Thanksgiving History & Origins
Before Thanksgiving was fixed in October, it was often celebrated in this other month, depending on the harvest.
What is November
This root vegetable, often served mashed, is botanically unrelated to the sweet potato.
Deciduous trees drop their leaves to conserve this resource during the cold season.
What is Water
In Friends, this character gets a turkey stuck on their head.
Who is Monica
The singer of “Bad Guy” + the hair name attached to the eye.
What is Billie Eyelash
The Pilgrims’ 1621 harvest feast lasted this many days
What is 3 days?
The average Canadian eats about this many kilograms of turkey per year.
What is 4 kilograms (≈9 lbs)?
This phenomenon, sometimes seen on cool autumn mornings, is formed when warmer water meets colder air.
What is Fog
This animated TV family famously debates “the turkey vs. tofu” dinner in a Thanksgiving episode titled “Bart vs. Thanksgiving.”
Who are the Simpsons
A famous wizarding school in the UK + a classic 00s action movie about child rock stars.
What is Hogwarts School of Rock
The first Thanksgiving celebrated by English explorers in what is now Canada took place in this century.
What is the 16th Century
DAILY QUADRUPLE
These are the 4 main ingredients often found in stuffing
During autumn, many temperate species prepare for this survival strategy over the winter
What is hibernation
This popular "jacket" is a fall staple with many patterns, including plaid - but it sure won't keep you warm
What is a Shacket
This Midwestern state's NHL team + a classic cowboy movie location.
What are the Minnesota Wild Wild West
Canada made Thanksgiving a national holiday in this year, coincidentally the same year Sputnik 1 launched.
What is 1957?
Pumpkins are technically this botanically, not a vegetable.
What is a fruit / berry.
DAILY DOUBLE
A buildup of Organic matter that has broken down from dead plants and animals often occurs in pumpkin patches; a worm's favorite place
This Grammy-winning artist once dropped a surprise Thanksgiving album titled Thank You, Next.
Who is Ariana Grande?
answer to "Are you happy to be in Paris?" + a classic Christmas coral
What is "Oui, wish you a merry Christmas"
This English explorer held a Thanksgiving near present-day Nunavut to give thanks for surviving a dangerous Arctic voyage.
Who is Martin Frobisher?
Cranberries were called this by early European settlers because of their flower shape resembling a bird.
What is a crane berry?
Over the first cold night of the season, this phenomenon can kill sensitive crops and indicates the true beginning of our transition to winter
What is the "Killing Frost"
This 1987 comedy film starring Steve Martin and John Candy is often considered the ultimate Thanksgiving road-trip movie.
What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
Slang for when kids repeat something an adult does + a key question Gingy asks in Shrek.
Monkey see monkey do, you know the muffin man?