Potent Potables
Food
Native American History
The First Thanksgiving
Football
100

He is the subject of the world's largest mountain carving (which is still ongoing) located in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Crazy Horse

100

What’s the name of the organic compound found in turkey that many people blame for post-feast sleepiness?

Tryptophan

100

In Friends, this is the name of the trophy that Monica and Ross would receive when they were younger after the family touch football games depending on who won

Geller Cup
100

This city, which gave us Kevin Hart and the hoagie, is also home to the oldest Thanksgiving Day parade

Philadelphia

100

America first called for a national day of thanksgiving to celebrate victory over the British in this battle - which is the name of a town in upstate New York that contains a mineral spring and famous horseracing course and the name of my hometown in Northern California!

Saratoga

200

This is the oldest brewery in America - they've been brewing this common Pennsylvanian lager since 1829!

Yuengling

200

This famous president, the first to be born outside of the original 13 colonies, set the current November date for Thanksgiving in order to coincide with the Pilgrims' landing on Plymouth Rock

Lincoln
200

He was a member of the Patuxet tribe best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at Plymouth

Squanto

200

The most popular Thanksgiving side dish in America was also a staple food for the Inca empire

Mashed Potatoes

200

Sitting Bull, possibly the greatest Native American leader ever, absolutely destroyed General Custer at this battle in 1876.

Battle of the Little Bighorn

300

The most common Thanksgiving food wasn't even present at the first Thanksgiving. 

Turkey

300

The Wampanoag tribe participated in the first Thanksgiving, which happened in which state?

Massachusetts
300

The most valuable NFL franchise also has traditionally played on Thanksgiving since 1966.

Dallas Cowboys

300

This japanese drink is produced from steamed rice called koji

Sake

300

This alcohol's name comes from the latin word for juniper, which is used to flavor it

Gin

400

The "Lynchburg" in a Lynchburg Lemonade refers to this brand of whiskey

Jack Daniels

400
The Pilgrims named this fruit after the head of a crane, because its pink blossom reminded them of the large wading bird


Cranberry

400

This staple Thanksgiving side dish was invented in the 1950s by a Campbell Soup Company employee named Dorcas Reilly, with the hope of boosting sales of one of Campbell’s products

Green bean casserole

400

One of the world’s oldest participatory democracies, the Iroquois Confederacy is also known by this name which coincidentally is also the name of a popular international rugby championship tournament

Six Nations

400

Each year since 1989, the MVP of the Thanksgiving NFL football game receives this meat item as an award

Turkey leg
500

The tradition of football on Thanksgiving began in 1876 with a game between Yale and this Ivy League school that gave us Woodrow Wilson and Michelle Obama

Princeton

500

How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?

3

500

Daniel Day-Lewis starred in this movie about the last members of a dying Native American tribe set during the French and Indian War. 

Last of the Mohicans

500

This team, which currently plays its games at Ford Field, has played on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.

Detroit Lions

500

This common mixer is known for containing quinine, a chemical used to treat malaria 

Tonic Water

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