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Little round (ages 6–8): Thanksgiving. Pages: the ten question cards, two answer sheets to a page (print one page per two teams), and the key on the last page, to fold back.
1. Each year near Thanksgiving, the president "pardons" which animal?
- A. a goose
- B. a pig
- C. a turkey
2. Where do wild turkeys sleep at night?
- A. in holes underground
- B. up in trees
- C. in ponds
3. What do we call a grown-up girl turkey?
- A. a tom
- B. a hen
- C. a doe
4. What do we call a grown-up boy turkey?
- A. a cub
- B. a tom
- C. a hen
5. What color are ripe cranberries?
- A. red
- B. yellow
- C. blue
6. Which of these is a safe place to thaw a frozen turkey?
- A. on the kitchen counter
- B. outside in the sun
- C. in the refrigerator
7. Where do sweet potatoes grow?
- A. on tall trees
- B. under the ground
- C. in the ocean
8. Cranberries grow on what kind of plant?
- A. low vines
- B. cactus plants
- C. tall trees
9. What tool tells a cook when the turkey is cooked enough to be safe?
- A. a food thermometer
- B. a ruler
- C. a timer clock
10. The first big New York City Thanksgiving parade had animals from where?
- A. a pet shop
- B. a zoo
- C. a farm show
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: a turkey. The pardoned turkey does not become dinner. It gets to keep living.
- B: up in trees. In snowstorms they hold on to strong branches in thick pine trees.
- B: a hen. Boy turkeys are the ones that gobble.
- B: a tom. A young boy turkey has its own name too: a jake.
- A: red. Each tart berry can hold up to 35 tiny black seeds.
- C: in the refrigerator. Food should never be thawed at room temperature.
- B: under the ground. A sweet potato is a root, so farmers dig it up.
- A: low vines. The vines are small and creep along the ground in sandy or wet land.
- A: a food thermometer. Cooks check the thigh, the wing and the thickest part of the breast.
- B: a zoo. That first parade was in 1924, and the animals came from the Central Park Zoo.
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