ANSWERS

1. Massasoit (also known as Ousamequin)

2. The Patuxet. He taught them to bury fish with the corn seed as fertiliser.

3. William Bradford

4. Five deer

5. George Washington, in 1789

6. Sarah Josepha Hale. She edited Godey's Lady's Book and wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb".

7. William Seward (Secretary of State)

8. Earliest 22 November, latest 28 November

9. Felix the Cat. The early balloons were simply released into the sky at the end of the parade (later with rewards for anyone who returned them).

10. The Detroit Lions (since 1934, the 1930s) and the Dallas Cowboys (since 1966, the 1960s)

11. George H. W. Bush. The bonus answer is Frying Pan Park (in Herndon, Virginia).

12. Swanson

13. Campbell's. The cook was Dorcas Reilly.

14. Butterball (the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line)

15. The flap over the beak is the snood. The flap under the chin is the wattle.

16. Benjamin Franklin

17. Buffalo, New York (the YMCA Turkey Trot)

18. Philadelphia

19. Arlo Guthrie ("Alice's Restaurant")

20. Buttered toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks and jelly beans (any three). Canada's Thanksgiving is on the second Monday in October.