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100
The most popular main course served on Thanksgiving Day.
What is turkey?
100
The holiday celebrated the day after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
What is Native American Heritage Day?
100
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is pumpkin?
100
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
100
The type of food which was NOT served at the first Thanksgiving.
a) corn on the cob
b) pumpkin
c) seafood
What is a) corn on the cob?
100
The name of the US President who first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is George Washington?
100
The NFL team that has played nearly double the amount of Thanksgiving games as any other team.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
82 (2021)
200
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
200
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
200
The indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving.
Who are the Native Americans?
(Wampanoag tribe)
200
The number of women who prepared and then attended the first Thanksgiving meal.
What is four?
200
The month that Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day.
What is October?
200
The first president to "pardon" a turkey.
Who is John F Kennedy?
200
Other than the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, this team has the most Thanksgiving appearances.
a) Green Bay Packers
b) the Washington Football Team
c) Chicago Bears
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
36 games played
300
The red fruit often served alongside turkey for Thanksgiving dinner
What are cranberries?
300
The part of the turkey that two people pull apart to see if their wish will be granted.
What is the wishbone?
300
The English Separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who were the Pilgrims?
300
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
The Pilgrims were Separatists, America’s Calvinist Protestants, who rejected the institutional Church of England. They believed that the worship of God must originate in the inner man, and that corporate forms of worship prescribed by man interfered with the establishment of a true relationship with God. The Separatists used the term “church” to refer to the people, the Body of Christ, not to a building or institution.
300
The speed that turkeys can run when scared (within 2mph).
What is 20mph?
300
The name of the US President who made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
300
Thanksgiving football games were not played in the years 1941 to 1944 because of this worldwide event happening during this period of time.
What is World War II?
400
The vegan, non-meat version of turkey.
What is a tofurky?
400
The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is ham?
400
A bird large enough to feed a family which is native to North America. Hunting season began this year on October 9, 2021.
What is a wild turkey?
400
The year of the first Thanksgiving.
a) 1776
b) 1965
c) 1621
What is c) 1621?
400
The name of the Native American who spoke English and was especially helpful to the Pilgrims.
Who is Squanto?
400
The name of the US President who declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is James Madison?
400
The year of the first Thanksgiving NFL game between the Canton Bulldogs and the Akron Pros.
a) 1902
b) 1920
c) 1936
What is b) 1920?
500
The best way to tell if a cranberry is ripe.
What is see if it bounces?
500
The name that some Native Americans use to commemorate the day of Thanksgiving.
What is the National Day of Mourning?
500
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
500
The number of days the first Thanksgiving celebration lasted.
What is three days?
500
This is where Thanksgiving ranks among America's favorite holidays.
What is #2?
1-4 respectively: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Easter
500
The name of the US President who refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
He opposed days of Thanksgiving because they were remnants of Britain's reign over the American colonies.
500
The name of 1 of 3 active NFL teams who have played on Thanksgiving but never won.
Who are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? (0-1)
Who are the Cleveland Browns? (0-3)
Who are the Cincinnati Bengals? (0-1)
600
The number of calories consumed on average per person on Thanksgiving dinner (within 500 calories).
What is 4,500?
600
This number of turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
a) 460 million
b) 4.6 million?
c) 46 million?
d) 460 million
What is c) 46 million?
600
The type of meat the native Americans brought to the first Thanksgiving.
What is deer (venison)?
600
These two things caused about one half of the Pilgrim population to die off in their first year living in New England.
What is sickness and starvation?
600
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
What is the wattle?
600
The name of the president who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
600
The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
Who are the Jacksonville Jaguars?