4. Thanksgiving harvest

A _____ is a small berry, typically made into a sauce for Thanksgiving.

1. blueberry
2. raspberry
3. cranberry
4. strawberry

The most traditional food of Thanksgiving is

1. rabbit
2. pizza
3. glaced ham
4. turkey

Many people eat turkey ____ Thanksgiving.

1. on
2. at
3. in

Thanksgiving

What do Black Friday and Cyber Monday have to do with Thanksgiving?

Black Friday begins the day after which holiday?

1. Memorial Day
2. Christmas
3. Halloween
4. Thanksgiving

Why is Black Friday black?

1. Retailers become profitable
2. Shoppers end up black and blue
3. The weather is usually bad
4. It drives some stores out of business

Black Friday represents the point in the year when retailers begin to turn a profit, thus going from being "in the red" to being "in the black"

Which retailer is the most dangerous place to shop on Black Friday?

1. Target
2. Walmart
3. Dollar General
4. Costco

The most violence seems to occur at Walmart (57.1 percent of Black Friday incidents) leading to the Twitter hashtag each year #Walmartfights.

What was the first department store to advertise a post-Thanksgiving sale?

1. Sears
2. J.C. Penny
3. Kohl's
4. Macy's

The department store Macy's was the first to advertise post-Thanksgiving shopping in 1924, during their Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.

What percent of Black Friday shoppers later regret their purchases?

1. 52%
2. 63%
3. 32%
4. 19%

What is the Monday after Black Friday called?

1. Super Monday
2. Manic Monday
3. Cyber Monday
4. Discount Monday

What year did the term Black Friday first appear in The New York Times?

1. 1965
2. 1995
3. 1975
4. 1985

How many countries besides the U.S. have some form of Black Friday?

1. 2
2. 20
3. 10
4. 15