Food
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert. (Bonus 100 points for how many are consumed each year.)
What is pumpkin pie?
Bonus: What is 50 million?
This many U.S. states have wild turkeys.
What is 38?
This president made Thanksgiving a national holiday. (Bonus 100 points for naming the woman that encouraged him to do so.)
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Bonus: Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This NFL team has never played on Thanksgiving.
Who are the Jacksonville Jaguars?
This many pounds of glitter are used each year in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is 300 pounds?
On average, this many calories are consumed at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is 3,000?
The max speed a turkey can reach while flying.
What is 55 miles per hour?
This president began the tradition of pardoning a turkey from being slaughtered for Thanksgiving.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
Two NFL teams always play on Thanksgiving. Name 1.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?
This many people attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade each year (in person, as spectators).
What is 3.5 million?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey's beak.
What is a wattle?
This founding father suggested wild turkeys should be the symbol of the United States instead of the bald eagle.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
This NFL team has played the most games on Thanksgiving. (Bonus 100 points for the number of games.)
Who are the Detroit Lions?
Bonus: What is 84?
It takes this long to inflate one giant balloon for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is 90 minutes?
This large root vegetable is a staple at many Thanksgiving tables and belongs to the Morning Glory family.
What are sweet potatoes?
Turkeys are native to this continent. (Bonus 100 points for the specific country.)
What is North America?
Bonus: What is Mexico?
Until this year, the date of Thanksgiving was determined each year by the president.
What is 1941?
3 NFL teams have played on Thanksgiving but never won. Name 1.
Who are the Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
Who are the Cleveland Browns?
Who are the Cincinnati Bengals?
Each year, this much helium is used to fill the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons.
What is 400,000 cubic feet?
Green bean casserole was invented in 1955 by this soup company. (Bonus 200 points for naming the woman who invented it.)
What is Campbell's Soup Company?
Bonus: Who is Dorcas Reilly?
Turkeys got their name after being mistaken for this European bird.
What is a turkey fowl?
Prioritizing the separation of church and state, this president refused to endorse Thanksgiving in 1801.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
In the late 1800s, these two colleges began the tradition of playing football against one another on Thanksgiving Day.
What are Princeton and Yale?
It costs this much to have a (new) balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. (Double Jeopardy: Bonus 500 points for the cost breakdown.)
What is $700,000?
Bonus: What is $510,000 in helium and $190,000 in construction and entrance fees?