Regional Foods
Instead of pumpkin pie, many Southern tables feature a dessert of similar hue.
What is sweet potato pie?
Only male turkeys make this noise.
What is gobble-gobble?
This state is the leading producer of cranberries.
What is Wisconsin?
This 80s comedy features the mishaps of a man trying to get home to Chicago before the holiday.
What is "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles" ?
Turtle Island Foods sells this vegan substitute for turkey.
What is Tofurky?
An essential side dish to the German-American population of Maryland.
What is sauerkraut?
The long, red, fleshy growth that hangs over the beak.
What is the snood?
What is Texas?
A round-headed boy, his dog and friends throw together an impromptu celebration in this animated classic.
What is "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving"?
Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in this month.
What is October?
Melding American tradition with Mexican roots, found on tables in Arizona and New Mexico.
What are pumpkin empanadas?
The term for a group of domesticated turkeys.
What is a gang?
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What is a rafter?
This state produces the most turkeys.
What is Minnesota?
Stars Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as neighbors with a lifelong feud.
What is "Grumpy Old Men"?
A Thanksgiving tradition since 1947 featuring the US President.
What is "pardoning the turkey"?
Hailing from Louisiana, this three-meat main dish features three types of poultry.
What is Turducken?
A baby turkey is called this.
What is a poult?
This city holds the oldest Thanksgiving Day parade.
What is Philadelphia?
Features the lines, "Whoo-ah!" and "The day we stop lookin', Charlie, is the day we die."
What is "Scent of a Woman"?
In 1876, the first Thanksgiving football game was played between these two universities.
What are Princeton and Yale?
A dessert made with cornmeal, molasses, brown sugar, and spices, popular in New England.
What is Hasty Pudding?
This notable historical figure wanted the turkey to be the American national bird.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
A tradition of lighting (not live) turkeys on fire and throwing them across a football field started in this city.
What is Indianapolis, Indiana?
The Little Tramp eats his shoe for Thanksgiving dinner in this 1925 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin.
What is "The Gold Rush"?
This classic Christmas carol penned in the 1800s was actually written about Thanksgiving.
What is Jingle Bells?