Fall Foods
A dessert normally eaten around Thanksgiving that is spiced and has a crust with a custard filling. It comes from an orange squash that is grown during the Fall.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
The sport people usually watch on Thanksgiving
What is American football?
A fruit grown in the Fall. Common names are Pink Lady and Gala.
What are apples?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
What is the pumpkin?
Who can gobble: males or females?
What are male turkeys only
When you celebrate Thanksgiving with your friend either in place of or in addition to celebrating with your family.
What is Friendsgiving?
A pumpkin is considered part of this category and is actually a fruit. Zucchini are also considered to be in this category although most people refer to it as a vegetable.
What is squash?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
A type of spice typically used to make things sweeter and is often used as a topping for fall beverages, desserts, and oatmeal.
What is cinnamon?
The US President who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Eating too much of this from your Thanksgiving table can actually turn you orange!
What are Sweet Potatoes or Carrots
The first president to "pardon" a turkey
Who is John F Kennedy?
A fruit that is covered in a toffee like substance that hardens. It is often served on a stick and can be covered with M&M’s, peanuts, or sprinkles.
What are caramel apples?
When we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving every year
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
A sticky version of sugar that is often a brown-ish orange color. Can be used on top of ice cream, fruits, inside candy bars, or eaten by itself.
What is caramel?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables
What is a cornucopia?
This red berry has recently been found to promote good oral hygiene and has been used to make toothpaste.
What are cranberries
Statistically this is America's favorite Thanksgiving side dish
What is stuffing?
A sweet drink that is made from a type of fruit that is often picked at an orchard in the fall.
What is apple cider?
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
What is Black Friday?
A flowering plant whose rhizome (root) is widely used as a spice and a folk medicine.
What is ginger?
The month the first Thanksgiving most likely took place
What is September?
Which utensil was not invented until 10 years AFTER the first Thanksgiving?
What is a fork?
Thanksgiving is celebrated in this month in Canada.
What is October?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner
What are cranberries?
The Thanksgiving Day event in New York City where there are large balloons, marching bands, singers, and dancers
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
A type of sweetener made from the sap of a tree. The sugars are taken and caramelized to create this topping traditionally used for pancakes or oatmeal.
What is maple syrup?
The name of the indigenous tribe that was exploited by the Pilgrims at the time of the first Thanksgiving.
Who were the Wampanoag people?
(The Pilgrims stole food from the Wampanoag people. The Wampanoags later formed an alliance with the Pilgrims, mostly to help them survive.)
The red, loose skin under a turkey's head
What is a wattle?
The first video game character to ever appear as a balloon in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Sonic the Hedgehog in 1993?
A type of dessert eaten around Thanksgiving that’s main ingredient is a type of nut. It is often made with sugar, syrup, molasses, or honey. Is also served in a crust.
What is pecan pie?
The most common repair person called on or around Thanksgiving day.
What is a a plumber?
(food clogging the kitchen sink!)
A common fall flavor used to make drinks at Starbucks and other coffee shops.
What is pumpkin spice?
The number of pumpkin pies that are consumed on Thanksgiving
What is 50 million?
Name the amino acid in turkey that some people think can make us tired.
What is tryptophan?
(There actually isn't enough in it to make you tired!)
The amount of calories consumed in a typical Thanksgiving dinner
What is 4500?