Thanksgiving & Harvest Festivals Quiz

Thanksgiving in the US and Canada, Chuseok, Pongal, Sukkot, Homowo and Crop Over: where the world gives thanks for the harvest.

Thanksgiving is one harvest festival among many. Canada gives thanks in October, Korea has Chuseok, India has Pongal, Ghana has Homowo and Barbados has Crop Over. Match 18 festivals to their countries, then answer questions on the places in the Thanksgiving story, from Plymouth to the parade.

How the quiz works

There are two kinds of question. Most describe a harvest festival or a Thanksgiving and ask where it is celebrated. The others are Thanksgiving geography: which state Plymouth Colony was in, which English port the Mayflower left from, and which state grows the most cranberries. Easy asks 10 questions and Expert 25, drawn from 26.

Harvest festivals and Thanksgivings around the world

Country	Festival
Argentina	Fiesta de la Vendimia: the grape harvest festival in Mendoza
Barbados	Crop Over, which began as the end of the sugar-cane harvest
Canada	Thanksgiving on the second Monday of October
China	Zhongqiu Jie, the Mid-Autumn Festival, with mooncakes and the legend of the moon goddess Chang’e
Germany	Erntedankfest: churches are decorated with sheaves and produce in early October
Ghana	Homowo, “hooting at hunger”, the Ga people’s festival in Accra
Grenada	A Thanksgiving Day on 25 October
India	Pongal: four days in January named after a dish of rice boiled in new milk
Iran	Mehregan, an ancient autumn festival of friendship and the harvest
Israel	Sukkot: a week of meals in outdoor huts covered with branches
Japan	Labour Thanksgiving Day on 23 November, from the ancient rice-harvest rite Niinamesai
Liberia	A national Thanksgiving Day on the first Thursday of November
Nigeria	The New Yam Festival, when the first yams of the season are eaten
Poland	Dożynki: a harvest-home festival with wreaths woven from the last sheaves
South Korea	Chuseok: three days of family visits and half-moon rice cakes (songpyeon)
United Kingdom	Harvest Festival services, with tins and produce collected for food banks
United States	Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November
Vietnam	Tết Trung Thu, the children’s mid-autumn festival with star lanterns and lion dances

Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada

United States: the fourth Thursday of November (26 November in 2026). The harvest feast at Plymouth in 1621, with about 90 Wampanoag men led by Massasoit, is the one remembered as the first Thanksgiving, though Virginia held a thanksgiving at Berkeley Hundred in 1619. Lincoln proclaimed a national holiday in 1863 and Congress fixed the fourth Thursday in 1941.

Canada: the second Monday of October (12 October in 2026). The earlier date suits a shorter growing season, and Parliament fixed it in 1957.

The same moon, three festivals

China’s Mid-Autumn Festival, Korea’s Chuseok and Vietnam’s Tết Trung Thu all fall on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, at the harvest full moon, usually in September or early October.

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Frequently asked questions

Which countries celebrate Thanksgiving?

The United States and Canada are the best known. Liberia celebrates on the first Thursday of November, Grenada on 25 October, and Japan has Labour Thanksgiving Day on 23 November.

When is Canadian Thanksgiving?

On the second Monday of October, which is 12 October in 2026. US Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November, 26 November in 2026.

What are some harvest festivals around the world?

Chuseok in South Korea, the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, Pongal in India, Sukkot in Israel, Erntedankfest in Germany, Homowo in Ghana, the New Yam Festival in Nigeria and Crop Over in Barbados.

Where was the first Thanksgiving?

The 1621 harvest feast usually called the first Thanksgiving was at Plymouth Colony, in today’s Massachusetts. Virginia points to an earlier thanksgiving at Berkeley Hundred in 1619.

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