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100

What Thanksgiving day food is the most popular?

Turkey

100
Is Thanksgiving typically celebrated with family or friends?

Family

100

Macy's is a world consumer of what (material in ballons) due to their parade?

Helium

100

What plantation (Really a village) did the first Thanksgiving happen at? There is a rock named after it in Massachusetts.

Plymouth 

100

What is the average number of guests at a modern Thanksgiving Day table?

10
200
What do you have to do to the turkey before cooking it?

Graze it/Paint it

Brine it

200

What popular thing on TV normally gets watched on Thanksgiving?

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

200
What other holiday did the Macy's parade used to be for?

Christmas

200

How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?

3 days

200

How many hours on average does it take to prepare the feast?

9.6

300

Where/How do cranberries grow? Hint not on a tree or bush

In a bog

300
What is the typical name for taking a walk or run with your family on Thanksgiving, which is a common tradition?

Turkey Trot

300

A famous person normally shows at the end of the parade. In 1932 what part of the parade was he in and who is he?

The beginning

Santa

300

What year was the First Thanksgiving?

1621

300

How many US towns are named Turkey?

4

400

Which food did not get served at the First Thanksgiving? A: Potatoes B: Pumpkin Pie C: Cranberries

B

400

What is another Thanksgiving people have with their friends to show gratitude to them?

"Friendsgiving"

400

How many years have the Rockettes been in the parade?

Nearly 70

400

Which famous president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln

400

What animal did the people at the First Thanksgiving eat?

Deer

500
What is the average amount of calories consumed on Thanksgiving?
4,500
500

 What part/bone of the turkey does the wishbone come from? The common tradition with the wishbone is to break it for good luck.

Furcula= bone 

Part= between the neck and breast of the turkey

500
What year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

1924

500

Which year did Thanksgiving become a national holiday?

1863

500

What percent of people travel for Thanksgiving day?

31%

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