Holiday Movies
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Thanksgiving Trivia
Another name for...
Thanksgiving
Tough Trivia
Tough Trivia
100
This movie features a classic quote:
Miles Finch: "Call me elf one more time."
Buddy: "He's an angry elf."
What is Elf?
100
What chemical in Marijuana creates the euphoric effect? (full name)
What is Tetrahydrocannabinol?
Cannabis contains THC, a psychoactive chemical that can pass the blood-brain barrier and creates the "high" effect.
100
True or False
Thanksgiving is responsible for the invention of the TV Dinner?
In 1953, a Swanson employee accidentally ordered a colossal shipment of Thanksgiving turkeys (260 tons, to be exact). To deal with the excess, salesman Gerry Thomas took inspiration from the prepared foods served on airplanes. He came up with the idea of filling 5,000 aluminum trays with the turkey – along with cornbread dressing, gravy, peas, and sweet potatoes to complete the offering. Swanson charged 98 cents a meal.
100
The Windy City
What is Chicago?
100
This alcoholic drink is named after Thanksgiving's famous bird.
What is Wild Turkey?
200
Name one of the 3 ghosts that visit Scrooge
What are Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.
200
SSRI's (like Zoloft and Lexapro) increase levels of this Neurotransmitter in the brain.
What is Serotonin?
200
How many turkeys are sold at Thanksgiving?
945,000
23 Million
31 Million
46 Million
What is 46 Million?
200
George Herman Ruth
Who is Babe Ruth?
200
Americans eat approximately ____________ Pumpkin Pies during Thanksgiving.
(guess within 10 million)
What is 50 million?
300
_______ wrote the picture book that was inspiration for the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
300
This recovery program and fellowship is a non-spiritual, science based approach that utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
What is SMART Recovery?
300
The First Thanksgiving Celebration lasted
24 hours
3 Days
1 week
The entire month
What is 3 days?
300
Phencyclidine
What is PCP?
300
True or False...
There is a chemical in turkey that will make you sleepy.
What is False
No such chemical exists. It is only a myth that Tryptophan will make you sleepy. There is no more Tryptophan in Turkey than there is in meat or chicken. You might be extra tired after your meal, but don’t blame the turkey; it could just be that you overate.
400
"You’ll shoot your eye out kid!" is an iconic quote from this famous holiday movie.
What is A Christmas Story?
400
The unofficial term for this part of our brain is "The Lizard Brain".
What is the Limbic System?
The Limbic System handles basic body functions like breathing, balance, and coordination, and simple survival urges like feeding, mating, and defense.
400
The ______________ tribe celebrated thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
Wampanoag
Pawnee
Osage
Miwok
What is Wampanoag
400
Lysergic acid diethylamide
What is LSD?
400
Every year one lucky Turkey gets a pardon from the President and lives a long, fulfilling life. Which President started the tradition?
President George H.W. Bush pardoned the first turkey in 1989 after he noticed the 50-pound bird at his official Thanksgiving proclamation looked a little nervous.
500
This holiday movie grossed the most money of all time.
What is Home Alone?
The most successful Christmas movie is Home Alone, with a lifetime gross of over 285.7 million U.S. dollars. The 2018 version of the Grinch was in second place, earning more than 270 million U.S. dollars at the domestic box office.
500
Which drug creates the greatest release of Dopamine?
What is Methamphetamine?
Although both methamphetamine and cocaine increase levels of dopamine, methamphetamine both blocks the re-uptake of dopamine and increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse (the gap between neurons).
500
Thomas Jefferson refused to declare Thanksgiving a Holiday because he felt that
It disrespected the Native American tribes
It violated the Constitution's separation of Church and State
He was allergic to Turkey
He didn't think that anyone would celebrate Thanksgiving
Jefferson refused to recognize the event, because he believed so firmly in the separation of church and state. Since Thanksgiving involved prayer and reflection, he thought designating it a national holiday would violate the First Amendment.
500
This state is known as Big Sky Country
What is Montana?
500
_____________ is the most fattening dish served at Thanksgiving.
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Sweet Potatoes
Honey Glazed Ham
What is Pecan Pie?
The most fattening item on your Thanksgiving menu is most likely the pecan pie. It has around 503 calories per slice, which isn't that much less than a McDonald's Big Mac. You can thank pecan pie's high calories to the massive amounts of sugar and corn syrup used to make it.