Food
What is the most popular thanksgiving food
Turkey
Where did the Pilgrims first land when arriving on America's shores?
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Which retailer was the first to host a Thanksgiving Day parade?
Gimbels department store hosted a Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia in 1920, four years before Macy's held its first.
Can turkey’s fly? True or False?
False
What holiday did the parade on?
Christmas
True or false. Pumpkins are vegetable?
False
Which Founding Father once proclaimed, "No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day"?
Alexzander Hamilton
What year did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade first have balloons?
Answer
1928
Which President officially made Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of every November?
: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
How tall was the biggest balloon in the parade?
80 feet
On average, how many seeds does a pumpkin have?
About 5000
When was the first Turkey Trot?
1896
What year did Adam Sandler release "The Thanksgiving Song
1992
How many other countries celebrate Thanksgiving?
11 (Canada, Liberia, South India, Ghana, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Japan, the Netherlands, Granada, and China
What character was the tallest balloon?
Spider man
What year did green bean casserole start appearing on Thanksgiving menus?
1955
In what month did the very first Thanksgiving celebration likely take place?
September
Why is football played on Thanksgiving
Baseball used to be too popular, so football was played instead to promote the sport.
What Christmas song was originally a thanksgiving song?
Jingle bells
What year was the parade broadcasted first?
1946
How much did the world's most expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record cost?
$150,000 at New York City's Old Homestead Steakhouse
What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
The Wampanoag
Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for what trade profession?
Plummers
How many calories does the average american eat on thanksgiving?
4500
How many times has the parades been canceled and why?
3 times , all during world war 2