Mayflower & History
In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America from this coastal city in Devon.
What is Plymouth?
When an American Thanksgiving recipe calls for heavy cream, a British cook would reach for this chilled dairy carton.
What is double cream?
In Season 5, Monica attempts to cheer up Chandler by dancing with an uncooked turkey wearing a fez and sunglasses on this body part.
What is her head?
Every Thanksgiving morning, giant character balloons parade down the streets of Manhattan in an event sponsored by this department store.
What is Macy's?
After carving the roast bird, two people snap this bifurcated furcula bone while making a secret request.
What is the wishbone?
In 1863, during the American Civil War, this US President officially proclaimed Thanksgiving a national annual holiday.
What is Abraham Lincoln?
A sweet holiday side dish pairs sweet potatoes (or yams) baked under a layer of this toasted confectionary.
What are marshmallows?
Rachel accidentally combines an English trifle with a shepherd’s pie, famously including a layer of peas, onions, and this meat.
What is beef (or minced beef)?
The day after Thanksgiving is known worldwide as Black Friday, but the following Monday dedicated to online shopping deals carries this name.
What is Cyber Monday?
While adult female turkeys are known as hens, adult male turkeys are commonly called this ordinary boy's name.
What is a tom?
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving alongside this Native American tribe, whose name begins with 'W'.
What are the Wampanoag?
The signature blend of four spices used to flavour Christmas puddings and hot cross buns is also used for American pumpkin pie
cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves
Brad Pitt guest-starred in Season 8 as Will Colbert, co-founder of a high school club dedicated to hating this character.
What is Rachel Green?
Since 1934, this NFL team with a roaring blue mascot has hosted an annual Thanksgiving Day football game.
What are the Detroit Lions?
The distinctive, fleshy red skin that drapes down over a turkey’s beak is called this.
What is a snood?
Before sailing across the Atlantic, the English Separatists lived in exile for over a decade in this Dutch city.
What is Leiden?
Green bean casserole is traditionally topped with this allium, rather than breadcrumbs or cheese.
What are (crispy fried) onions?
In Season 3, the gang plays a game of touch football in the park to compete for this bizarre childhood family trophy.
What is the Geller Cup?
Every year outside the White House, the US President performs this ceremonial act to spare a domestic bird's life.
What is a turkey pardon?
Sleepiness after Thanksgiving dinner is commonly (and somewhat inaccurately) blamed on this amino acid found in poultry.
What is tryptophan?
The Mayflower set off alongside a smaller sister ship that had to turn back twice due to dangerous leaks; name that vessel.
What is the Speedwell?
Often baked into Thanksgiving pies, this rich North American nut shares its botanical genus with the walnut.
What is a pecan?
To avoid helping prepare dinner, Joey claims he must watch football, while Chandler pretends to help by being locked inside this piece of furniture.
What is a wooden crate (or shipping box)?
In the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Steve Martin struggles to get home for Thanksgiving alongside this Canadian comedy legend.
What is John Candy?
Turkeys are not native to Turkey; English merchants first imported them through the Mediterranean Levant, confusing them with this other African game bird.
What is a guineafowl?