Potpourri
Which year was the first jellied cranberry sauce canned?
100 bonus points for which company was responsible.
1912
Ocean Spray
What is the most popular side dish for Thanksgiving?
Mashed Potatoes
Which Founding Father said this about the turkey?
"[It] would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on.”
Benjamin Franklin
Patrick Dempsey is starring in what upcoming horror movie set during Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving
True or False:
Turkey is one of the most earthquake prone areas on Earth, suffering from 13 in the last 70 years
True
Which NFL teams have played the most on Thanksgiving?
Looking for two of the top four
Lions, Cowboys, Bears, and Packers
What is the most popular Thanksgiving dessert?
Pumpkin Pie
How many turkeys are killed each year for Thanksgiving?
Will accept +/- 5 Million
46 Million
Who is the main killer in the movies Thankskilling and Thankskilling 3?
A talking Turkey
What is the currency of turkey?
The Turkish Lira
How many towns in the United States are named "Turkey"?
100 Bonus points for each state they are in
(four total)
Four
Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina
Americans eat between 2,500 to _____ calories during Thanksgiving, which is equivalent to eating between 4 and 8 Big Macs.
4,500
What is the max speed a turkey can fly?
~55 mph
What year did the Classic, "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" release?
1973
What is the capital of Turkey?
Ankara
What year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade take place?
1924
The art of stuffing a bird into another bird, sometimes referred to as a Turducken, can be traced back to what year?
+/- 5 years acceptable
1774
The Art of Cookery
In 1989, the heaviest turkey recorded came in a whopping what weight?
Will accept +/- 4
86 Pounds
What is the highest grossing movie set during Thanksgiving?
Jack and Jill
What is one of the earliest empires that was located in Turkey?
The Hittites
After the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts, what percent of the Indigenous population fell within a decade?
90%
30,000 to 300
Who has been credited with the invention of the Green Bean Casserole?
Name or what company they worked for
Dorcas Reilly
Campbell's
What was the name of the first turkey to be pardoned in the United States?
(Bonus 100 points for which US president pardoned the turkey)
Jack
President Lincoln
Name one actor from the "hit" Thanksgiving movie "Free Birds" (2013)
Owen Wilson
Keith David
Amy Poehler
Woody Harrelson
Dwight Howard
George Takei
What year did Turkey become an independent Republic?
+/- 2 Years
100 Bonus points - Who did they gain freedom from?
1924
The Ottoman Empire