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100
How fast can a turkey run?
(a) 7 mph
(b) 11 mph
(c) 18 mph
(d) 25 mph
Answer - (D) 25 mph
100
In what year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?

(a) 1864
(b) 1894
(c) 1904
(d) 1924
Answer (d) 1924
100
What was the original name for the pilgrims?

(a) Puritans or Separatists
(b) Partisans or Dividians
(c) Settlers or Colonists
(d) Journeymen or Seekers
Answer - (a) Puritans or Separatists
100
What does Lucy say is the biggest, most important Thanksgiving Day tradition of all?

a) The afternoon nap
b) The eating of the Turkey
c) The kicking off of the football
d) The pumpkin pie
Answer c) The kicking off of the football
100
Thanksgiving is celebrated only in the United States.

True or False?
Answer - False
200
Baby turkeys are called?

(a) Chicks
(b) Poults
(c) Tommies
(d) They don't have a name for them.
Answer - (B) Poults
200
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was:

(a) Montgomery Wards
(b) J.C. Penney's
(c) Gimbel's
(d) Macy's
(e) None of the above. It was a non-commercial event.
Answer (c) Gimbel's.... in Philadelphia in 1920
200
How long was the voyage from England to the New World?

(a) 33 Days
(b) 66 Days
(c) 106 Days
(d) 146 Days
Answer (B) 66 Days
200
What sitcom heard Mr. Carlson say "I thought turkeys could fly." after they were tossed from a helicopter over a shopping mall as Thanksgiving Day radio stunt?

(a) Murphy Brown
(b) WKRP in Cincinnati
(c) News Radio
(d) Frazier
Answer (b) WKRP in Cincinnati
200
Which President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy?

(a)  Theodore Roosevelt
(b) John Kennedy
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower (e) None of the above. It was never changed
Answer (a)  Theodore Roosevelt…but Congress did not like it, and made it the 4th Thursday in Nov. 1941
300
The turkey is considered a sacrificial bird in which country?

(a) Turkey
(b) Japan
(c) Mexico
(d) India
Answer - (C) Mexico
300
Which balloon was the first balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade:

(a) Mickey Mouse
(b) Felix the Cat
(c) Betty Boop
(d) Superman
Answer (B) Felix the Cat
300
Why is Thanksgiving always observed on a Thursday?

(a) The pilgrims felt it was sacrilegious to have a party on the holy Sabbath day (Sunday)
(b) It took a lot of time and work to prepare all of this and by Thursday they were done and had to eat it all before things spoiled
(c) The pilgrims went to church twice a week. Sundays and mid-prayer on Thursdays. They wanted to use the mid-prayer day as a day of thanksgiving
Answer (c) The pilgrims went to church twice a week. Sundays and mid-prayer on Thursdays. They wanted to use the mid-prayer day as a day of thanksgiving
300
The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team?

(a) Pittsburgh Steelers
(b) Kansas City Chiefs
(c) Detroit Lions
(d) Cleveland Browns
Answer (c) Detroit Lions
300
One of the most elite places to go for Thanksgiving is to the Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa in Whitefield, New Hampshire.  Besides the great meal etc. one of its special treats is what?

(a) Pumpkin Facials
(b) Cranberry Hand and Arm Mask
(c) Both
Answer (c)
400
It seems like we see turkeys everywhere. 
But, which of the following turkey breeds is endangered and can't be eaten?

(a) Bourbon Red Turkey
(b) Blue Slate Turkey
(c) Broad Breasted Bronze
(d) All of the above
Answer (b) Blue Slate Turkey
400
The longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is:

(a) Superman
(b) Spiderman
(c) Wonder Woman
(d) Barney the Dinosaur
Answer (a) Superman… 100 feet long
400
The town of Plymouth, Massachusetts celebrates this on December 11 every year:

(a) Miles Standish's Birthday
(b) Forefather's Day
(c) Harvest Day
(d) William Bradford's death.
Answer (b) Forefather's Day.....1769…In honor of the people who founded Plymoth colony
400
On "Everybody Loves Raymond", what did Debra serve for Thanksgiving dinner

(a) Chicken
(b) Ham
(c) Pasta
(d) Fish
Answer (d) Fish
400
The governor of which state refused to issue a Thanksgiving Proclamation because he felt it was "a damned Yankee institution anyway."

(a) Louisiana
(b) South Carolina
(c) Texas
(d) Arkansas
Answer (c) Texas... 1879to 1883
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