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your answers to turkey talk

Classic roast turkey
Holiday roasted turkey
Perfect roasted turkey
roasted turkey breast with barbecue sauce

SOUPS :
Apple and curry soup
Carrot ginger soup
Celery, chestnut and apple soup
Red pepper bisque

STUFFINGS :
stuffing Q and A

Bulgur stuffing with mushrooms
Chestnut, onion and currant stuffing
Classic stuffing
Corn bread stuffing
Dried tomato and fennel stuffing
Italian stuffing with sausage
Herb potato and bread stuffing
Rye bread stuffing with sausage, apples and bacon
Sausage, cranberry and corn stuffing
Sausage and dried cherry stuffing
Wild rice and chestnut stuffing

DESSERTS :
Apple cranberry crisp
Chiffon mince meat pie
Cranberry walnut tart
Cranberry and pear phyllo tart
Gingerbread and cranberry torte
Pear and almond cream tart
Pumpkin pie pumpkin
Pumpkin pie
Pumpkin-orange pie

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Thanksgiving Quiz
Test Your Knowledge of
THANKSGIVING


INSTRUCTIONS: It's easy. Just read each question and click on the button in front of your answer. The computer will keep score for you. Try to get at least 7 points. To find the answers, just read the Thanksgiving Story. Good luck!
1. What year did the Pilgrims have their first Thanksgiving Feast?
1619
1620
1621
1935

2. What food was probably NOT on the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving menu?
Potatoes
Corn
Fish
Dried Fruit

3. The Horn of Plenty, or Cornucopia, which symbolizes abundance, originated in what country?
Holland
Greece
America
Turkey

4. In 1676, a day of thanksgiving was proclaimed to take place during what month?
May
June
October
November

5. What president didn't like the idea of having a national Thanksgiving Day?
Washington
Nixon
Truman
Jefferson

6. Who is credited with leading the crusade to establish Thanksgiving Day?
Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Lee
Sarah Josepha Hale
Sarah Ferguson

7. Which president first established the date of Thanksgiving as a national celebration?
Jefferson
Adams
Lincoln
Wilson

8. Which president moved the date of Thanksgiving twice?
Lincoln
T. Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower

9. The reason Thanksgiving was moved up a week was...
To fullfil a political promise
To ward off evil spirits
Due to public pressure
To lengthen the Christmas shopping season

10. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on... (The answer is not in the narrative.)
2nd Monday in October
2nd Thursday in November
3rd Thursday in November
May 1

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