Thanksgiving History
The rock where the Pilgrims are said to have landed.
Plymouth Rock
In "Stuffing vs. Dressing": The culinary distinction is primarily based on what?
Cooking Method
What country also celebrates Thanksgiving, but in October?
Canada
This is what a baby turkey is called.
Poult
This Peanuts character wears the chef’s hat in the Thanksgiving TV special.
Snoopy
This U.S. state hosts the oldest Thanksgiving Day parade, first held in 1920.
Pennsylvania
Most canned cranberry sauce gets its shape from this ingredient’s natural gelling power.
Pectin
This word describes a casual dinner where each guest brings a dish to share.
A Potluck
This is what a male turkey is commonly called.
Tom/Gobbler
The NFL introduced Thanksgiving Day games in which decade?
1920s
The 1621 gathering in Plymouth is often cited as the first Thanksgiving; which group joined the Pilgrims?
Wampanoag
The recommended final internal temperature for a safely cooked whole turkey breast is what?
165 degrees F
According to Guinness World Records, the heaviest turkey on record weighed about this many pounds.
86 lbs
This part of a turkey changes color when it is excited or scared.
It's head.
This holiday song, now known as a Christmas tune, was originally written for Thanksgiving.
This U.S. President made Thanksgiving a fixed national holiday on the last Thursday of November in 1863.
Abraham Lincoln
The largest pumpkin pie on record was about this many feet across.
5 feet
This Roman harvest festival, honoring the goddess of agriculture, is similar to Thanksgiving.
Cerelia
Around this many turkeys are cooked each Thanksgiving in the U.S. (I'll accept answers within a few million of the correct answer)
46 million
The first Thanksgiving Day football game played by college teams was held between these two universities.
Yale and Princeton
Which president is credited with starting the tradition of the turkey “pardon” that later became an annual event?
Ronald Reagan
One New England town famously postponed Thanksgiving in 1705 because it had a shortage of this key pie ingredient.
molasses
Correctly name each dish from today and exactly who brought them.
Skylar - mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, green beans
mari - stuffing
Dylan - dinner rolls
Carson - Mac and cheese
Maya - sweet potatoes
Maya - dessert
price - drinks
matt - meat
Turkeys have this many eyelashes on each eye.
3
The first televised NFL Thanksgiving Day game was broadcast in this year.
1956