The First Thanksgiving
What was the first Thanksgiving dinner at that celebrated a boutiful Harvest?
Where is Plymouth, Massachusetts
Which President declared Thanksgiving a Holiday?
Who is Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
What famous parade can always be seen prior to the National Dog Show on TV.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What chef is know for her polenta with rosemary and black pepper?
Who is Rachel Ray.
Dark meat versus white meat. An average 15 pound turkey is 70% white meat and 30% dark meat. What is a male turkey called?
What is a tom.
What month and year did the "first Thanksgiving" happen?
What is October 1621
On October 21, 1939, which president declared Thanksgiving to always fall on the last Thursday in November to boost the economy?
Who is Franklin D Roosevelt.
What tradition called a "Turkey Trot" has cropped up in the last 10 years to help families burn calories before the big meal?
What is a 5k race or run.
Louisiana chef Paul Prudhomme premiered a now legendary dish is the 1970's by combining a turkey, duck and a chicken.
What is turducken.
What percent of Americans eat Turkey on Thanksgiving? (Pre-covid numbers)
What is 88% of Americans.
What is approximately 141 Native Americans and Pilgrims.
Before Pumpkin Pie became what it is today, what was used as crust for a pumpkin pie?
What is the crust of the pumpkin.
Thanksgiving always has meant Football in America. Name one of the ivy-league schools that played the first football game on Thanksgiving in 1876.
What is Yale or Princeton
What staple dish is Martha Stewart most known for?
What is the Perfect Apple Pie.
Which US President refused to recognize Thanksgiving citing "a wall of separation of church and state" who believed that endorsing such celebrations as president would amount to a state-sponsored religious worship?
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
What was the main source of meat at the First Thanskgiving?
What is Deer or venison. There is also thought to be lots of seafood such as lobster, mussels and bass. There may have been wild turkeys and an assortment of other foul like duck, geese and swans but there is no record of a large turkey.
What iconic symbol for Thanksgiving is derived from Greek Mythology that Zeus is said to have fed from as an infant and later gifted as an adult.
What is a cornucopia.
Which President was the first to "pardon a Turkey"?
Who is John F Kennedy in 1963. George H.W. Bush made it a tradition 1989.
Julia Child is known for what "famously complicated" version of the main dish.
What is the "deconstructed turkey."
What famous scientist suggested in a letter to his daughter that the Turkey should be the Official bird of the United States?
Who is Ben Franklin.
Who was the Governor of Plymouth that is said to be the main person involved in the First Thanksgiving?
Who is William Bradford.
What is the most important thing AFTER Thanksgiving Dinner?
What is leftovers!
A celebration of the holiday with friends and not necessarily family is called what.
What is Friendsgiving.
What chef has this signature dish: mashed potatoes with green chili queso sauce.
Who is Bobby Flay.
Which gender of bird is usually sold as a whole bird?
What is a hen (female).