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Middle round (ages 9–11): 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. Why do cranberries float when a cranberry bed is flooded?
- A. they are full of oil
- B. they are covered in wax
- C. they hold tiny pockets of air
2. What is a baby turkey called?
- A. a kid
- B. a poult
- C. a fawn
3. In 1939, which president moved Thanksgiving one week earlier?
- A. Woodrow Wilson
- B. Franklin D. Roosevelt
- C. Abraham Lincoln
4. The potato we eat is a swollen underground part. What is it called?
- A. a pod
- B. a tuber
- C. a bulb
5. White House Thanksgiving meals have served cranberries from which famous place?
- A. Death Valley
- B. Cape Cod
- C. the Grand Canyon
6. A cooked turkey is safe to eat when the inside reaches what temperature?
- A. 165°F
- B. 100°F
- C. 125°F
7. In what year was the first big New York City Thanksgiving parade?
- A. 1924
- B. 1952
- C. 1899
8. Pumpkins belong to which plant family?
- A. the gourd family
- B. the grass family
- C. the rose family
9. Which president named the first Thanksgiving under the new U.S. Constitution, in 1789?
- A. George Washington
- B. Thomas Jefferson
- C. Abraham Lincoln
10. Leftovers should go into the fridge within how many hours after the meal?
- A. eight hours
- B. twelve hours
- C. two hours
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The key (for the host: fold this page back)
- C: they hold tiny pockets of air. Farmers flood the beds so the berries rise to the top and can be gathered.
- B: a poult. Baby turkeys can also simply be called chicks.
- B: Franklin D. Roosevelt. That year the last Thursday of November fell on the very last day of the month.
- B: a tuber. Tubers grow from special underground stems of the potato plant.
- B: Cape Cod. Cape Cod is a hook-shaped piece of land in Massachusetts.
- A: 165°F. Stuffing should reach 165°F too.
- A: 1924. It was held on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1924.
- A: the gourd family. Pumpkins grow above the ground in warm seasons across most of the United States.
- A: George Washington. He picked Thursday, November 26, 1789.
- C: two hours. That rule counts for pumpkin pie as well.
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