Thanksgiving Foods
This meat is the a common alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving
What is ham?
Traditionally the day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping.
What is Black Friday?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey's beak is called this.
What is a wattle?
This play-turned-movie comes out this Thanksgiving season.
What is Wicked?
The city that hosts the Macy's Day Parade.
What is New York City?
This popular Thanksgiving vegetable was the first to be grown in space
What is the potato?
In 1863, this US president decided that Thanksgiving would be observed on the last Thursday of November
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The name of the Native American who already spoke English and was especially helpful to the Pilgrims.
Who was Squanto?
In 1953, a Swanson employee accidentally ordered too much turkey. What did he create with the leftovers?
What is the TV dinner?
This Christmas comedy movie's plot centers around the main character's struggles to survive alone when his family goes on vacation and accidentally leaves him.
What is Home Alone?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England.
What is religious persecution?
The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with this person.
Who is Santa Claus?
The year Charlie Brown Thanksgiving debuted on television (within 5 years)
What is 1973?
The native Americans brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.
What is deer (venison)?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
This animal is traditionally pardoned by most U.S. presidents during November.
What is a turkey?
The year of the first Thanksgiving
a. 1776
b. 1965
c. 1621
d. 1642
c. What is 1621?
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest pumpkin pie ever made weighed this much:
a). 37 pounds
b). 370 pounds
c). 3700 pounds
3700 pounds
This movie holds the record for the highest grossing weekend in Thanksgiving history
What is Frozen 2?
This balloon has appeared in the Macy's Day Parade more than any other balloon since the parade started in 1924.
Who (or what) is Snoopy?
The approximate number of turkeys that are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
a). 46,000?
b). 4.6 million
c). 46 million
What is 46 million?
According to Merriam Webster, the term Friendsgiving was first circulated in this year (plus/minus 5 years).
When is 2007?
Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday that is held in this month (not November).
What is October?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This popular Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?
The Native American tribe that celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
Who were the Wampanoag?
The amount of calories that are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner (within 500 calories)
What is 4,500?
These two pro football teams have played a game on Thanksgiving day since 1966 (except 1975 and 1977).
Who are the Lions and the Cowboys?
The amount of days the first Thanksgiving lasted.
What is 3?
This northern state raises the most turkeys.
What is Minnesota?
Who is Bing Crosby?
The unusual gift President Calvin Coolidge received for Thanksgiving in 1926.
What is a raccoon?