The First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Episodes
The Oval Office Turkey Club
You Can't Forget the Sides
Macy's Parade Magic
100

This English ship carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.

What is the Mayflower?

100

In this animated comedy, the dad tries to cook the perfect turkey every year.

What is Bob's Burgers?

100

Every year, the President “pardons” one of these lucky animals from becoming Thanksgiving dinner.

What is a turkey?

100

This crop, introduced to the Pilgrims by Native Americans, was a staple at the first Thanksgiving and remains a symbol of the harvest season.

What is corn?


100

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place every year in this city.

What is New York City?

200

The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving after their first successful harvest in this U.S. state.

What is Massachusetts?

200

In a classic Friends Thanksgiving episode, this character famously got a turkey stuck on his head.




Who is Joey Tribbiani?

200

This U.S. president made Thanksgiving an official national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

This now-classic dish didn’t exist in 1621 because marshmallows hadn’t yet been invented.

What is sweet potato casserole?

200

Before giant character balloons became the star attraction, the parade originally featured live animals borrowed from this place.

What is the Central Park Zoo?

300

Foods like corn, wild turkey, and this squash variety were likely part of the original Thanksgiving meal.

What is a pumpkin?

300

In the Season 4 Thanksgiving episode of Glee, these two alumni decided not to return home to Lima with the others.




Who are Kurt and Rachel? 

300

During his first turkey pardon in 2009, this president joked that he was “ready to eat this sucker” until his daughters, Malia and Sasha, intervened—ultimately saving that year’s turkey, Courage, from “a terrible and delicious fate.”



Who is Barack Obama?

300

While the terms are often used interchangeably, stuffing is cooked inside the bird, while this is cooked separately in a dish.

What is dressing?

300

This was the very first giant balloon character to appear in the parade in 1927.

Who is Felix the Cat?

400

The Pilgrims’ 1621 harvest feast lasted this many days, not just a single meal.

What is three days?

400

This sitcom features multiple chaotic Thanksgiving episodes, including one with three turkeys, one with a runaway pumpkin cannon, and one where the Dunphys compete to host the “perfect” holiday.


What is Modern Family?

400

Who was the first president presented with a turkey at a Thanksgiving ceremony at the White House?

Who is Harry S. Truman? 

400

Green bean casserole was invented in 1955 by this company’s test kitchen.

What is Campbell’s?

400

Because helium was in short supply during this major U.S. war, the parade used balloon “balloonheads” instead of full-size balloons.

What is World War II?

500

This Native American tribe played a crucial role in helping the Pilgrims survive their first winter and attended the first Thanksgiving.

Who are the Wampanoag?

500

In “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving,” how many Thanksgiving dinners did Rory and Lorelai attend that day?

What is four?

500

During his presidency, this commander-in-chief spent several Thanksgivings visiting U.S. troops overseas, including a surprise 2003 trip where he served a turkey to soldiers in Baghdad.


Who is George W. Bush?

500

This pasta shape—spiraled and hollow—often appears in Thanksgiving mac & cheese because it traps cheese sauce inside its curls.

What is cavatappi?

500

This balloon character has appeared in the parade more times than any other.

Who is Snoopy?

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