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Turkey Leg Award
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This is one of the most popular Macy's Day parade balloon floats.
Who is Chase of Paw Patrol?
100
Other than turkey, it's the next most common main dish served for Thanksgiving.
What is ham?
100
The name of the English Separatists that held the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
Who are The Pilgrims?
100
These two football teams have the highest number of games played on Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions?
100
Winning in 1997, this RB was the star of the game. In his best Thanksgiving Day performance ever, he buried the Bears running for 167 yards and three TDs on just 19 carries.
Who is Barry Sanders?
200
This famous scene in arguably one of the most popular Friends episodes involves these two characters saying "I love you" for the first time.
Who are Monica and Chandler?
200
Of these three, it was the only one NOT served at the original Thanksgiving dinner: pumpkin, seafood, corn on the cob.
What is Corn on the cob?
200
The first Thanksgiving celebrations lasted this many days.
What is 3 days?
200
This famous person signals the end of the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade.
Who is Santa Claus?
200
John Madden in 1989 awarded the very first ever "Turkey Leg Award" to this most valuable defensive player from the Philadelphia Eagles.
Who is Reggie White?
300
Tied for one of the longest running Macy's parade balloons, this guy has been in over 23 parades!
Who is Bullwinkle?
300
This large root vegetable is not part of the nightshade family, but rather of the morning glory family.
What is a sweet potato?
300
This meat was brought by the Native Americans to the first Thanksgiving feast.
What is venison/deer?
300
This famous Thanksgiving image is often called "The Thanksgiving dinner" but it's actual name derives from his famous Four Freedoms- to which its actual name is Freedom from Want. (other 3 include Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Worship and Freedom from Fear)
Who is Norman Rockwell?
300
In 1990, John Madden again awarded the turkey leg award to this Dallas Cowboys running back, after he had taken 23 carries for 132 yards and two touchdowns in a 27-17 win against the Redskins. Following the game, Madden remarked that he wished he could give out six turkey legs, one to him and one to each of his five offensive lineman.
Who is Emmitt Smith?
400
One of the most popular Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade balloons, these two characters are inseparable.
Who are Snoopy and Woodstock?
400
This company receives up to 10,000 phone calls on Thanksgiving as part of their turkey hotline.
Who is Butterball?
400
This President made Thanksgiving a permanent federal holiday in order to unite the country.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
400
This state produces the most cranberries.
What is Wisconsin?
400
In 1998, this 21-year-old Viking dominated the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day and had just three catches on eight targets that afternoon. However, those grabs went for 163 yards, and each ended up in the end zone resulting in a Viking 46 Cowboy 36 score.
Who is Randy Moss?
500
In a battle to get home for Thanksgiving, this movie tells the story of Neal Page and Dale Griffith and is one of the funniest Thanksgiving movies of all time!
What is "Trains, Planes and Automobiles?"
500
This month, hunters in Georgia may begin their attempts at getting their first wild turkey.
When is April?
500
The indigenous people of North America that attended the first Thanksgiving were of this native american tribe.
Who are the Wampanoag tribe?
500
These two unusual parts of a turkey are: the loose skin attached to the underside of the turkey's beak and the fleshy part that hangs over the top of the beak (2 answers).
What are the wattle and the snood?
500
Thanksgiving week 2021 will not be a holiday this 3rd string QB will remember fondly, as the New York Giants fired him just three days before the Thanksgiving Day game slate. At least he’ll always have Thanksgiving 1994 and the John Madden Turkey Leg Award he won after a shootout against Brett Favre and the Green Bay Packers in which he lead his team to a 42 Giants 31 Cowboys win.
Who is Jason Garrett?
