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Thanksgiving Trivia

Points available: 10

1:

Which president established Thanksgiving as an official national holiday?

2:

Which president established the fourth Thursday in November as Thanksgiving?

3:

From what language is the word "turkey" believed to originate?

4:

In what year did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first take place as a commercial event?

5:

In what year was Thanksgiving first observed?

6:

How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?

7:

In what year was a turkey first issued a "presidential pardon"?

8:

How many pounds of cranberries were produced in 2004?

9:

Who wanted to adopt the turkey - rather than the bald eagle - as a national symbol?

10:

Which was the first famous character to become a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

 

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