History
This English sailing ship that transported a group of families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This type of meat was served at the very first Thanksgiving - not turkey!
What is venison (deer)?
Delicious Thanksgiving main dish plus sunny southern vacation destination.
What is TurKey West?
This savory Thanksgiving sauce is also a slang word for 'money.'
What is gravy?
This musical instrument shares its name with the part of the turkey we eat at renaissance festivals.
What is a drumstick?
This Thanksgiving tradition began a century ago, in 1924. While helium balloons were not included, they did have a menagerie of animals from the Central Park Zoo like bears, elephants, monkeys and camels.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
These little tart fruits were originally named after the pink blossoms that appear on the plants, which reminded the pilgrims of the heads of Sandhill Cranes.
What are cranberries (originally craneberries!)?
Early colonizer plus beloved purple McDonald's character.
Who is PilGrimace?
Thanksgiving is the second worst traffic week of the year, followed by this week in the American calendar.
What is the week between Christmas and New Year?
This essential amino acid often found in turkey can make you feel sleepy - sleepy enough to not notice that your boyfriend is playing with your mint condition toy collection.
What is tryptophan?
This Thanksgiving tradition that takes place in many cities (including Detroit!) originated in Buffalo, NY in 1896.
What is a Turkey Trot?
This relatively new invention is very....meat....and includes several different kinds of animals stuffed inside each other.
Native American dwelling plus hide-your-face game played by youngsters.
What is teepeekaboo?
These two NFL teams ALWAYS play on Thanksgiving.
Who are the Cowboys and the Lions?
While presidents such as Kennedy and Reagan participated in this annual event, it didn't become an official White House ceremony until Bush #1 was president in 1989.
What is pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey?
At the first Thanksgiving in 1924, the pilgrims shared a three day festival mean with this native people of Massachusetts.
Who are the Wampanoag?
What are marshmallows?
Fruity Thanksgiving classic plus flavorful Wendy's menu item.
What are Cranberry Saucy Nuggs?
This city popularized the term 'Black Friday,' due to chaos from influx of tourists for the weekend there for shopping and the annual Army/Navy football game.
What is Philadelphia?
This fleshy, bumpy, red flap of skin that hangs from a turkey's chin sounds like the way it walks.
What is a wattle?
2013 saw the once-in-a-lifetime confluence of Thanksgiving and this Jewish holiday - it won't happen again for 80,000 years!
What is Chanukkah?
Which Founding Father, made famous by the songwriter for Disney's Moana, once proclaimed, “No citizen of the U.S. shall refrain from turkey on Thanksgiving Day”?
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Indigenous population plus 1971 Don McClean hit.
What is Native American Pie?
This tasty Thanksgiving staple also means bowling three strikes in a row!
Breaking this small bone from inside the turkey is said to bring good luck for the coming year - but only if you get the bigger half!
What is the wishbone?