Food Facts
In 1995, this popular Thanksgiving vegetable was the first to be grown in space.
What is the potato
The first Thanksgiving feast lasted this many days.
What is three days
This holiday was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade commemorating.
What is Christmas
This was the notable Native American who served as an interpreter between the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
Who is Squanto
This was the first official act of legislation by the Pilgrims.
What was The Mayflower Compact
A turkey can be stored in the freezer for this long.
What is frozen, unopened for two years
Approximately this many Pilgrims survived the first winter in America.
What is half
There were this many balloons featured in the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is 25 balloons
The first Thanksgiving was held here.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts
These three gift categories were the top gifts that shoppers spent money on over Thanksgiving weekend in 2023.
What is clothing, toys, and gift cards
These four ingredients go into making a basic pie crust.
What is flour, salt, water and butter/shortening
There are this many places in the U.S. have the word “Pilgrim” in their name.
Two.
Pilgrim, Michigan and Pilgrim, Dade County, Missouri.
According to Macy's, roughly this many people attend the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York each year.
What is 3.5 million
This U.S. president was the first to officially pardon a turkey?
Who is George H.W. Bush
True or false: Thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of the year.
False.
The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is the busiest time for travel with upwards of 90 to 100 million Americans traveling during that time, according to AAA.
According to a poll, this Thanksgiving side dish is the least popular among Americans.
What is green bean casserole
The first Thanksgiving feast was held on this month and year.
When was November 1621
This many pounds of glitter are sprinkled on Macy's Thanksgiving Parade floats and costumes.
What is 300 pounds
This U.S. president decided that Thanksgiving would be observed on the last Thursday in November.
Who is Abraham Lincoln
This household hazard triples on Thanksgiving.
What are fires
This is the temperature that a turkey should be cooked at to be safe for eating.
What is 165 °F
This is the number of passengers on the Mayflower.
What is 102
This retailer was the first to host a Thanksgiving Day parade.
Gimbels.
The department store hosted a Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia in 1920, four years before Macy’s held their first.
Thanksgiving was declared a national celebration in this year.
When was 1789
(President George Washington designated November 26 as a Day of National Thanksgiving)
This many places in the U.S. have the word “Turkey” in their name.
What is Seven
Turkey City, Texas; Turkey Creek, Arizona; Turkey Creek, Stone County, Arkansas; Turkey Creek, McPherson County, Kansas; Turkey Creek, Louisiana; Turkey, North Carolina and Turkey Valley, Yankton County, South Dakota