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*This many species of turkey exist.
What is two?
*This many pumpkin pies are eaten in the United States on Thanksgiving Day.
What is 50 million?
This is this year's Thanksgiving Date.
When is November 27th?
This person appears at the end of the Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Santa Claus?
*On average, how many seeds does a typical pumpkin have?
500
Turkeys are most closely related to this other bird.
What is a pheasant?
*The largest pumpkin pie ever was made in Ohio and weighed this much.
What is 3,700 Ibs?
This is how long the first Thanksgiving feast lasted.
What is three days?
*This is when the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade was first broadcasted nationally.
When is 1947?
*This was when the first Thanksgiving NFL football game.
When is 1934?
This is the term for a baby turkey.
What is a poult?
The town Colchester, Connecticut once delayed its Thanksgiving celebration due to a shortage of this key pumpkin pie ingredient.
What is molasses?
When is Canada's Thanksgiving Day?
When is the second Monday in October?
*The parade started in 1924. This is how many times it has been canceled.
What is three times?
This U.S. state consumes the most turkey every year.
What is California?
*A turkey can run up to this many miles per hour.
What is 25 miles per hour?
Apple pie is considered an American staple; however the first apple pie recipe came from this country.
What is England?
This U.S. president made thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
*The tallest ever balloon in the parade was Olive Oyl (Popeye's wife). How tall was she?
Hint: The second tallest ballon was superman at 80 feet.
102 feet tall
This state has the largest turkey (not wild) population with approximately 32 million turkeys
What is Minnesota?
This is the only U.S. state that does not have a wild turkey population.
What is Alaska?
This state produces 60% of cranberries in the U.S. and over half of the world's total supply of cranberries.
What is Wisconsin?
This U.S. state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday.
What is New York?
*How many miles is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
2.5 miles
The official tradition of pardoning the National Thanksgiving Turkey wasn't stated until 1989 by President Bush. However, this president was actually the first to pardon a turkey.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?