The First Thanksgiving
This English ship carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
In this animated comedy, the dad tries to cook the perfect turkey every year.
What is Bob's Burgers?
Every year, the President “pardons” one of these lucky animals from becoming Thanksgiving dinner.
What is a turkey?
This vegetable—popular today—likely wasn’t present at the first Thanksgiving due to its New World unfamiliarity in England.
What is sweet corn?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade takes place every year in this city.
What is New York City?
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving after their first successful harvest in this U.S. state.
What is Massachusetts?
In a classic Friends Thanksgiving episode, this character famously got a turkey stuck on his head.
Who is Joey Tribbiani?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving an official national holiday in 1863, during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This now-classic dish didn’t exist in 1621 because marshmallows hadn’t yet been invented.
What is sweet potato casserole?
Before giant character balloons became the star attraction, the parade originally featured live animals borrowed from this place.
What is the Central Park Zoo?
Foods like corn, wild turkey, and this squash variety were likely part of the original Thanksgiving meal.
What is a pumpkin?
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?
This president accidentally received a live turkey meant for the dinner table while campaigning in the 1960s and famously posed with it for photos.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
While the terms are often used interchangeably, stuffing is cooked inside the bird, while this is cooked separately in a dish.
What is dressing?
This was the very first giant balloon character to appear in the parade in 1927.
Who is Felix the Cat?
The Pilgrims’ 1621 harvest feast lasted this many days, not just a single meal.
What is three days?
In this mockumentary-style sitcom, Thanksgiving turns competitive when family members try to prove whose outrageous story is fact or fiction in the episode “Punkin Chunkin.”
What is Modern Family?
In 2012, this president’s pardoned turkey famously had a twin, and both were spared from the Thanksgiving table.
Who is Barack Obama?
Green bean casserole was invented in 1955 by this company’s test kitchen.
What is Campbell’s?
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?
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?
In “A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving,” this non-family member unexpectedly joins Lorelai and Rory for one of their four dinners, awkwardly clashing with Lorelai’s parents.
Who is Luke Danes?
In 2005, this president’s pardoned turkey was named “Biscuits,” continuing the tradition of giving the birds playful names before sending them to live out their days on a farm.
Who is George W. Bush?
This pasta shape—spiraled and hollow—often appears in Thanksgiving mac & cheese because it traps cheese sauce inside its curls.
What is cavatappi?
This balloon character has appeared in the parade more times than any other.
Who is Snoopy?