Deconstructing the Cappos Family Thanksgiving Dinner
100
True or False: Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain.
What is True
100
Which eating utensil was NOT present for the first Thanksgiving feast?
What is the fork
100
In Canada they celebrate Thanksgiving in what month?
What is October. They celebrate it on the second Monday in October
100
Fact or Fiction: Californians eat the most turkey in the United States
What is Fact
100
Chestnuts are a main ingredient in our traditional family stuffing invented by our YiaYia. What singer was known for singing "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"?
Who is Nat King Cole
200
True or False: All turkeys gobble.
What is False. Males "gobble" and females "cluck"
200
What vegetable did the Pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
What is the potato
200
The term "Cornucopia" means what?
What is Horn of Plenty
200
Fact or Fiction: Turkey actually has less protein than chicken or beef.
What is Fiction. It has more protein than both
200
Pumpkin Pie is one of our favorite Thanksgiving desserts. What "family" do pumpkins belong to?
What is the squash family
300
Butterball says that the best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey to test for "doneness" is
The thigh
300
The original Thanksgiving lasted how long?
What is three days
300
The first Thanksgiving professional football game was started in 1934 by which team?
Who are the Detroit Lions
300
Fact or Fiction: The average person consumes 4,500 calories on Thanksgiving Day
What is Fact
300
Aunt Zekie's Jello salad is a "must have" on Thanksgiving Day. In 1923, Cecil B. DeMille's silent film, "The 10 Commandments" used Jello for what famous special effect?
What is the parting of the Red Sea
400
The dangling skin under the turkey's neck is called what?
What is the WATTLE
400
What President moved Thanksgiving up a week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy?
What is Franklin D. Roosevelt. This idea did not go over well and in 1941, Congress ruled that Thanksgiving would be the fourth Thursday in November
400
Which cartoon character was the first balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Who is Felix the Cat
400
Fact or Fiction: Turkeys have one of the strongest hearts.
What is Fiction. Turkeys have one of the weakest hearts. When the Air Force was conducting tests to break the sound barrier, nearby turkeys dropped dead
400
Lynn's candied yams are legendary. What cartoon character is famous for saying "I yam what I yam"
Who is Popeye
500
According to popular legend, where did the male "Tom" Turkey get its name?
What is Ben Franklin named it after Thomas Jefferson when he would not allow the turkey to be the national bird
500
Captain John Smith established what colony in Virginia?
What is Jamestown
500
Cranberries are a staple of Thanksgiving dinner. When making homemade cranberry sauce, how do you know a cranberry is of high quality and fresh?
What is When it bounces after being dropped
500
Fact or Fiction: Turkeys often sleep in trees during the night.
What is Fact...funny but true!
500
Mashed potatoes with gravy are a delicious part of Thanksgiving dinner. What country suffered the loss of more than a million people because of the Great Potato Famine between 1845 and 1852