History & Origins
This year is commonly cited as the first Thanksgiving in Plymouth Colony.
What is 1621?
This bird is most commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner.
What is turkey?
In the U.S., this city holds the largest Thanksgiving parade.
What is New York City?
This Canadian holiday, similar to Thanksgiving, is celebrated in October.
What is Canadian Thanksgiving?
This 1989 film follows a boy trying to catch a turkey to impress his family.
What is Home Alone?
The pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving after their first successful this.
What is harvest / corn harvest?
This orange vegetable is often served mashed or in pie form.
What is pumpkin?
Each year, the U.S. president officially does this to a turkey.
What is pardons the turkey?
In Liberia, Thanksgiving was introduced by freed slaves from this country.
What is the United States?
The famous sitcom often has Thanksgiving episodes featuring mishaps and family drama; one example is this show.
What is Friends?
The Native American tribe that helped the Pilgrims survive was this.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This type of bread is made from cornmeal and is a traditional side dish at Thanksgiving.
What is cornbread?
Americans eat roughly this many tons of turkey each Thanksgiving.
What is around 750 million pounds?
In this Caribbean country, Thanksgiving is not a public holiday, but people celebrate it with turkey and corn.
What is Bermuda?
On TV, this cartoon family famously feasts on turkey in the opening scene of the Thanksgiving episode.
Who are The Simpsons?
This U.S. president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Cranberries are often made into this sweet sauce served with turkey.
What is cranberry sauce?
The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade featured only this, not floats or balloons.
What are live animals?
Japan has a Thanksgiving-like holiday focused on labor and production called this.
What is Labor Thanksgiving Day (Kinrō Kansha no Hi)?
This singer’s 1982 hit “Thanksgiving Song” features the line, “I love turkey.”
Who is Adam Sandler?
Before Lincoln, this woman famously lobbied for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This sweet potato dessert is often topped with marshmallows.
What is sweet potato casserole?
This pie often divides families because some people like it plain while others add meringue.
What is pumpkin pie?
In this South American country, some families celebrate Thanksgiving by combining traditional turkey with local foodslike tamales, corn, and potatoes.
What is Peru?
The 1924 Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade introduced this iconic balloon character.
Who is Felix the Cat?