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 ceremonial gavel

Answer · why

A) A key to the city

A key to the city goes to Santa Claus from Detroit's mayor as the broadcast ends; begun in 1924 like Macy's parade, the event is known for giant papie...

Q 02/05

Which Pacific island territory of Australia, once a port of call for American whalers, 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 took up Thanksgiving through visiting American whalers: trader Isaac Robinson, their friend and the island's US consul, had All Saints ...

Q 03/05

Which Native nation sealed a 1621 alliance with the Pilgrims and joined their first harvest feast?

A) Cherokee

B) Pequot

C) Wampanoag

D) Iroquois

Answer · why

C) Wampanoag

The Wampanoag made a mutual-defense pact with Plymouth in spring 1621; that autumn about ninety of their men joined the harvest celebration, outnumber...

Q 04/05

Which president, urged on by a magazine editor's letters, proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day?

A) Andrew Jackson

B) Abraham Lincoln

C) Martin Van Buren

D) James K. Polk

Answer · why

B) Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln issued the proclamation on October 3, 1863, at the height of the Civil War, setting the last Thursday of November; it answered an edit...

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, the tire maker, turned a puppeteer's designs into giant rubber balloons at its Akron plant, building the parade's inflatables for more than ...