Turkey Facts
History
The Big Meal
Thanksgiving Day
100

This part of turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck superstition.

What is a wishbone?

100

The pilgrims landed at this rock.

What is Plymouth?

100

What are the two most popular pies baked at Thanksgiving?

What are pumpkin and apple?

100

After eating your full Thanksgiving meal, families normally experience this sickness?

The "itis"

200

This part of the turkey contains the most fat and cholesterol.

What is dark meat (thighs and legs)?

200

This is the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.

What is The Mayflower?

200

Approximately 94% of American Thanksgiving meals include this tangy item.

What is cranberry sauce?

200

The most popular kitchen material needed after Thanksgiving dinner?

What is aluminum foil?

300

This amino acid produced by turkeys is rumored to cause extreme sleepiness.

What is tryptophan?

300

This US president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

Statistically speaking, this is the most popular American side dish on Thanksgiving.

What is stuffing?

300

This day can be designated the most violent day in retail.

What is Black Friday?

400

Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called.

What are toms

400

This was the first department store to have a Thanksgiving Day Parade? a)Macy's b) Gimbel's c) JC Penny's d)Woolworth's

B) Gimbel's

400

Americans eat approximately this many pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving. a) 100 mil. b) 300 mil c)500 mil d)700 mil

C) 500 million 

400

These two football teams play every year on Thanksgiving.

Who are the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions?

500

The US state produces the most turkeys each year.

What is Minnesota?

500

This US president temporarily moved Thanksgiving to the third week of November from the fourth week.

Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

500

This many calories are consumed per person on Thanksgiving?

What is 4500?

500

This is the day that Thanksgiving is celebrated on in Canada.

What is the second Monday in October?

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