Presidents and Thanksgiving
Congress made the fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving under this president serving his third term.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
A female turkey makes this sound.
What is a cluck?
The Pilgrims traveled to North America on this ship.
What is the Mayflower?
This most populous city in Michigan has the most Thanksgiving Day NFL appearances.
Where is Detroit?
To the nearest thousand, the average American consumes this many calories for their Thanksgiving meal.
What are 3000 calories?
This president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the process of removing feathers from a turkey.
What is plucking?
This man landed in Newfoundland, becoming the first European to enter North America.
Who is Leif Erikson?
This man posted a perfect passer rating on a Thanksgiving Day game against the Detroit Lions in 2010.
Who is Tom Brady?
From 2005 to 2009, presidentially pardoned turkeys were sent to amusement parks owned by this company.
What is Disney?
This president gave the first official presidential pardon to a turkey in 1989.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
This is the flap of skin under a turkey’s chin.
What is a wattle?
The HMS Beagle charted the coast of South America and provided the basis for this scientific theory.
What is evolution?
This Chesapeake Bay team is undefeated on Thanksgiving Day thanks to 2 wins led by Joe Flacco.
Who are the Baltimore Ravens?
The turducken (a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey) originates from this city, the largest city in the American South in 1850.
Where is New Orleans?
This man declared a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer as governor of Virginia, but refused to do so as president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This is a male turkey.
What is a tom/gobbler?
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The Essex left Massachusetts for the South Pacific, only to be sunk by this, inspiring a famous book.
This currently active quarterback has the record for most passing yards on Thanksgiving.
Who is Matthew Stafford?
Canada celebrates Thanksgiving in this month.
When is October?
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Calvin Coolidge received this animal, sometimes called a "trash panda," as a Thanksgiving present.
This summer month is recognized as National Turkey Lover Month.
When is June?
The shipwreck of the Sea Venture in 1609 resulted in the British colonization of Bermuda and the writing of this play.
This team is the only team to have won the Thanksgiving Day game and the Super Bowl in the same season multiple times.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
The tradition of cracking wishbones originates from this Italian civilization.
What is the Etruscan civilization?