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100
What is the most popular main course on Thanksgiving?
turkey
100
How many calls does the company Butterball receive each year in regard to questions about turkeys?
Over 100,000
100
Give the orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving
pumpkin
100
What is the name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts?
the Mayflower
100
What is a baby turkey called?
Poult
100
Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
George Washington
100
No Thanksgiving football games were played during 1941 to 1944 because of this
WWII
200
Which U.S. state produces the most sweet potatoes?
a) North Carolina
b) South Carolina
c) Georgia
North Carolina
200
What is the busiest day for plumbers?
Day after Thanksgiving
200
What is this called?
Cornucopia
200
What town canceled Thanksgiving because they couldn't make pumpkin pies?
Colchester, Connecticut
A frigid bout of cold weather in the middle of October led to the Connecticut River freezing, so settlers couldn’t get their usual liquid sugar shipped on time from across the pond. Thus, the townspeople decided to postpone the holiday for a week in 1705.
200
How do both Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude?
With the arrival of Santa Claus
200
Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
John F Kennedy
200
What city is home to the oldest Thanksgiving parade?
Philadelphia (1920)
4 years before the Macy's day parade started....
300
Which utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner (Knife, Fork or Spoon)?
a fork
300
Give the day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping
Black Friday
300
What does the cornucopia represent (in regard to Thanksgiving)?
Appreciation for abundance, and a bountiful harvest
300
How many women were at the first Thanksgiving meal?
5
300
Who said: "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more"?
Winston Churchill
Oprah Winfrey
Nelson Mandela
Michael J. Fox
Oprah said: "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."
300
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
George H.W. Bush
300
Which NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played?
Detroit Lions
400
Which food is included at the first Thanksgiving is rarely part of a modern Thanksgiving meal?
seafood
400
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held in which month?
October
400
This was served at the first Thanksgiving?
The Wampanoag people taught the Pilgrims in Plymouth how to plant and cultivate corn to survive the winter.
400
What product owes its existence to Thanksgiving?
T.V. Dinner
Recliner
Hula Hoop
Butter
A. T.V. Dinner
In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! So they came up with a brilliant plan: to slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side. And so the first TV dinner was born!
400
Which Sesame Street character is made of turkey feathers?
Big Bird
Big Bird's feathers are white turkey feathers, dyed yellow. There are approximately 4,000 feathers on the character
400
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Thomas Jefferson
400
True or False:
The author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" helped Thanksgiving become a holiday
True
Sarah Josepha Hale, who also wrote the famous children's poem, lobbied state and federal officials for years to make Thanksgiving an official holiday. She argued that the day could help bring unity to the divided country amid the Civil War.
500
Name a vegetarian roast created as a turkey alternative
Tofurky
500
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
46,000
4.6 million
46 million
460 million
46 million
500
Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to North America. Cranberry harvesting season is between mid-September and early November.
Since cranberries were so important and widely available it is believed that they were present at the first Thanksgiving.
500
Give the year of the first Thanksgiving
1776
1965
1621
c. 1621
500
Name of the founding father who thought the turkey should be the national bird of the United States
Benjamin Franklin
500
Which president received a raccoon as a Thanksgiving gift?
President Calvin Coolidge received a live raccoon for Thanksgiving in 1926. It was intended to be dinner, but the president's family ended up keeping the raccoon as a pet. They named it Rebecca.
500
an ancient Italian civilization who believed that birds were oracles and could predict the future. Basically, they kept this bone—the furcula—in order to hold on to the bird's supposed powers so they could continue making wishes
600
How much is spent on canned cranberry sauce?
$42 million
600
Which Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving?
Jingle Bells
600
What meat did the native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?
Deer (Venison)
600
How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?
3
600
What is the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak called?
Wattle
600
What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
600
What famous soup company created the green bean casserole?
Campbells
The idea for this Thanksgiving staple was cooked up by a Campbell's recipe developer as a way to sell the company's cream of mushroom soup.