The First Thanksgiving
The year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
The country that gravy originated in.
What is England?
This President made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The year of the first parade.
What is 1924?
The concept of American football games being played on Thanksgiving Day dates back to 1876, shortly after the game had been invented. These two college football teams played each other that year on Thanksgiving Day.
What are Yale and Princeton?
The number of passengers on the Mayflower. (guess +/- 5)
What is 102?
In a turkey, slow-twitch muscles are known more widely as this type of meat.
What is dark meat?
The first president to pardon a Turkey.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This movie filmed a scene during the 1946 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Two of the NFL's Thanksgiving Day games have been traditionally hosted by these two teams.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions?
The utensil that was not used at the first Thanksgiving.
What is a fork?
Campbells makes 40% of its total sales for this item leading up to Thanksgiving.
What is Cream of Mushroom Soup?
This President tried to make Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November to help boost the economy for the holiday season.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
This famous cartoon character made their float debut in 1934.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
The NFL did not schedule any Thanksgiving Day games from this year to this year.
What is 1941 to 1944?
The length of time of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 3 days?
The name for a baby turkey.
What is a Poult?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is James Madison?
Who is Barney?
This CBS announcer awarded the first "Turkey Leg" to the game's most valuable player in 1989.
Who is John Madden?
The Native American tribe the Pilgrims shared Thanksgiving with.
What is the Wampanoag?
Sweet potatoes are a dichot; a plant with two embryonic seed leaves. They belong to this family.
What is Morning Glory?
This President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present.
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
Second only to the U.S. Government, Macy's is the largest consumer of this.
What is Helium?
The only NFL team that has never played on Thanksgiving Day.
Who is the Jacksonville Jaguars?