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Thanksgiving Bar Trivia Questions

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  • 10 questions
  • About 3 min
  • Up to 3 stars

These Thanksgiving trivia questions make a lively bar trivia round, covering the 1621 harvest at Plymouth, early presidential proclamations, the Macy's parade, turkey facts and a famous side dish. Play solo, or read them aloud as pub quiz questions at your own trivia night or family gathering, since each answer comes with a quick fact to share while everyone argues over the leftovers.

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From harvest feast to national holiday

Thanksgiving as Americans know it took more than two centuries to come together. Colonists across New England held occasional days of thanksgiving for good harvests or answered prayers, but there was no fixed national date for generations. Abraham Lincoln's 1863 proclamation finally set an annual November holiday, and Congress settled the timing for good in 1941. Since then the day has grown its own traditions, from afternoon football to Friendsgiving dinners with roommates and coworkers.

A helpful trick for history questions is to keep two stories separate in your head. One is the 1621 harvest gathering in Massachusetts, which colonists described in only a few short accounts. The other is the modern national holiday, shaped over many generations by politics, business and family habit. Most Thanksgiving trivia falls neatly into one of those two buckets, and knowing which bucket you are in narrows the answer fast.

Thanksgiving week is one of the busiest travel periods in the country, so trivia is a natural way to fill the time while the turkey roasts. Read the questions aloud between courses and let the youngest players keep score.