Classic Thanksgiving Food
This bird is often the staple meal of a Thanksgiving feast.
What is a turkey?
The Pilgrims and other early European explorers referred to the Native Americans as what name?
What are Indians/Indies?
This day marks the beginning of the fall season.
What is September 22nd?
This beloved animated TV special, first airing in 1973, features the Peanuts gang celebrating Thanksgiving with a meal of popcorn, toast, and jelly beans.
What is "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"?
This common Thanksgiving superstition suggests that if you break this part of the turkey, it will grant you a year of good luck.
What is the wishbone?
This fruit, native to North America, often served in a sauce or relish, is a staple on many Thanksgiving tables
What is cranberry?
The first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated over a period of this many days.
What is three days?
This day marks the end of the fall season.
What is December 21st?
In the 1990 film the child main actor eats a Thanksgiving dinner alone after being accidentally left behind by his family, and he enjoys a slice of cheese pizza.
What is "Home Alone"?
According to a Thanksgiving superstition, if you spill this item during your holiday dinner, it is said to bring bad luck to the household for the rest of the year
What is salt?
This is the place the first thanksgiving was held.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
The first Thanksgiving took place in this year, when the Pilgrims and Native Americans came together to celebrate the harvest.
What is 1621?
These migrating birds, known for flying south in the fall, are often seen in large flocks during autumn months.
What are geese (specifically Canada geese)? AKA goosees :P
In this Friends Thanksgiving episode, Joey wears this Thanksgiving-themed attire to dinner, much to his friends' confusion.
What is a turkey costume?
This superstition claims that if you accidentally drop a fork on Thanksgiving Day, it means you'll be having a visitor soon. What kind of visitor is it said to be?
What is a male visitor?
It is the most popular Thanksgiving side dish.
What is mashed potatoes?
This many Native Americans and this many Pilgrams were at the first Thanksgiving.
What is 90 Natives and 52 Pilgrams?
This historic fall festival originated in Germany and is now celebrated worldwide with beer, pretzels, and carnival rides, often beginning in late September and running into October.
What is Oktoberfest? (yes it is spelled like that)
In the Thanksgiving episode of "Everybody Hates Chris" where Julius is in charge of dinner, he tries to make a Thanksgiving meal with a very tight budget. What is the "alternative" to turkey that Julius decides to serve his family instead?
What is fried chicken?
In some traditions, this action on Thanksgiving Day is thought to bring about a prosperous year ahead for the household, as long as it's done right before the big meal.
What is opening the windows to let the bad spirits out?
It's the three most popular thanksgiving pies. Extra 100 points if you get the order correct
What is pumpkin pie, pecan pie and apple pie?
The Native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them farming techniques and providing them with food at the first Thanksgiving.
Who were the Wampanoag?
The name for the phenomenon when leaves change color in fall due to decreasing sunlight and cooler temperatures is called this.
What is senescence?
In this movie about a an eccentric old-money family there is a Thanksgiving scene where the brother and sister are sent to a Thanksgiving camp, where they wreak havoc and disrupt the camp's traditional celebration. (Hint: I love this move hehe)
What is Addams Family Values?
This Thanksgiving superstition says that if you fail to eat enough of this particular dish during the holiday meal, you will have bad luck throughout the year.
What is cranberry sauce?