The Main Course
Holiday Pop Culture
The bird
Holiday traditions
100

This part of the turkey's chest is traditionally pulled apart by two people, and the person with the larger piece gets to make a wish.

What is the wishbone 

100

In a famous 1998 episode of Friends, this character hilariously gets their head completely stuck inside a giant raw turkey.

Who is Joey Tribbiani?

100

Only turkeys of this specific gender can actually make the famous "gobble" sound.

What is male turkeys 

100

This is the widely recognized name given to the massive, hectic retail shopping day that immediately follows Thanksgiving.

What is Black Friday 
200

British Columbia's fertile Fraser Valley is famous for harvesting millions of pounds of this tart, red fruit using "wet harvesting" techniques that flood the fields.

What are cranberries 

200

In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, this beloved animal character takes charge and wears the chef's hat.

Who is Snoopy?

200

This is the specific term used for the fleshy, red skin that dangles directly under a turkey’s neck.

What is a wattle 

200

While most provinces observe Thanksgiving as a paid statutory holiday, these three Atlantic provinces treat it as a designated or optional holiday rather than a mandatory stat.

What is PEI, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick 

300

How many turkeys are killed a year in the US?

What is 214 millions turkeys 

300

This comedian famously performed "The Thanksgiving Song" on Saturday Night Live in 1992, singing about turkey and mashed potatoes.

Who is Adam Sandler 

300

Can turkeys swim true or false?

What is true

300

How many artichokes did grandma and grandpa make this year?

What is 12 

400

What are baby turkeys called 

What is a poult 

400

Which famous Christmas song was originally written and composed to be a Thanksgiving song?

What is jingle bells ( originally to be named one horse open sleigh )

400

How many turkeys could dom take in a fight? 

What is 6 turkeys ( dead or alive )  

400

What pie do we usually make every thanksgiving? 

What is pumpkin pie 

500

How long did the first thanksgiving celebration happen in 1612 

What is three days 

500

This 1987 classic comedy directed by John Hughes stars Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get home for the holiday.

What is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

500

Wild turkeys don't just walk along the ground—they sleep overnight by flying up into these.

What are trees 

500

What was the name of the last thanksgiving play we held? 

What is A thanksgiving gone wrong 
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