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Big round (ages 12 and up): 🦃 Thanksgiving. Ten questions. Tap a box to see the answer.

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The ten, for a host reading aloud

  1. 1.Giant balloons first joined the big New York City Thanksgiving parade in which year?
    • A 1927
    • B 1960
    • C 1924
  2. 2.The cranberry got its name because its flower looks like the head of which bird?
    • A a robin
    • B a parrot
    • C a crane
  3. 3.Potatoes began about nine million years ago when ancestors of which plant mixed with another group?
    • A the onion
    • B the carrot
    • C the tomato
  4. 4.After the 1939 date change, for how many years did the U.S. have two different Thanksgiving days?
    • A ten years
    • B two years
    • C twenty years
  5. 5.Why did the 1941 law say the "fourth" Thursday of November instead of the "last"?
    • A Thursday was a school day
    • B the fourth was a lucky number
    • C some Novembers have five Thursdays
  6. 6.What is the fleshy flap that drapes over a male turkey's bill called?
    • A the beard
    • B the comb
    • C the snood
  7. 7.A pumpkin's orange color comes from pigments rich in which substance?
    • A beta-carotene
    • B chlorophyll
    • C caffeine
  8. 8.Wild turkeys rarely fly far, but how fast can they fly?
    • A up to about 5 miles per hour
    • B up to about 54 miles per hour
    • C up to about 154 miles per hour
  9. 9.Horace Vose, the "Poultry King" who sent turkeys to presidents for years, lived in which state?
    • A Rhode Island
    • B Vermont
    • C Ohio
  10. 10.Cranberries belong to the heath family along with which other berry?
    • A strawberries
    • B raspberries
    • C blueberries
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  1. A: 1927. That was the parade's fourth year; today the balloons are filled with helium. Source: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
  2. C: a crane. The cranberry's scientific name is Vaccinium macrocarpon. Source: USDA Forest Service
  3. C: the tomato. The other group, called Etuberosum, gave potatoes a gene for growing underground stems. Source: Natural History Museum, London
  4. B: two years. Some states kept the last Thursday while others followed the earlier date. Source: National Archives
  5. C: some Novembers have five Thursdays. The House first wrote "last Thursday," and the Senate changed it to "fourth." Source: National Archives
  6. C: the snood. The wattle is a different part: the bib that hangs below the chin. Source: National Park Service
  7. A: beta-carotene. Pumpkin goes into pies, breads, soups and custards. Source: USDA Risk Management Agency
  8. B: up to about 54 miles per hour. They seldom fly more than 100 yards at a time, and they can even swim. Source: Smithsonian's National Zoo
  9. A: Rhode Island. He supplied White House holiday turkeys from 1873 until 1913. Source: White House Historical Association
  10. C: blueberries. The American cranberry is a woody vine native to northeastern North America. Source: USDA Agricultural Research Service

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