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Mercy
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This is the only state ending in Hampshire.

What is New Hampshire?

100

The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.

What is turkey?

100

Debuting in 1924, this Thanksgiving Day parade originally featured live animals from the Central Park Zoo instead of the giant balloons as seen today.  

What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?

100

Mercy is the Official Medical Provider of this MLB Team

Who are the St. Louis Cardinals?

100

This food got its name from John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich who ordered meat between two slices of bread so he wouldn’t have to leave the card table.

What is a Sandwich?

200

The word "cat" is found under this letter in the dictionary.

What is C?

200

Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company.

What is Campbell Soup?

200

This President was the first to pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving.

Who is JFK or George H.W. Bush?

200

This Street is where Catherine McAuley established the first House of Mercy.

What is Baggot Street?

200

This animal’s name comes from Old Norse words meaning “whale-horse.”


What is a walrus?

300

The Beatles White Album is this color.

What is the color white?

300

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The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving

300

This NFL football Franchise has the played in the most Thanksgiving day games.

Who are the Detroit Lions?

300
Mercy provides services within these seven states.




What are Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, with outreach ministries in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi

300

Derived from the Italian word "quaranta," meaning "forty," this word originally referred to the 40-day period that ships were required to wait before entering a port during the Black Death in the 14th century.

What is Quarantine?

400

This condiment is made from mustard seeds.

What is Mustard?

400

The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables commonly associated with Thanksgiving.

What is a cornucopia?

400

This Founding Father wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

400

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These are the five Mercy Core Values 


400

This word's name comes from an Old French term meaning a “death pledge/contract.”

What is a mortgage?

500

Popeye is this sort of man.

What is a Sailor?

500

This talk-line helps over 100,000 people prepare their Thanksgiving turkeys every year. The hotline runs throughout November and December, providing guidance to home chefs across the U.S. 

What is the Butterball Turkey Hotline?

500

This Native tribe joined the Pilgrims on the first Thanksgiving.

Who are the Wampanoag?

500

Known as “Mercy Day,” this date marks when Catherine McAuley began her ministry at the first House of Mercy in Dublin.

What is Sept. 24, 1827?

500

This word is an autological term whose Greek roots mean both “sharp” and “dull.”

(autological example: The word "noun" is a noun)

What is oxymoron?

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