Thanksgiving:
forgotten middle child edition
HOME
for the Holidays
How well do you
know your hosts?
Monster Mash(ed Potatoes)
Des(s)ert
100

This is the name of Jack Skellington's pet ghost dog in the hit movie, The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Who is Zero?

100

These are HOMEr Simpson's wife and children's names.

Who are Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson?

100

This is Maddie and Ken's favorite grocery store.

What is WinCo Foods?

100

Pie is a popular Thanksgiving dessert. This is the length of the hit song American Pie, rounded to the closest 30-second interval (EX: 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, etc.).

What is 8:30 (exact length is 8:36)?

100

This is the largest desert in the world.

What is the Antarctic Desert?

200

This was the #1 best-selling Halloween candy in 2025 in the U.S.

What is Reese's Peanut Butter Cups?

200

Macaulay Culkin, who plays Kevin McCallister in the hit Christmas movie series HOME Alone, is now married to this former Disney channel actress.

Who is Brenda Song (a.k.a. London Tipton)?

200

This is the name of the beach that Ken and Maddie are staying near for their honeymoon.

What is Mission Beach?

200

Ken genuinely thought the lyrics to this 2013 pop hit included, "She's a b*tch, I call her Katy." Maddie was appalled.

What is "Dark Horse" by Katy Perry ft. Juicy J?

200

Based on 2025 U.S. sales, product popularity studies, and fast-food chain revenue, these are the top 3 fast-food chains recognized for their desserts.

What are McDonald's, Dairy Queen, and Wendy's?

300

According to the hit song, this is the gift your true love gives you on the 8th day of Christmas.

8 maids a-milking

300

In the movie Spider-Man: HOMEcoming (2017), director John Watts pays homage to this popular 80s movie by having Peter Parker sprint and leap through suburban backyards.

What is Ferris Bueller's Day Off?

300

This is the place that Ken proposed to Maddie.

What is Tempe Town Lake/Tempe Beach Park?

300

The name of "the other guy" in Wham! who sings the hit song, Last Christmas, with George Michael.

Who is Andrew Ridgeley?

300

This is the highest temperature recorded on Thanksgiving Day in the history of Phoenix, Arizona (must be within 5o F to earn the points).

What is  87o F?

400

This is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time.

What is Home Alone?

400

This baseball player holds the Guinness World Record for the longest HOME run in MLB history at 575 feet.

Who is Babe Ruth?

400

Maddie's first concert was the Black Eyed Peas. This is the real first name of the female lead singer known as "Fergie."

What is Stacy?

500

This state has a law prohibiting the impersonation of priests or nuns, so its citizens have to be extra careful when dressing up on Halloween!

What is Alabama?

500

The writers of the hit song, Take me HOME, Country Roads, had never actually been to West Virginia. The road that inspired the song was actually in this U.S. state that borders West Virginia.

What is Maryland?

500

Ken and Maddie hosted the first annual Friendsgiving in 2025. This was the #1 song on the U.S. charts on Thanksgiving Day, 2025.

What is The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift?

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