Food
The First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Today
Turkey Facts
Thanksgiving True or False
100

Is the pumpkin a fruit or vegetable?

What is fruit

100

What was the name of the ship that brought the pilgrims over to the United States?

What is the Mayflower

100

What is the average time it takes the host to prepare Thanksgiving dinner?

What is 9.5 hours

100

How much did the largest turkey ever weigh?

What is 86 pounds

100

Turkey was on the menu on the First Thanksgiving

What is False -  Venison, duck, goose, oysters, lobster, eel, and fish were likely served, alongside pumpkins and cranberries (but not pumpkin pie or cranberry sauce!) 

200
Name 3 foods that make up an American Thanksgiving dinner.

What is turkey, potatoes, cranberry sauce, green beans.

200
Where did the pilgrims land in the U.S?
Where is Plymouth, Massachusetts
200
What state consumes the most turkeys?
What is California
200
Do turkeys have bad night or day vision?
What is night
200

There are four towns in the United States named “Turkey.”

What is True - Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina

300

What is the most popular pie among Americans?

What is Apple Pie - Pumpkin comes in second

300
What was the year of the first Thanksgiving?
What is 1621
300

Thanksgiving occurs every year on this Thursday in November

What is the Fourth?

300

Do male, female or both turkeys gobble?

What is male

300

Turkey contains and amino acid that makes you sleepy.

What is True - Tryptophan, a natural sedative.

400

How much did the world's most expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record cost?

What is 181,000 -  Old Homestead Steakhouse in Manhattan served 12 people in 2019. Included two 20 lb. free-range turkeys covered in $2,000 edible gold flakes and seasoned with imported spices from the Middle East that came with a gravy infused with a $3,650 bottle of Louis XIII cognac. 

400
What utensil did the pilgrims NOT use at the first Thanksgiving?
What are forks
400

How many calories are consumed on average on Thanksgiving?

What is 3,200 - 4,500 calories

400
Does turkey have more protein than chicken, beef, or both?
What is both
400

There were 4 women on the first Thanksgiving feast

What is False - 5

500

This common dairy product is used to give custard pies their consistency

What are eggs

500

How long did the first Thanksgiving go on for?

What is 3 days

500

How many Americans, in percentage, do not make dinner and order takeout?

What is 13%

500
Do turkeys have heart attacks?
What is yes
500

Benjamin Franklin proclaimed Thanksgiving a National Holiday 

What is False - Abraham Lincoln on October 3, 1863

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