Thanksgiving Quiz How well do you know your history when
1. W a Pilgrims celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
it comes to Thanksgiving?
h t year did the a) 1620
b) 1621 c) 1622 d) 1630
2. W ah t did the Pilg all their new colony?
C n
rims c olony a) Plymouth
b) Jamestow c) Roanoke d) Cape Cod
3. W eh n do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving?
er a) Same as U.S.
b) Second Monday of Novemb c) Second Monday of October d) Fourth Monday of October
4. How many days did the first Thanksgiving celebrations last?
a) Two b) Three c) Five d) Seven
5. Frie dly nativn es from which tribe were invited to the Pilgrims’ Thanksgiving celebration?
ag a) Wampano b) Iroquois c) Patauxet d) Algonquin
6. A r disastrous winter in the colony, the Pilgrims were assisted by a Patauxet Indian who taught them how and where to catch fish and how to fertilize their crops. What was his name? fte their first
a) Powhaten b) Squanto c) Massawippi d) Pocahontas
7. Who was the governor of Plymouth Colony at the time of the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) Miles Standish b) John Alden
c) Edward Southworth d) William Bradford
8. W oh was the first U.S. President to declare a national day of thanks?
a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Franklin D. Roosevelt d) Rutherford B. Hayes
9. W ich h U.S. President established Thanksgiving as an annual holiday?
a) George Washington b) Abraham Lincoln c) Franklin D. Roosevelt d) Rutherford B. Hayes
10. hW at was the name of the ship the Pilgrims took to reach America?
a) The Speedwell b) The Bounty c) The Godspeed d) The Mayflower
11. 1 ing Thanksgiving Day the fourth Thursday in
NovemIn 941, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution makf the change?
e purpose o h ber rather than the last. What was th
a) To avoid potential snowstorms in the Nort ains in the South
ristmas shopping season b) To avoid heavy r
c) To extend the Ch d) All of the above
