FAMOUS TOMS
TRADITIONS
PIE
MISCELLANEOUS
TRIVIA
MOVIES
100
THIS TOM WAS THE LEADING ACTOR IN THE 1994 MOVIE, FORREST GUMP.

TOM HANKS

100

AN ESTIMATED 88% OF AMERICANS EAT THIS MEAT ON THANKSGIVING DAY

TURKEY

100

THIS PIE IS THE MOST EATEN ON THANKSGIVING DAY AND IS MADE OF A LARGE FRUIT.

PUMPKIN PIE

100

THIS COMPANY ANSWERS MORE THAN 100,000 TURKEY-COOKING QUESTIONS EACH YEAR VIA THEIR TURKEY HOTLINE.

BUTTERBALL

100

THIS 1973 ANIMATED MOVIE HAS A LITTLE GIRL INVITING EVERYONE TO HER BUDDY'S HOUSE FOR THANKSGIVING EVEN THOUGH HE IS GOING TO SEE HIS GRANDMOTHER.

A CHARLIE BROWN THANKSGIVING

200

This Tom was a fictional character in an 1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River.

TOM SAWYER

200

MANY WATCH THE ANNUAL THANKSGIVING PARADE IN NYC, SPONSERED BY THIS RETAIL STORE

MACY'S

200

THIS PIE IS OFTEN USED IN A PHRASE TO DESCRIBE SOMETHING AS BEING "TYPICALLY AMERICAN"

APPLE PIE

"AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE"

200

THIS US PRESIDENT PROCLAIMED THANKSGIVING A NATIONAL HOLIDAY ON OCTOBER 3, 1863.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

200

THIS 1947 MOVIE, STARRING A YOUNG NATALIE WOOD, STARTS OFF WITH THE MACY'S THANKSGIVING PARADE.

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET

300

THIS TOM SERVED AS THE THIRD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1801-1809.

THOMAS JEFERSON

300

TWO PEOPLE MAKE A WISH AND BREAK THIS. WHOEVER ENDS UP WITH THE BIGGER PIECE IS SAID TO HAVE THEIR WISH COME TRUE & GOOD LUCK FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR

WISHBONE

300

THIS PIE (SIMILAR TO PUMPKIN PIE) TYPICALLY HAS A LIGHTER FILLING, COARSER TEXTURE AND SWEETER TASTE.

SWEET POTATO PIE

300

THIS US PRESIDENT WAS THE FIRST TO PARDON A TURKEY.

JOHN F. KENNEDY

300

2009 MOVIE, BASED ON A TRUE STORY, STARRING SANDRA BULLOCK AS A MOM WHO TOOK IN HOMELESS TEEN MICHAEL OHER

THE BLIND SIDE

400

THIS TOM CONTRIBUTED TO THE INVENTIONS OF THE LIGHT BULB, THE PHONOGRAPH, AND THE MOTION PICTURE CAMERA (JUST TO NAME A FEW).

THOMAS EDISON

400

WATCHING THIS SPORT ON THANKSGIVING DAY DATES AS FAR BACK AS 1876.

FOOTBALL

400

THE FIRST TIME THIS TYPE OF PIE WAS SERVED WAS TO QUEEN ELIZABETH I IN ENGLAND

CHERRY PIE

400

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING FEAST WAS HELD IN THIS STATE

MASSACHUSETTS

400

1993 MOVIE STARRING JACK LEMMON & WALTER MATTHAU, TWO MEN THAT HAVE BEEN FEUDING FOR YEARS.

GRUMPY OLD MEN

500

This Tom attended the University of Michigan, and was later selected by the New England Patriots in the 6th round of the 2000 NFL Draft.

TOM BRADY

500

HELD ON THANKSGIVING DAY, THE NAME OF THIS RACE DERIVES FROM THE TURKEY AND YOU CAN RUN OR WALK IT.

TURKEY TROT

500

LEGEND STATES THAT THE FRENCH PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS WERE THE FIRST TO MAKE THIS TYPE OF PIE, AFTER NATIVE AMERICANS GAVE THEM THE MAIN INGREDIENT

PECAN PIE

500

THERE ARE 4 TOWNS IN THE US NAMED "TURKEY" AND THEY CAN BE FOUND IN ARIZONIA, TEXAS, LOUISIANA, AND THIS STATE.

NORTH CAROLINA

500

1976 MOVIE STARRING SYLVESTER STALLONE AS A SMALL-TIME BOXER FROM PHILADELPHIA

ROCKY

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