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100

The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.

What is Pumpkin Pie? 

100

The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.

What is a Wattle?

100

This US President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. 

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

100

The oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade in the U.S. is held in this city.

What is Philadelphia?

100

This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.

What is Macys?

200

Green Bean casserole was invented by this company.

What is Campbell's Soup Company?

200

This "horn of plenty" is considered an icon of Thanksgiving, although its history traces back to Ancient Greece. 

What is a cornucopia?

200

This Native American man surprised the Pilgrims by speaking English to them.

Who is Squanto (or Tisquanto)?

200

This Sesame Street character's costume is made out of approximately 4,000 turkey feathers.

Who is Big Bird?

200

This NFL football franchise has played 85 Thanksgiving Day games - the most of any franchise in the NFL.

Who are the Detroit Lions?

300

This U.S. state holds the record for producing the most cranberries each year.

What is Wisconsin?

300

This amino acid found in turkey and other poultry is often attributed with making eaters feel sleepy after consumption.

What is Tryptophan?

300

When the English separatists arrived in 1620 in present-day Massachusetts, they formed this famous agreement named in part after their transportation. 

What is the Mayflower Compact?

300

Modern listeners consider this a famous Christmas song, but it was actually written about Thanksgiving. 

What is Jingle Bells?

300

In 1993 this character became the first video game character to be featured as a balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 

Who is Sonic the Hedgehog?

400

On average, a person consumes this many calories on Thanksgiving Day.

What are 4,500?

400

The poultry that serves as main course of Thanksgiving dinner is native to which continent(s)?

What is North & South America?

400

This number of passengers died during the Mayflower's voyage. 

What is one?

400

This Founding Father suggested a turkey would be a more respectable symbol of the United States than a bald eagle. 

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

400

The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.

Who are the Jacksonville Jaguars?

500

Costco's famous $5.99 pumpkin pie has been the same price since which year?

What is 1990?

500

This company's "Turkey Talk Line" answers over 100,000 calls a year giving general tips and advice on turkey cooking procedure.

What is Butterball?

500

This US President signed a congressional resolution making Thanksgiving a permanent federal holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November.

Who is FDR?

500

This trade experiences its highest call volume in the 24 hours after Thanksgiving.

What is plumbing?
500

The first ever TV dinner was invented when a worker at which frozen foods brand ordered (according to legend) 260 tons too many turkeys?

What is Swanson's?

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