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A Thanksgiving Quiz
December 24, 2020
</p> <section> <h2> <h2><strong>A Thanksgiving Quiz</strong></h2> </h2> <p><em>by Patrick Maloney</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Because of the pandemic, this Thanksgiving will be very different than most, but it will still include many familial and national traditions.</p> <p> </p> <p>The quiz below, from the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the Thanksgiving holiday in American history and culture.</p> <p><em> </em></p> <p><em>Patrick Maloney is the Deputy Director of the Ashbrook Center</em></p> </section> <section> <h2> <h2>What was the primary food that the Wampanoag, the Native American tribe that participated in the first Thanksgiving, contributed to the feast?</h2> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Writer and editor Sarah Josepha Hale, author of the poem “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” also is known as the “godmother of Thanksgiving” for urging which president to have “our annual Thanksgiving made a National and fixed Union Festival”?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>In what year was the law passed making the fourth Thursday of November the fixed date for Thanksgiving?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which president said that “Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we are still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves … we are always, simply, Americans”?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will exclude a live audience this year, but will still be broadcast on television. In what years was the parade officially canceled since first being held in 1924?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Because of a mix-up that resulted in a major surplus of turkey one year, which company packaged turkey, stuffing, peas and sweet potatoes in aluminum trays, creating the first TV dinners?</h2> <h2><strong></strong></h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which of America’s Founding Fathers wanted the turkey, rather than the eagle, to be America’s national bird?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>Which Ivy League college teams faced off in the first Thanksgiving football game in the 1870s?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>The tradition of handing out Thanksgiving themed awards to NFL players began in 1989. What was the initial award called and who received it?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <h2>In addition to the United States, several other countries celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday. Which of the following is not one of them?</h2> </h3> </section> <section> <h2></h2> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <section> <h3></h3> </section> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>
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