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100

What was the first dinosaur to be named?

Stegosaurus, Ankylosaurus, or Megalosaurus?

Megalosaurus- in 1824

100

Which can run faster, a wild turkey or a giraffe?

A giraffe (32mph vs 20mph)

100

Which insect spins a web?

Spider

100

Mickey Mouse celebrates his birthday on November 18.

Who was his creator?

Walt Disney

100

What is the name of the ancient game of strategy played on a checkered board with 64 squares and 32 pieces.

Chess.  

200

The "Tra-la-la Song (One Banana, Two Banana)" is the theme song of what 1968 children's show?

The Banana Splits

200

What is a Turducken?

A chicken stuffed into a duck, stuffed into a turkey

200

What item is used by artists to mix paint colors: a canvas or paint palette?

Paint palette 

200

True or False: Both Canada and the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving on the last Thursday in November.

False. Canada celebrates in October

200

What popular game was originally called "pretzel" due to the expectation that players would resemble twisted pretzels while playing it?

Twister

300

What is the least densely populated country in the world?

Greenland

300

What is a Tofurkey?

It is a vegetarian turkey made from soy protein and frozen.

Tofu is also correct

300

What is the traditional main dish served for Thanksgiving Dinner?

Turkey

300

What is the title of Mark Twain's first story which was printed in The Saturday Press on November 18,1865?

a. The Innocents Abroad  b. Huckleberry Finn

c. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

d. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

c. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.

300

What game is played with a special deck of cards where players aim to score points by forming certain combinations of cards?

Pinochle

400

Quisp, Trix, and Chex are all varieties of what?

Breakfast cereal

400

The term "Black Friday" was originally coined to describe what event?

The Gold crash of 1869. Later it was used to describe the 1929 stock market crash. The Philadelphia police started using the term with its current usage in the early 1960's. No one on the force wanted to work the day after Thanksgiving because of the traffic jams and overcrowded sidewalks filled with shoppers, not to mention the thousands of spectators attending the annual Army/Navy game played that day.

400

Which is a military rank: secretary or general?

General

400

What actress, famous for playing Scarlotte O'Hara was born on November 5, 1913?

Vivien Leigh

400

What puzzle has a grid of letters containing hidden words where players need to find and circle the words in the puzzle?

Word Search

500

What does the Swedish word tack mean?

Good, Thanks or You're welcome?

Thanks

500

Besides inspiring a hit Broadway musical, what founding father said," No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day".

Alexander Hamilton

500

How many suits are in a deck of cards?

Four

500

On November 26, 1859, the final chapter of the serialized novel A Tale of Two Cities was published in the Victorian literary magazine, All the Year Round. Who wrote it?

Charles Dickens. All the year round was founded and owned by Charles Dickens and published between 1859-1888.

500

In what popular variant of poker do players get delt 2 private cards and must use community cards to make the best hand possible?

Texas hold 'em.

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