FOODS
HOW MANY TURKEYS ARE PREPARED BY AMERICANS ON THANKSGIVING? 27 MILLION - 46 MILLION - 73 MILLION - OVER 100 MILLION
46 MILLION
WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST THANKSGIVING FEAST HELD, ATTENDED BY SETTLERS AND INDIANS? 1620 - 1621 - 1622 - 1624
1621
WHAT CITY HOSTED THE FIRST THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE? BOSTON - DETROIT - NEW YORK - PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA IN 1920 (GIMBEL'S DEPARTMENT STORE)
WHAT NFL TEAM HAS PLAYED AT HOME ON EVERY THANKSGIVING SINCE 1934, EXCEPT WHEN ALL GAMES WERE PAUSED DURING WORLD WAR 2. DETROIT LIONS - CHICAGO BEARS - GREEN BAY PACKERS
DETROIT LIONS
WHICH FOUNDING FATHER REFERRED TO TURKEYS AS "A BIRD OF COURAGE"?
BEN FRANKLIN
TRUE OR FALSE. CRANBERRIES ARE NAMED AFTER A BIRD.
TRUE. THE PILGRIMS THOUGHT THE PINK BLOSSOMS REMINDED THEM OF SANDHILL CRANES.
WHICH 2 PROTEIN WERE NOT SERVED AT THE FIRST THANKSGIVING? LOBSTER - VENISON - SWAN - TURKEY - BEEF - SEAL
BEEF AND TURKEY
WHAT YEAR WAS THE FIRST DAY OF THANKSGIVING PROCLAIMED BY AMERICA? 1777 - 1812 - 1864 - 1940
1777 AFTER THE FIRST VICTORY BY THE CONTINENTAL ARMY OVER THE BRITISH AT SARATOGA
WHEN DID MACY'S START THEIR PARADE TRADITION?
1921 - 1922 -1923 -1924
1924
WHAT NFL TEAM HAS PLAYED AT HOME ON EVERY THANKSGIVING SINCE 1966? MIAMI DOLPHINS - LOS ANGELES RAMS - DALLAS COWBOYS
DALLAS COWBOYS
TRUE OR FALSE. THE PILGRIMS REFERRED TO THEMSELVES AS PILGRIMS.
FALSE. THEY CALLED THEMSELVES "SEPARATISTS"
HOW MANY ACRES OF CRANBERRIES ARE HARVESTED EACH YEAR? 20,000 - 30,000 - 40,000 - 50,000
40,000
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS ACTUALLY EAT TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING? 95% - 91% - 88% - 79%
88%
WHAT PRESIDENT OFFICIALLY ESTABLISHED THE 4TH THURSDAY OF NOVEMBER AS A DAY OF NATIONAL THANKSGIVING?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
WHAT YEAR DID BALLOONS START TO APPEAR IN THE MACY'S PARADE? 1924 -1925-1927-1929
1927 (IT FEATURED FELIX THE CAT AND OTHER ANAIMALS)
WHAT 2 IVY LEAGUE TEAMS WERE THE FIRST TO PLAY ON THANKSGIVING DAY IN 1876?
YALE AND PRINCETON
THE SPANIARDS ACTUALLY HAD THE FIRST THANKSGIVING FEAST, CONSISTING OF PORK, BEAN STEW, SEA BISCUITS AND RED WINE, ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1565 IN WHAT IS TODAY THIS FLORIDA CITY.
ST AUGUSTINE
OVER OR UNDER. APPROXIMATELY 500 CRANBERRIES MAKE UP A POUND.
UNDER. APPROXIMATELY 400
ABOUT HOW MANY CALORIES DOES THE AVERAGE PERSON CONSUME AT THANKSGIVING DINNER? 1000 - 2000 - 3000 - OVER 5000
3000
WHAT PRESIDENT STARTED THE TRADITION OF PARDONING A TURKEY?
KENNEDY IN 1963. GEORGE H W BUSH OFFICALLY STARTED IN 1989. HOWEVER, CALVIN COOLIDGE WAS THE FIRST TO PARDON AN ANIMAL. A FAMILY IN MISSISSIPPI SENT HIM A RACOON FOR HIS THANKSGIVING MEAL. CLAIMING RACCOON MEAT WAS TOOTHSOM. HOWEVER, THE FAMILY ADOPTED IT AND NAMED IT REBBECA AND ADDED IT TO THEIR MENAGERIE WHICH INCLUDE A BLACK BEAR A WALLABY AND A PYGMY HIOPPO NAMED BILLY
HOW LONG IS THE MACY'S PARADE? 2 MILES - 2.5 MILES - 4 MILES - 6 MILES
2.5 MILES
WHAT SPORTING EVENTS ARE HELD ON THANKSGIVING HAVE THE MOST PARTICIPANTS AND SPECTATORS?
TURKEY TROTS ( OVER 700,000 PARTICIPANTS, HELD IN ALL 50 STATES. OVER 730 RACES THIS YEAR)
OVER OR UNDER. ACCORDING TO THE NRF (NATIONAL RETAILER FEDERATION), 200 MILLION CONSUMERS SHOPPED THANKSGIVING WEEKEND IN 2022.
UNDER. 196.7 MILLION
CRANBERRY SAUCE RANKS WHERE ON THE MOST DISLIKED THANKSGIVING FOODS?
1ST - 2ND - 3RD
NUMBER 1. FOLLOWED BY TURKEY AND THEN GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE
ACCORDING TO MOST AMERICANS, WHAT IS THE BEST PART OF THE THANKSGIVING MEAL?
THE LEFTOVERS
HOW MANY WOMEN ATTENDED THE FIRST THANKSGIVING? 4 - 8- 14 - 0
4 (ALL FROM THE TRIBE)
WHAT DO MARILYN MONROE, MERYL STREEP, MATT DAMON AND TAYLOR SWIFT ALL HOLD IN COMMON CONNECTED TO THANKSGIVING?
THEY ARE ALL DESCENDANTS OF PASSENGERS OR CREW OF THE MAYFLOWER
WHAT SPORT WAS INTRODUCED TO SETTLERS BY THE NATIVE AMERICANS, THAT HAS BECOME QUITE POPULAR IN RECENT YEARS?
LACROSSE
TRUE OR FALSE. THANKSGIVING IS THE BUSIEST TRAVEL HOLIDAY OF THE YEAR.
FALSE. THE WEEK BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS WITH BETWEEN 90 AND 100 MILLION AMERICANS TRAVELLING.
WHERE DOES CRANBERRY SAUCE RANK ON THE LIST OF TOP TEN FAVORITE THANKSGIVING FOODS?
3RD - 5TH - 7TH - 9TH
NUMBER 9. BEHIND, IN ORDER, TURKEY, MASHED POTATOES, STUFFING OR DRESSING, SWEET POTATOES OR YAMS, GRAVY, ROLLS, APPLE PIE. AND BEFORE CORN.