History
The original Thanksgiving celebration lasted this long
What is 3 days?
This Thanksgiving meat may not have even been served at the first Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
DAILY DOUBLE!
He first declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863 in response to pleas from Sarah Josepha Hale
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The parade was originally held on this holiday
What is Christmas?
These two NFL teams play on Thanksgiving day every year
What are the Lions and the Cowboys?
This Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims
What is the Wampanoag?
Americans eat 50 million of these pies, second to apple, each year on Thanksgiving alone
What is Pumpkin Pie?
This president first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving 74 years before it was declared a national holiday
Who is George Washington?
This city held the very first Thanksgiving Day parade
What is Philadelphia?
The first NFL Thanksgiving games were held in this year
What is 1920?
He acted as an interpreter between the natives and the Pilgrims
Who is Squanto?
This is the name for two birds cooked inside of another bird
What is a turducken?
He declared two Thanksgivings in one year
Who is James Madison?
Originally balloons were allowed to do this after the parade was over
What is float away?
The first collegiate Thanksgiving football game was held in 1876 between these two schools
What are Yale and Princeton?
This national holiday, commemorating those who sat with the Pilgrims, falls the day after Thanksgiving
What is Native American Heritage Day?
This casserole was invented by a Campbell’s Soup employee
What is green bean casserole?
Thomas Jefferson refused to celebrate Thanksgiving for this reason
What is the separation of church and state?
This aviator title is given to the balloon guides
What is pilot?
The NFL Thanksgiving games are traditionally played at these three times
What are 12:30, 4:30, and 8:20?
FDR moved Thanksgiving to this day for 3 years, before moving it back to its current place on the calendar due to public outcry at the change
What is the third Thursday in November?
This side is sometimes called dressing
What is stuffing?
Calvin Coolidge was presented this live animal as a Thanksgiving present
What is a raccoon?
This superhero’s balloon once lost an arm to tree branches
Who is Superman?
This league, which held its championship games on Thanksgiving, was the first major attempt to standardize American football
What is the Intercollegiate Football Association?