Thanksgiving Quiz 2025 Answers

 

THANKSGIVING QUIZ 2025  ANSWERS

1.       Who recommended the turkey as our national bird rather than the bald eagle?

a.       Thomas Paine

b.      Benjamin Franklin

c.       Alexander Hamilton

2.       Which state has the most turkeys? (Not a political question).

a.       Iowa

b.       Kansas

c.       Minnesota

3.       Which turkeys actually gobble?

a.       Females

b.      Males

c.       Neither

4.       In Brazil Thanksgiving celebrations they replace cranberry juice with what?

a.       Jaboticaba

b.       Chimarrao

c.       Mate

5.       Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?

a.       Warren Harding

b.       John Quincy Adams

c.       Thomas Jefferson

6.       When was the first Thanksgiving football game?

a.       1876

b.       1920

c.       1869 (It depends on who you ask.)

7.       During which Revolutionary War battle did troops stop to observe a day of Thanksgiving?

a.       Trenton

b.      Saratoga

c.       White Plains

8.       Which Founding Father once proclaimed, “No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from Turkey on Thanksgiving Day”?

a.       Thomas Paine

b.       Benjamin Franklin

c.       Alexander Hamilton

9.       Which President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present?

a.       George H. W. Bush

b.      Calvin Coolidge

c.       Franklin D. Roosevelt

10.  Who was the first President to pardon a Turkey?

a.       John F. Kennedy

b.       Bill Clinton

c.       Richard Nixon

11.  How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner?

a.       4,500

b.       2,500

c.       6,000

12.  Who wrote the lyrics to “Come Ye Thankful People Come”?

a.       Fanny Crosby

b.      Henry Alford

c.       Phillips Brooks

13.  Who wrote the lyrics to “Jesus, We Just Want to Thank You”?

a.       Gloria and William Gaither

b.       John Thompson and Randy Scruggs

c.       Jack Hayford

14.  “We Gather Together” appeared originally as what?

a.       A German folk song.

b.      A Netherlands folk hymn.

c.       An Australian folk tune.

15.  Who wrote the lyrics to “Count Your Blessings”?

a.       Edwin O. Excell

b.       Charles Spurgeon

c.       Johnson Oatman

16.  Who wrote the lyrics to “Thank You, Lord”?

a.       Seth Sykes

b.       John W. Peterson

c.       Charles Wesley

17.  What popular song’s real title is “The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day”?

a.       Jingle Bells

b.      Over the River and Through the Woods

c.       Here Comes Santa Claus

18.  What are Americans most grateful for according to a 2024 YouGov survey?

a.       Health

b.      Family and Friends

c.       Faith

19.  How many guests on average do Thanksgiving hosts entertain?

a.       Six

b.      Eleven

c.       Eighteen

20.  Which NFL team has never played a game on Thanksgiving?

a.       Chicago Bears

b.       Minnesota Vikings

c.       Jacksonville Jaguars

21.  Why did President Roosevelt move Thanksgiving to the third Thursday in November?

a.       To add seven more shopping days before Christmas.

b.       To keep football games from spoiling the celebration.

c.       To accommodate White House guests who were busy the fourth week.

22.  What happened to the Turkey who received a Presidential pardon in 2005?

a.       It moved to Mount Vernon.

b.      It became grand marshal in a Disneyland parade.

c.       It went back to a farm in rural Minnesota.

23.  How many places in the U.S. have the name Cranberry?

a.       Four

b.       Two

c.       None

24.  What holiday was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade commemorating?

a.       Thanksgiving

b.       Black Friday

c.       Christmas

25.  What year was the first Thanksgiving celebration held?

a.       1611

b.      1621

c.       1671

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