The Main Course
This is the sound a male turkey makes
What is gobble gobble?
Approximately 94% of American Thanksgiving meals and 85% of Nana’s meals include this tangy item
What is cranberry sauce/cranberries?
With 102 passengers onboard, this ship set sail from Plymouth, England on September 6, 1620
What is the Mayflower?
One of Nana’s favorite dishes, this is also defined as a decayed organic material used as a plant fertilizer
What is (cranberry) compost?
With the most amount of appearances in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, this character was first introduced into the Peanuts comic strip in 1950
Who is Snoopy?
With its headquarters in North Carolina, this company sells the most turkeys in the US?
What is Butterball?
One of the first sidekicks ever, this hero is often seen at Batman's side
Who is Robin?
This is what the word “cornucopia” means
What is the “horn of plenty”?
This secret family recipe of tomato, grands, bacon bits, cheese, etc (never to be shared especially with catering companies) is made strictly on Thanksgiving
What are Brushcettas?
“Turkey for the girls and Turkey for the boys, My favorite kind of pants are corduroys” are the lyrics to this song by Adam Sandler performed in an SNL skit
What is “The Thanksgiving Song”?
Part of the turkey also known as the furcula, is used for a friendly two person Thanksgiving tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago
What is the wishbone?
This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica
What is corn?
The year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated (1421, 1521, or 1621)
What is 1621?
Often almost voted off the menu every year, Donna’s favorite dish mashes potatoes and this root vegetable together
What is a turnip?
This “honest” president officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This essential amino acid that is said to cause sleepiness must be consumed through our diet in foods such as milk, tuna, oats, cheese, and of course, turkey
What is tryptophan?
In 2020 this poll was voted to be America’s favorite pie
What is apple pie?
This tribe of Native Americans that helped the Pilgrims survive and were invited to the first Thanksgiving feast
What are the Wampanog?
Company that gains most of its yearly profit from Nana, known for its popular items such as spreadable cheeses, petite fores, and gift baskets
What is Swiss Colony?
Method of cooking turkey that causes the fire department to be called over 1,000 times on Thanksgiving Day in the US
What is deep frying?
This meatless alternative for the star bird is plant based and sold in the form of the roast as an option for vegans/vegetarians on the holiday
What is “tofurky”?
State that grows the most potatoes every year
What is Idaho?
Pawtuxet Indian who served as an interpreter and intermediary between the pilgrims and Wampanoag?
Who was Squanto?
Old stomping grounds of the 3 Levittown Brower kids, this middle school is the site of an annual football game every Turkey Day morning
What is Wisdom Lane Middle School?
This NFC East team always hosts an NFL game on Thanksgiving day
Who are the Dallas Cowboys?