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Answer what is 1621
DAILY DOUBLE: Which state produces the most cranberries?
Answer: What is Wisconsin
In 1995, this popular Thanksgiving vegetable was the first to be grown in space.
Answer: What Is The potato
What hurricane made landfall on Thanksgiving Day 2016?
Answer: What is Hurricane Otto
Which is the most popular day to shop during Thanksgiving weekend?
Answer: What is Black Friday
When does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving?
Answer: what is The second Monday in October.
According to Guinness World Records, how much does the world's largest pumpkin pie weigh?
Answer: What Is Made in 2010, the record-breaking pie weighed 3,699 lbs.
On Thanksgiving Day 1989, what weather event disrupted the Macy’s parade?
Answer: What is Snow. On Nov. 23, four inches of snow fell on the Big Apple, marking the first Thanksgiving Day storm in more than 50 years.
Which U.S. president was the first to officially pardon a turkey?
Answer: What Is George H.W. Bush. In 1989, Bush "presented a Presidential pardon" to a “fine tom turkey” — and it's been an annual tradition ever since.
What are the four colors typically associated with Thanksgiving?
Answer: what is Red, orange, yellow and brown
Which U.S. president didn't “believe” in Thanksgiving because he thought the holiday was too religious?
Answer: who is Thomas Jefferson
DAILY DOUBLE: Approximately how many cranberries are in one pound?
Answer: What is 440
When was the first Thanksgiving feast held?
Answer: What is November 1621
Answer: What is Male
When was Thanksgiving declared a national celebration?
Answer: What is 1789 (President George Washington designated November 26 as a Day of National Thanksgiving)
True or false: Thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of the year.
Answer: What is False. The week between Christmas and New Year’s Day is the busiest time for travel with upwards of 90 to 100 million Americans traveling during that time, according to AAA.
In 1863, what U.S. president decided that Thanksgiving would be observed on the last Thursday in November?
Answer: Who is Abraham Lincoln.
Are pumpkins technically a fruit or a vegetable?
Answer: What Is Fruit
How did the cranberry get its name?
Answer: What is Originally dubbed the "craneberry," Pilgrims likened the pink blossoms that appear on cranberries to the heads of Sandhill Cranes
According to the National Grocers Association, what are the top ten most popular Thanksgiving foods?
Answer What is (in order): Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing or dressing, gravy, rolls and bread, pumpkin pie, sweet potatoes or yams, apple pie, cranberry sauce and corn.
In 2023, approximately how many people shopped over Thanksgiving weekend?
Answer: What is 200.4 million