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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 Take the Thanksgiving quiz
2. What food was probably NOT on the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving menu?PotatoesCornFishDried Fruit
3. The Horn of Plenty, or Cornucopia, which symbolizes abundance, originated in what country?HollandGreeceAmericaTurkey
4. In 1676, a day of thanksgiving was proclaimed to take place during what month?MayJuneOctoberNovember
5. What president didn't like the idea of having a national Thanksgiving Day?WashingtonNixonTrumanJefferson
6. Who is credited with leading the crusade to establish Thanksgiving Day?Sarah Jessica ParkerSarah LeeSarah Josepha HaleSarah Ferguson
7. Which president first established the date of Thanksgiving as a national celebration?JeffersonAdamsLincolnWilson
8. Which president moved the date of Thanksgiving twice?LincolnT. RooseveltF. D. RooseveltEisenhower
9. The reason Thanksgiving was moved up a week was...To fullfil a political promiseTo ward off evil spiritsDue to public pressureTo lengthen the Christmas shopping season
10. Canada celebrates Thanksgiving on... (The answer is not in the narrative.)2nd Monday in October2nd Thursday in November3rd Thursday in NovemberMay 1