The First Thanksgiving
What's for Dinner?
Holiday Traditions
Thanksgiving Media & Pop Culture
Fun Facts
100

This group of English settlers traveled on the Mayflower and celebrated the first harvest feast. 

The Pilgrims

100

This tart, red sauce is a staple side dish, often retaining the shape of the can it was poured from.

Cranberry sauce

100

This massive New York City parade features giant helium balloons and ends with the arrival of Santa Claus

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

100

In a famous 1973 animated special, this character cooks a Thanksgiving dinner consisting of toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks, and jellybeans

Charlie Brown

100

The date of Thanksgiving is always celebrated on this specific Thursday of November

Fourth Thursday
200

The first Thanksgiving took place in 1621 in this modern-day New England state

Massachusetts

200

What is a popular, gooey topping on sweet potato casserole

Marshmallows
200

Since 1920 these two NFL teams host a game every single Thanksgiving Day

Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys

200

The 1994 film Miracle on 34th Street begins during which major holiday event?

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

200

Only male turkeys can make this famous vocalization

Gobble

300

This Native American from the Patuxet tribe served as an interpreter and taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate corn.

Squanto
300

This classic Thanksgiving pie features a sugary custard base topped with native North American tree nuts

Pecan pie

300

This annual presidential tradition involves sparing a specific bird from the dinner table

Presidential Turkey Pardon

300

In the classic sitcom Friends, Monica famously dances with this food item stuck on her head

Turkey

300

This famous holiday song written by James Lord Pierpont was originally intended to be a Thanksgiving song, not a Christmas one

Jingle Bells

400

The historic 1621 feast was shared between the Plymouth colonists and this specific Native American tribe

Wampanoag

400

This popular green bean casserole ingredient was invented by the Campbell Soup Company in 1955 to create a quick, cheap meal

Cream of mushroom soup

400

This character balloon has made the most appearances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade history

Snoopy
400

This 1987 comedy film stars Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get home for the holidays by any means necessary

What is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

400

What is the fleshy, red appendage that hangs down over a turkey's beak

Snood

500

Rather than just one day, the first Thanksgiving harvest celebration lasted for this many days

3 days

500

This is the traditional name for the specific piece of the turkey breastbone that two people pull apart for good luck

Wishbone (furcula)

500
This US President officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln

500

This 90s sitcom features an iconic Thanksgiving episode where the family goes to a restaurant because their turkey gets locked in the oven

Seinfeld

500

How many turkeys do Americans eat on Thanksgiving Day each year (within 10 million)

46 million

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