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Potpourri
100
What kind of potatoes do people usually make for Thanksgiving dinner?
What is mashed potatoes or Sweet potatoes.
100
What do you call the shopping day that happens the day after Thanksgiving?
What is Black Friday.
100
This animal is the main food on Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey.
100
When does the United States celebrate Thanksgiving? (day/month)
What is 4th Thursday of November.
100
Name the popular green vegetable often made into a casserole on Thanksgiving?
What is Green Beans.
100
This holiday figure is at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
What/ Who is Santa Claus.
200
What is the most popular dessert at Thanksgiving dinner?
What is Pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert.
200
What is a popular sport that people play or watch on Thanksgiving?
What is football.
200
What was the name of the ship/boat that traveled from England to America?
What is Mayflower.
200
How may days did it take the Pilgrims to travel from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts?
a) 68 days
b) 66 days
c) 67 days
d) 65 days
What is b) 66 Days.
200
What is the name of the place that the Pilgrims settled?
What is Plymouth Rock.
200
True or false: Eating turkey makes you tired?
What is false
(While it's true that studies show the amino acid tryptophan causes drowsiness in lab rats, turkey doesn't contain enough to make much of a difference in humans. So if you're in need of a snooze after your Thanksgiving feast, you can blame all those calories—and probably dessert, too—rather than the bird.)
300
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest turkey weighed how much?
What is 86 pounds.
300
Where is the famous Thanksgiving Day parade located?
What is New York City.
300
Who were the English people who came to the United States in 1620?
What is The Pilgrims.
300
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
A) 1681
B)1642
C)1621
D)1617
What is C) 1621.
300
What part of the turkey is pulled by two people and the person that has the bigger piece will have good luck or their wish granted?
What is the wishbone.
300
What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
What/ who is The Wampanoag.
400
What do you call the "sauce" that is popular to put on turkey?
What is gravy.
400
What are two jobs that people can volunteer for in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, specifically with the large balloons?
What is Balloon handlers and balloon pilots.
400
This group of people helped the Pilgrims survive the first winter in America.
What is Native Americans.
400
Name a type of meat they ate at the first Thanksgiving?
what is duck...
(also acceptable answers venison (deer), cod (fish)
400
What do you call the horn shaped container of fruits, flowers, or nuts often seen on dinner tables at Thanksgiving.
What is cornucopia.
400
How many miles long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?
What is 2.5 miles.
500
What is the name of the red fruit that is often served at Thanksgiving dinner? (used as a sauce to put on top of turkey)
What is Cranberries.
500
This holiday classic airs every year! Can you name at least four of the characters in this picture?
What is...
Clockwise: Linus, Lucy, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy, Marcy, Franklin
500
This U.S. President made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863.
What is President Abraham Lincoln.
500
Which Founding Father wanted the Turkey to be our national bird rather than the Bald Eagle?
What/who is Benjamin Franklin.
500
This Thanksgiving episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air name 5 of the cast members?
The pics blurry on purpose ;)
Who is Will, Carlon, Ashey, Aunt Viv, and Uncle Phil.
500
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
What/who is George H.W. Bush.