Thanksgiving People & Places
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who are the Pilgrims?
The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving day.
What is football?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
The number of calories, on average, that a person consumes during Thanksgiving.
What is 4,500?
Collectors of these postal items focus on their history, art, and cultural significance.
What are stamps?
Another name for the English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who are the Puritans?
The holiday event in New York City with large balloons, marching bands,and performers.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
It was the reason that no Thanksgiving football games were played from 1941 to 1944.
What is World War II?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
The iconic 1938 issue of this type of collectible was sold for $6 million and features the first appearance of Superman.
What are comic books?
The indigenous people who are associated with Thanksgiving.
Who are Native Americans? (Wampanoag tribe)
The bone that is traditionally broken during Thanksgiving.
What is the wishbone?
The first Thanksgiving football game was a college match played by these two teams.
Who are Yale and Princeton?
The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is ham?
The 1952 set of these collectibles from Topps is one of the most famous collections ever, featuring rookie Mickey Mantle.
What are baseball cards?
Thanksgiving always takes place on this day.
What is the 4th Thursday in November?
This Thanksgiving tradition is carried out by the President of the United States.
What is the Presidential pardoning of a turkey?
The year the first-ever Thanksgiving NFL game was played.
What is 1920?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
In the 1980s, feet were added to the bottom of these collectible cartoon-topped candy dispensers to make them more stable.
What are Pez dispensers?
The place where the first Thanksgiving meal was eaten.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
This professional football team has played every Thanksgiving since 1934, except for the years during World War II.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
In 1863, this U.S. President called for an annual Thanksgiving celebration on the final Thursday in November.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
In 1953 the Swanson food company's clever solution to their overestimation of demand for Thanksgiving turkey that left them with 260 tons of extra frozen birds.
What is the creation of Swanson frozen TV dinners?
Conchology is the study & collecting of these natural objects.
What are shells?