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1. What was the heaviest turkey ever recorded? 

86 pounds, named Tyson

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1. What was the first video game character in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? 

Sonic the Hedgehog

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1. What year was Thanksgiving made a federal and legal holiday?

1941

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1. Who wanted the turkey to be the national bird? 

Benjamin Franklin

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1. True or False: Thanksgiving is the most heavily traveled holiday of the year? 

True

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1. What year was “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving” made? 

1973

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1. What does the word “cornucopia” mean? 

“horn of plenty” in Latin

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1. What color are turkey eggs? 

Tan

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1. When was the first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? 

1924

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1. True or False: Seafood was eaten at the first Thanksgiving. 

.True: fish, eel, shellfish (such as lobster and mussels).

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1. What Christmas song was originally a Thanksgiving song?

 Jingle Bells

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1. Who appears at the end of every Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? 

Santa Claus

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1. What is a male turkey called? 

A tom or a gobbler

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1. What is a juvenile (in his first year) male turkey called? 

A jake

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1. What is a female turkey called?

 A hen

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1. What is the most consumed kind of pie on Thanksgiving (50 million of these are consumed)? 

Pumpkin pie

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1. True or False: Turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving?

 False

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1. Who was the first U.S. president to pardon a turkey? 

John F. Kennedy

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1. Which U.S. President proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863? 

Abraham Lincoln

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1. How many miles does the Macy’s Day Parade consist of? 

2.5 miles

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1. How many turkeys are consumed in the US on Thanksgiving? 

Around 46 million

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1. Where did the first Thanksgiving take place? 

Plymouth, Massachusetts

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1. How many pounds of turkey do Americans eat every Thanksgiving? 

About 704 million pounds

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1. How fast can a turkey run?

 25 mph

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1. How fast can a turkey fly? 

55 mph