Thanksgiving History
This ship carried the Pilgrims to the New World in 1620.
This bird is traditionally served as the main course.
What is turkey?
Many families watch this annual parade held in New York City on Thanksgiving morning.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This famous Peanuts character has a Thanksgiving special featuring toast and popcorn.
Who is Charlie Brown?
The first U.S. President to proclaim a day of Thanksgiving in 1789.
Who was George Washington?
The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in this present-day U.S. state.
What is Massachusetts?
This side dish gets its named from a French word meaning "to crush" or "to press."
What are mashed potatoes?
The tradition of breaking this part of the turkey is said to bring good luck to whoever gets the larger piece.
What is the wishbone?
This long-running sitcom featured an episode where a turkey was accidentally dropped on Monica's head.
What is Friends?
The official Thanksgiving date was fixed as the fourth Thursday in November by this President in 1941.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The first Thanksgiving likely lasted this many days.
What is three days?
This bread-based side dish is sometimes cooked inside the turkey, but food safety experts recommend baking it separately.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
This term refers to traveling from one family gathering to another on the same day.
What is double-dipping or Thanksgiving hopping?
What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
The turkeys selected for the presidential pardon ceremony are usually raised in this U.S. state.
What is Minnesota?
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated after this successful event for the Pilgrims.
What is the first harvest?
The Pilgrims didn't have this key ingredient for pumpkin pie in 1621.
What is sugar (or an oven)?
The first nationally televised Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade aired in this decade.
What are the 1940s (specifically, 1946)?
In the parade, you can see giant balloons of this famous cartoon mouse.
Who is Mickey Mouse?
In 1963, this President spared his turkey, saying he would "let this one grow."
Who was John F. Kennedy?
The Wampanoag leader who formed an alliance with the Pilgrims around Plymouth.
Who was Massasoit?
The Pilgrims' 1621 feast was more likely to have featured this wild game instead of turkey.
What is venison (or deer meat?)
This Ivy League university hosts a long-standing "Turkey Trot" race on Thanksgiving morning, one of the oldest footraces in the country.
What is Yale University?
Arlo Guthrie's song Alice's Restaurant became a Thanksgiving radio tradition in this decade.
What are the 1960s?
Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?