Michael Jordan
After college, MJ wanted a shoe deal with Adidas, but the company passed; fair to say he landed on his feet with this brand
Nike
You can breathe easy knowing photosynthesis causes plants to release this gas as a waste product
Oxygen
Kix, Frosted Flakes, Coco Puffs, Cheerios
Cereals
A male child and the star at the center of our solar system
Son / sun
What 4 things are turkey giblets primarily composed of?
Heart, liver, gizzard, neck
As a freshman in 1982, MJ took down Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas with an NCAA title winning shot for the tar heels of this school
North Carolina
This element’s ‘footprint’ is everywhere; by definition, every compound studied by organic chemists contains it
Carbon
Brake rotor, airbag, transmission, fuel tank
Parts of a car
A type of math involving combining two or more numbers to find their sum and a particular version of a published text
Addition / edition
Which two NFL teams always play on Thanksgiving?
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
After hearing doubts about his future, this Warrior scored 62 points and said, “cue the Jordan meme, right? I take all that personally”
Steph Curry
Triglycerides are the most common type of this organic compound; healthy eaters steer clear of the saturated ones
Fats
Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, Hubble
Astronomers
A group of binary digits or bits and to use the teeth to cut into
Byte / bite
Which Friends character said they hate Thanksgiving?
Chandler
A defender unafraid to take what he believed was his, MJ led the NBA in this statistic 3 times, averaging about 3 per game
Steals
In chemistry, it’s the unit of measure equal to 6.02 times 10^23 of anything – atoms, molecules…even mammals that burrow in your lawn
Mole
Centriole, lysosome, golgi apparatus, cytoplasm
Parts of a cell
An army officer of high rank and a softer, usually edible part of a nut
Colonel / kernel
What float has appeared in every Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade since its debut in 1968?
Snoopy
It wasn’t quite as magical as the Bulls years, but MJ did average 20 points per game at age 39 in his last year with this alliterative team
Washington Wizards
Chemically speaking, they’re molecules with at least one unpaired electron; true to their name they can be totally reactive
Radicals
It, Night Surf, Strawberry Spring, The Blue Air Compressor
Books by Stephen King
Police officers and a small group of trees
Cops / copse
Cranberries are naturally extremely tart because they're high in which specific type of organic acid?
Citric acid