Q 01/05

At the close of America's Thanksgiving Parade, the host mayor hands Santa Claus what?

A) A key to the city

B) A city flag

C) A proclamation

D) A snow shovel

Answer · why

A) A key to the city

At the end of Detroit's America's Thanksgiving Parade the mayor hands Santa Claus a key to the city; the parade, founded the same year as Macy's, runs...

Q 02/05

Which Australian external territory celebrates Thanksgiving on the last Wednesday of November?

A) Norfolk Island

B) Christmas Island

C) Lord Howe Island

D) Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Answer · why

A) Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island picked up Thanksgiving from visiting American whalers in the 1890s; trader Isaac Robinson began decorating All Saints Church in Kingsto...

Q 03/05

Which tribe helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter and joined the first Thanksgiving?

A) Cherokee

B) Navajo

C) Wampanoag

D) Iroquois

Answer · why

C) Wampanoag

The Wampanoag sachem Massasoit's 1621 treaty with Plymouth held for decades; Squanto lived with the Pilgrims as a go-between, and the tribe shared the...

Q 04/05

What ship brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620?

A) Santa Maria

B) Speedwell

C) Mayflower

D) Discovery

Answer · why

C) Mayflower

The Mayflower, a merchant ship of about 180 tons, left Plymouth, England, in September 1620 and anchored off Cape Cod in November with the Pilgrims ab...

Q 05/05

Which company built Macy's parade balloons in Akron, Ohio, from the 1920s through 1980?

A) Goodyear

B) Firestone

C) B.F. Goodrich

D) Uniroyal

Answer · why

A) Goodyear

Goodyear built the Macy's balloons at its Akron plant from the late 1920s until 1980, after which Macy's own parade studio took over production; puppe...