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100

The furcula is a bone in birds is most commonly associated with Thanksgiving for the superstition that when broken, it can bring good fortune. It’s referred to by most as this

What is the “wishbone”?

100

This member of the Wampanoag tribe acted as translator between the Pilgrima and Native Americans

Who is Squanto?

100

This apple is the most common apple used in traditional apple pie 

What is Granny Smith?

100

In the iconic Thanksgiving episode of Friends, this character is seen wearing a Turkey with sunglasses on their head and dancing 

Who is Monica?

100

This store is known for having the biggest Black Friday discounts- discounts STARTING at 56% off

What is Macys?

200

Female turkeys are called “hens” and young boy turkeys are often called “jakes”, but all adult male turkeys are called this

What are “gobblers”?

200

This is how many women were presumed to be at the first ever Thanksgiving

What is 5 women?

200

Turkey was actually not served at all on the first Thanksgiving. But various other meets were

What are venison, swan, lobster, seal, and duck?

200

This is when  the first Macys Thanksgiving Day parade took place

What is 1924?

200

Contrary to what you might expect, this TRADE professions biggest day of the year is actually Black Friday

What are plumbers?

300

This is the name of the wobbly red piece of flesh on TOP of a turkeys beak.

What is the “Snood”?

300

This is how many passengers were on the Mayflower.

What is 102?

300

Not including 3 million pounds of premade mashed potatoes, this is how many pounds of fresh potatoes Us shoppers purchase in the weeks leadimy up to Thanksgiving

What is 214 million pounds and 50 million of sweet

300

This NFL team has played every year on Thanksgiving since 1934 (with the exception of 1939-1944 for WWII). 

Who are the Detroit, Lions?

300

Most people are familiar with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday; but not everyone is familiar with this thrifting inspired shopping holiday started by Poshmark that falls on the Sunday after Thanksgiving 

What is Secondhand Sunday?

400

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this is how much the heaviest recorded Turkey weighed.

What is 86lb

400

This is how long the first Thanksgiving lasted

What is 3 days?

400

This is how many calories consumed per person on average at Thanksgiving dinner.

What is 4,500?

400

About 3.5 million people watch the Macys Thanksgiving Day parade live in New York, and over 8,000 people are IN the parade each year. This is the average of how many tune in via television

What is 50 million viewers?

400

In 2022 this is how much was spent holiday gift shopping ON Thanksgiving day… hint! answer in billions

What is 5.29 billion USD?

500

This is how many turkeys are prepared by Americans each year

What is 46 million?

500

The 4th Thursday in November was decided as Thanksgiving by FDR in efforts to boost the economy, but the true first Thanksgiving most likely took place in this month 

What is September?

500

In 1705 a “freeze” in this Colchester, Connecticut prohibited sugar distribution across the river, as a result there was an extreme shortage of this sort of pie, this caused the entire town to postpone Thanksgiving for an entire week.

What is pumpkin pie?

500

Balloons weren’t involved in the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade until 1927- this “biggest star of all time” was the first ever Macys parade balloon and was filled with air and held up by stilts rather than the helium we use today.

Who is Felix the Cat?

500

This is how many years Santa has NOT ended the Macys Thanksgiving day parade

What is 1 year?

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