This Year Now
This major U.S. airline projected over 3.8 million passengers during Thanksgiving week 2025, the highest in its history.
Delta Airlines
What state produces the most turkeys?
Minnesota
What North American country celebrates its Thanksgiving in October?
Canada
What NFL team has hosted a Thanksgiving Day game every year since 1934?
The Detroit Lions
The term “Black Friday” originated in the 1960s in this U.S. city.
Philadelphia
Because Thanksgiving 2025 falls on November 27, this astronomical event occurs the earliest it can in the holiday week.
Waning crescent moon
What is the fleshy growth over the turkey's beak called?
A snood
What West African nation has a Harvest Festival called Homowo, meaning “hooting at hunger."?
Ghana
This college rivalry game, often played near Thanksgiving, is known as “The Game.”
Ohio State vs. Michigan
This retail metric, once used to explain “Black Friday,” refers to the point at which profit surpasses costs.
Breaking into the black
Announced earlier in 2025, this city debuted the first major redesign of its Thanksgiving parade route in over 30 years.
Chicago
What is Brining?
The technique of turkey cooking that involves submerging the bird in a seasoned, salted solution for hours
Japan celebrates Kinro Kansha no Hi, a holiday often compared to Thanksgiving, honoring this concept.
Labor and gratitude for work
This active NFL franchise has the most losses in Thanksgiving Day games.
The Detroit Lions
The 2011 “Midnight Madness” opening trend began when this retailer became the first big-box store to open at 10 p.m. on Thanksgiving.
Toys R Us
Thanksgiving 2025 marks the first year this federal agency’s new aviation spacing rules were fully implemented to reduce holiday congestion.
The FFA
What is the latin name of a Turkey?
Meleagris
What country’s Chuseok festival occurs in autumn and includes giving thanks for ancestors and harvest?
South Korea
This Thanksgiving matchup is the highest-scoring in NFL history, finishing 41–38.
Dolphins v Cowboys
What item is the most bought on Black Friday?
Tvs
This economic indicator—tracked heavily during 2025—was predicted to influence holiday spending more than any year since 2009 because of its mid-autumn spike.
The US consumer sediment index
What is the chemical compound in turkey that is often blamed for post-Thanksgiving drowsiness called?
Tryptophan
What is Germany's version of Thanksgiving called?
Erntedankfest
The NFL began adding a third Thanksgiving game in this exact year.
2006
What exact date was the first Black Friday?
September 24, 1869