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The part of the turkey that hangs down under it's chin.

What is the wattle?

100

A popular sport to play or watch on Thanksgiving Day.

What is football?

100

The name of the place that the Pilgrims settled.

What is Plymouth?

100

This is the location of the famous Thanksgiving Day parade.

Where is New York City?

100

The year that Deanna wasn't the only virtual attendee on Thanksgiving Day.

When is 2020?

100

This President started the tradition of pardoning a turkey at the White House. 

Who is President George H.W. Bush?

200

The US state that raises the most turkeys.

Minnesota (41 Million)

200

In 2011, runners in Dallas, Texas, dressed up in droves and set a Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people dressed as turkeys when they ran this Thanksgiving Day run.

What is the Turkey Trot?

200

The name of the ship that traveled from England to America.

What is the Mayflower?

200

The last character in the Macy's Day Parade.

Who is Santa Claus?

200

While Carla typically names the turkey each year, they are responsible for preparing and getting him (the turkey) in the oven on time.

Mom and Dad (or Grandma and Grandpa, Linda and (Tio) Jack)

200

This President made Thanksgiving an official holiday.

Who is President Abraham Lincoln 

300

The company who has a Turkey Talk Line that answers almost 100,000 calls each season.

What is Butterball?

300
Americans eat an estimated 50 million of these pies on Thanksgiving Day.

What is pumpkin pie?

300

The number of days the First Thanksgiving lasted.

What is 3 days?

300

The year of the first Macy's Day Parade.

When is 1924?

300

We all love Thanksgiving, but this person has claimed many times that Thanksgiving is his/her absolute favorite holiday.

Who is Danielle?

300

The name of the turkey pardoned by Trump in 2020.

Who is Corn? (Chosen over Cob)

400

Only male turkeys, also called gobblers, make the "gobble gobble" sound. If you want to know if a turkey is female, you'll have to wait for this sound when they open their beak.

What is a cackle?

400

The meat that was eaten at the first Thanksgiving, but is not a tradition today.

What is seafood?

400

They year of the First Thanksgiving celebration.

When is 1621?

400

The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is (usually) this many miles long.

What is 2.5 miles?

400

The First Annual Thanksgiving Cooking Competition consisted of appetizer, side dish, and dessert categories and was held in this year.

When is 2012?

400

The President who refused to declare Thanksgiving a holiday. Since the holiday involved prayer and reflection, he thought designating it a national holiday would violate the First Amendment and thought it would be better suited as a state holiday.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

500

The weight of heaviest turkey weighed, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

What is 86 pounds?

500

The year that the tradition of football on Thanksgiving Day started, with a game between Yale and Princeton.

When is 1876?

500

The group of people who helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter in America. 

Who are the Native Americans?

500

This "Peanuts" character made his first ballon appearance in 1968.

Who is Snoopy?
500

In 2013, we had Talbot the Turkey. In 2008, we had Tatianna the Turkey. In 2012, we had this Turkey, also starting with a T.

What is Titi the Turkey?

500

The first president to celebrate Thanksgiving outside of the US. This president also pushed the holiday up a week during his presidency in order to not slow down Christmas sales.

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

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