Food
True or false
Tryptophan in Turkey causes severe drowsiness.
Answer True
Tryptophan can make a person sleepy when combined with other amino acids.
What Indigenous people participated in the first Thanksgiving of 1621?
a.Navajo
b.Ute
c.Seminole
d.Wampanoag
Answer Wampanoag
The Wampanoag lived on land which now constitutes parts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
True or False
You can observe Thanksgiving in Germany.
Answer Yes
They hold The Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on the first Sunday of October.
Which one of these foods was most likely served at the first Thanksgiving in 1621?
a.cranberry sauce
b.candied yams
c.cornbread
d.pumpkin pie
Answer c.cornbread
Colonists did not have access to wheat flour, so there were no crusts for traditional Thanksgiving pies.
The first known recipe for candied yams appeared in 1889.
In 1863, which U.S. president proclaimed the last Thursday in November a national Thanksgiving day?
Answer Abraham Lincoln
Shortly after a hard-fought victory at the Battle of Gettysburg, Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November to be set aside as a day of thanksgiving.
True or False
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises against cooking stuffing inside a turkey.
Answer True
The CDC recommends cooking stuffing in a casserole dish. Bacteria from the raw poultry can seep into the stuffing which may not get cookies as thoroughly as the bird.
What state raises the most turkeys?
Answer Minnesota
Minnesota raises 40 to 42 million birds a year.
What professional football team has played on nearly every Thanksgiving Day since 1934?
a.Detroit Lions
b.Seattle Seahawks
c.Kansas City Chiefs
d.Chicago Bears
e.Dallas Cowboys
Answer a.Detroit Lions
New team owner George A. Richards came up with the idea for his team to play on the holiday to boost awareness and ticket sales.
Points are given if the answer is within ±5miniutes of the actual answer.
Answer 67minutes (62minutes ~ 72 minutes)
What Thanksgiving vegetable was grown in space?
Answer. The potato
In 1995, potatoes were growing in space inside the Columbia space shuttle.
Spurred on by economic reasons, Franklin Roosevelt made what change to Thanksgiving?
canceled it
advocated for chicken instead of turkey
made it a two-day holiday
made it earlier in the year
Answer made it earlier in the year
Because of the Great Depression, FDR moved Thanksgiving to be a week earlier; detractors called this "Franksgiving."
How many calories on average are consumed per person at Thanksgiving?
Points are given if the answer is between the actual answer.
Answer 3000 to 4500
According to estimates by the Calorie Control Council, Americans take in 3000 to 4500 calories at their Thanksgiving celebrations.
How much did the world's largest pumpkin pie weigh?
Points are given if your answer is within ±200pounds of the actual answer.
Answer 3,699 pounds (3,499 ~ 3,899)
The pie, made by New Bremen Giant Pumpkin Growers in Ohio on September 25, 2010, weighed almost 3,700 pounds and was 20 feet in diameter.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately how many colonists were living in America in 1620?
Points are given if your answer is within ±100
Answer 2,499 (2,399~2,599)
According to a YouGov survey, what is one of the three things Americans report being most thankful for?
Answer Family, health, and life
41% of survey-takers report being thankful for family, 33% for health, and 19% for being alive.