Turkey Time!
The country for which turkeys got their name - given a turkey's resemblance to African guinea fowl.
What is Turkey?
A leaf's true colour is actually red, yellow, or orange - though this chemical compound causes leaves to stay green in response to high levels of sunlight in spring and summer.
What is chlorophyll?
The duration of the "first" American Thanksgiving celebration in Plymouth with the Wampanoag tribe.
What is three days?
The country of origin for the first "Turducken" - at the time made by stuffing pigeon, partridge, fowl, goose, and finally turkey into one another.
What is England?
The number of continents where gourds are grown today.
What is six?
While only male turkeys "gobble", female turkeys make this sound (shared by other spooky ladies in October).
What is "cackle"?
Fall weight gain is typically associated with eating richer foods during holidays, but is actually the result of this vitamin deficiency.
What is Vitamin D?
The holiday commemorating a feast between English explorer Martin Frobisher and his crew after their successful sail from England to North America in 1578.
What is Canadian Thanksgiving?
This vegetarian and vegan friendly Thanksgiving food option began in 1995.
What is Tofurkey?
The parts of a pumpkin that are edible.
What is all of it?
Turkeys can reach upwards of this speed when running (+/- km).
What is 19 km/hr?
The vibrant red colour exhibited by specific types of trees (e.g., maples) can be attributed to this nutrient found more in the sap of those species.
What is sugar?
Thanksgiving in the 1600s typically included these menu items.
The popular turkey company that initiated a 24-hour "Turkey Talk Line" in 2016 to help home cooks in crisis.
What is Butterball?
While often mistaken for a vegetable, pumpkins are closely related to these fruits.
Several options: What are cantaloupe, watermelon, honeydew, and cucumbers?
One of the descriptive nouns for a group of turkeys.
Several options: What is "dole", "gang", "posse", "raffle", or "crop".
Babies born in fall experience these benefits over those born any other time of year.
Two options: What is living longer and performing better in school?
An early Thanksgiving celebration in New France held by Samuel de Champlain served this food item introduced by the Mi'kmaq tribe, which helped to reduce scurvy amongst the French population.
What are cranberries?
A polarizing Thanksgiving side dish (vegetable), where distaste can be explained through genetics.
What are brussels sprouts?
The European explorer that first documented seeing "gros melons", or pumpkins, in North America.
Who is Jacques Cartier?
This American president pushed (unsuccessfully) for the wild turkey to become America's national bird.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The fall leaf tourism trend bringing over 3 billion to America's New England states.
What is leaf peeping?
This First Nations alliance of six tribes published a "Thanksgiving Address" in 1993 as a reminder that the concept of Thanksgiving has been central to indigenous cultures long before European colonization.
Who are the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois?
An accidental order of 260 tons of Thanksgiving turkeys by a Swanson employee in 1953 started this popular '50s dinner trend.
What are TV dinners?
The weight of the heaviest pumpkin grown on record (+/- 300 lbs).
What is 2,624 lbs?