TURKEY TRIVIA
A female turkey makes this sound, since only males gobble.
What is clicking or chirping?
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This is the year the first Thanksgiving feast took place.
What is 1621?
This side dish used to be called “stuffing,” but now often gets a fancier name.
What is dressing?
This cartoon dog “flies” his doghouse in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Snoopy?
A group of turkeys is called this.
What is a rafter? (or What is a flock?)
This body part of the turkey is often used to make gravy and sometimes grosses people out when they find it inside the bird.
What is the giblet bag?
This common holiday bird shares its name with a slang term for marijuana that refers to low-quality product.
What is “turkey weed”?
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Often called the “Pilgrim fish,” this species saved early settlers from starvation and taught them coastal survival.
What is cod?
(Also acceptable: What is Atlantic cod?)
This is the name of the red, fleshy skin hanging from a turkey’s neck.
What is a wattle?
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This Native American tribe shared the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This pie is the most commonly served dessert on Thanksgiving.
What is pumpkin pie?
In Friends, this character puts a turkey on her head to cheer Chandler up.
Who is Monica?
This colorful type of corn is often used only for decoration.
What is Indian corn? (or What is flint corn?)
This sound can be heard from a male turkey’s chest when he gets excited — it's not a gobble but a strange drumming vibration.
What is a turkey drum (chest rumble)?
This Thanksgiving dessert shares its name with a slang term for heroin, often used to describe its color.
What is “brown sugar”?
This common Thanksgiving side dish comes from a plant originally grown in South America but spread worldwide after European contact.
What are potatoes? (Or mashed potatoes)
A wild turkey can run this many miles per hour at top speed.
What is 20 mph?
This U.S. President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This berry is the main ingredient in traditional cranberry sauce.
What are cranberries?
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This Thanksgiving movie includes the famous line, “Those aren’t pillows!”
What is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?
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This U.S. state produces the largest number of turkeys each year.
What is Minnesota?
This food item at the first Thanksgiving was described as “oily” and “fishy,” and was eaten instead of turkey.
What is eel?
This word for a Thanksgiving side dish is also a street term for mixing cocaine and heroin together.
What is “stuffing”? (Also called “a speedball,” but “stuffing” is thematic)
This bird, once common in New England, was hunted heavily during the Pilgrims’ time and often appeared on early Thanksgiving menus.
What is duck? (Also acceptable: What is goose?)
This is what you call a baby turkey.
What is a poult?
The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted this many days.
What is three days?
This classic casserole was invented using canned cream of mushroom soup in 1955.
What is green bean casserole?
This NFL team is known for playing every Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
Felix the Cat holds this historical distinction in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is the first parade balloon?
This stringy organ sometimes found inside a cooked turkey can freak people out because it looks like rubber bands.
What is the turkey’s tendons?
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This term for a bright, sparkling holiday decoration also describes meth in its crystalline form.
What is “glass”?
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This sugary Native American food made from boiled sap became a valuable trade item for settlers.
What is maple sugar? (Or maple syrup)
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A turkey can see in this many degrees around its body.
What is 270 degrees?
This was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America.
What is the Mayflower?
This popular Thanksgiving food was not served at the first Thanksgiving because it didn’t exist in the region.
What are mashed potatoes?
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This iconic anime character is one of the most famous giant balloons seen in recent Macy’s parades.
Who is Goku? (You can also accept Who is Pikachu? or Who is Grogu?)
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This harvest moon event traditionally signals the end of the growing season.
What is the autumn equinox? (Flexible for group)?
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This digestive problem affects over 70% of people after Thanksgiving dinner and is caused by overeating and rich foods.
What is post-Thanksgiving indigestion (or food coma)?
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This Thanksgiving food-flavor and candle scent is also slang for MDMA, known for its supposed “warm” feeling.
What is “spice or molly”? (Sometimes called “x,” — “warm spice” is often a descriptor)
This ocean crustation is now a modern seafood favorite, but also appeared in coastal Native American harvest feasts long before the Pilgrims arrived.
What is lobster?