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Brain – Ring Theme: “Thanksgiving Day”

? ? ? QUESTION № 1 Where did people celebrate Thanksgiving Day at first? Name the country.

(The U S A )

? ? ? QUESTION № 2 How many years ago did it begin as a feast of thanksgiving?

( Almost 400 years ago)

? ? ? QUESTION № 3 When did the people sail across the Atlantic ocean to settle in the New World

(In 1620)

? ? ? QUESTION № 4 What was the name of the state where the Pilgrims settled?

(the state of Massachusetts)

? ? ? QUESTION № 5 Who taught the Pilgrims how to grow corn (maize), to hunt and fish?

(the Iroquois Indians)

? ? ? QUESTION № 6 What were harvested and when?

(In the autumn of 1621 bountiful crops of corn,barley,beans and pumpkins were harvested)

? ? ? QUESTION № 7 Whom did the colonists invite for this holiday?

(the local Indian chief and 90 Indians)

? ? ? QUESTION № 8 Who suggested the date November 26 as Thanksgiving Day?

(George Washington)

? ? ? QUESTION № 9 What did Abraham Lincoln ask all Americans in 1864 at the end of a long and bloody civil war?

(to set aside the last Thursday in November as a day of Thanksgiving)

? ? ? QUESTION № 10 What are the symbols of Thanksgiving Day?

(Turkey, corn (or maize), pumpkins, cranberry cause)

? ? ? QUESTION № 11 Who offer traditional meal to the homeless?

(Charitable organizations)

? ? ? QUESTION № 12 What are the traditional plates on Thanksgiving?

(roast turkey stuffed with bread, cranberry jelly, musked potatoes, pumpkin pic or ham,sweet potatoes and creamed corn)

Good luck!