Q 01/05

Which Patuxet man taught the Plymouth colonists to catch eel and grow corn?

A) Squanto

B) Samoset

C) Metacomet

D) Canonicus

Answer · why

A) Squanto

Squanto (Tisquantum), a Patuxet who learned English after being kidnapped and sold in Spain in 1614, showed the colonists how to plant corn with fish ...

Q 02/05

How many days did the 1621 harvest celebration at Plymouth famously last?

A) Three

B) Seven

C) Five

D) One

Answer · why

A) Three

Three days: Edward Winslow's December 1621 letter, printed in Mourt's Relation, records that the colonists and about ninety Native men 'entertained an...

Q 03/05

Which 19th-century editor tirelessly campaigned for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday?

A) Harriet Beecher Stowe

B) Clara Barton

C) Sarah Josepha Hale

D) Susan B. Anthony

Answer · why

C) Sarah Josepha Hale

Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, conducted a decades-long letter-writing campaign to presidents and governors, advocating for a nati...

Q 04/05

In what year did a US president proclaim a national day of Thanksgiving during the Civil War?

A) 1865

B) 1870

C) 1871

D) 1863

Answer · why

D) 1863

1863: on October 3, 1863, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the last Thursday of November a national day of Thanksgiving and Praise, in the middle of the Civ...

Q 05/05

In which Dutch city did the Pilgrims live before sailing for America?

A) Leiden

B) Rotterdam

C) Utrecht

D) Groningen

Answer · why

A) Leiden

Leiden: the Pilgrims' congregation settled there in 1609 after a year in Amsterdam, working in its textile, printing and brewing trades for more than ...