History 101
This was the name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to New England in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This bouncing red fruit is often served as a sauce or jelly alongside the turkey.
What are cranberries?
Only the male turkeys make this famous sound; females actually cluck or yelp.
What is a gobble?
This department store has hosted a famous Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City since 1924.
What is Macy's?
In the United States, Thanksgiving is always celebrated on this day of November.
What is the fourth Thursday?
This Native American tribe shared the first harvest feast with the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This brand of "Cream of Mushroom" soup created the original recipe for the famous Green Bean Casserole in 1955.
What is Campbell's?
This is the specific name for the red, fleshy skin that hangs from a turkey's neck.
What is a wattle?
The day after Thanksgiving, known for massive shopping sales, is called this.
What is Black Friday?
This country celebrates their Thanksgiving in October, rather than November.
What is Canada?
While we celebrate on a Thursday, the original 1621 harvest festival actually lasted for this many days.
What is three days?
This "amino acid" found in turkey is widely (and perhaps falsely) blamed for making people sleepy after dinner.
What is Tryptophan?
Despite being heavy, wild turkeys can fly at speeds up to this many miles per hour.
What is 55 mph?
In the sitcom Friends, this character famously gets a turkey stuck on their head.
Who is Joey?
A "Cornucopia," often used as a centerpiece, is also known by this English phrase.
What is the Horn of Plenty?
In 1863, this President proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday to help heal the country during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest pumpkin pie ever baked weighed over this many pounds.
What is 3,699 lbs?
A baby turkey is technically referred to by this cute name.
What is a poult?
These two NFL teams play a game on Thanksgiving Day almost every single year.
Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
Written in 1857, "Jingle Bells" was originally composed to be sung on Thanksgiving, not Christmas. True or False?
What is True?
This utensil was not present at the first Thanksgiving, as it hadn't become common in England yet; the Pilgrims used spoons, knives, and their hands.
What is the fork?
"The Three Sisters" refers to these three crops that Native Americans planted together and ate at the harvest.
What are Corn, Beans, and Squash?
This Founding Father wrote a letter to his daughter suggesting the Turkey would be a better national symbol than the Bald Eagle.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey to the President, leading to this formal tradition where the turkey's life is spared.
What is the Turkey Pardon?
The first TV dinner was created in 1953 by Swanson because they had too much of this leftover food.
What is Turkey?