September 28 - November 23, 1968 - This song stays at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for an astounding 9 weeks. No need to take this sad song, and make it better!
What is Hey Jude
100
This Thanksgiving tradition travels 2.65 miles before it ends in Herald Square.
What is the Macy's Day Parade
100
Originally called "Delicious Brand Shrimp and Crab Seasoning," this spice was invented by Gustav Brunn in 1939.
What is Old Bay
100
Original footage of this event was lost forever after it was accidentally recorded over by NASA.
What is the moon landing
100
This popular roadside eatery may be more famous for a game that involves removing pegs from a wooden block.
What is Cracker Barrel?
200
November 30, 1835 - Later known by this pen name, Samuel Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri.
Who is Mark Twain
200
While the origins of this Thanksgiving tradition are hotly disputed amongst historians, it has undeniably become an American tradition that every Thanksgiving, the President does this.
What is pardon a turkey
200
This is the first English settlement in the US, and was also the first capital of Virginia.
What is Jamestown
200
In 1853 George Crum inadvertently created this snack when he tried to get revenge on a customer who repeatedly returned their fried potatoes.
What are potato chips
200
This famous painter was largely considered a madman and a failure by the time he died at the age of 37
Who was Vincent Van Gogh
300
November 12, 1971 - This collection of buttes, pinnacles, spires, and mixed grass prairies is established as a national park. Later, famously, it was dedicated as an OIG conference room.
What is Badlands National Park
300
These two teams have played games on every Thanksgiving for over 50 years.
What are the Detroit Lions (1934) and Dallas Cowboys (1966)?
300
In 1970, John Denver performed this song live for the first time at the Cellar Door.
What is Take Me Home, Country Roads
300
In 1976, Ron Wayne sold his 10% stake in this company for $800. Today it would be valued at $80 billion.
What is Apple
300
This is one of the eight actors who have won the Academy Award for Best Actor two or more times.
Who are Daniel Day Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Marlon Brando, Gary Cooper, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Fredrich March, Sean Penn, Spencer Tracy
400
November 26, 1992 - Archeologists Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon enter this King's tomb, the first people to do so in over 3,000 years.
Who is King Tutankhamun
400
In 1973, this classic Thanksgiving special premiered.
What is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
400
In 1964, for the first time in over 150 years, residents of Washington D.C. were allowed to do this.
What is vote in a presidential election
400
In 1876, in what would be termed "Seward's Folly," the United States purchased territory that would later become this state for $.02/acre.
What is Alaska
400
This highway route is the longest in the U.S. as it connects Seattle, WA with Boston, MA (in theory, anyway)
What is Interstate 90?
500
November 11, 1921 - This memorial is dedicated by President Warren G. Harding, exactly three years after the end of World War I.
What is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
500
This famous baseball player was lamentably traded in Adam Sandler's Thanksgiving Song.
Who is Darryl Strawberry
500
Three of these cold blooded animals have lived in the White House, one owned by John Quincy Adams and two owned by Herbert Hoover
What are alligators
500
In 1961 Decca Records passed on signing this group, and instead opted to sign the Tremoloes.
What are the Beatles
500
With a length of 40,000 miles, this is the longest mountain range in the world.