Turkey Time
The sound a male turkey makes.
What is a gobble?
The ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
Though Native Americans ate it fresh or dried, today it’s boiled with sugar into a tangy relish — a red side dish that stains everything, including the tablecloth.
What is cranberry sauce?
Thanksgiving always falls on this day of the week.
What is Thursday?
This state is famous for its BBQ, big hats, and the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving game.
What is Texas?
The president performs this unusual symbolic act with a turkey each year.
What is pardoning a turkey?
Overflowing with fruits and grains, this ancient Greek symbol of abundance was said to come from the horn of Amalthea, the goat that nursed Zeus — and it now graces many a Thanksgiving table as a centerpiece.
What is cornucopia?
Often served as a side, this dish’s origins trace back to both Native American maize recipes and early colonial kitchens, and it can be baked, fried, or even made into muffins.
What is cornbread?
The piece of the turkey people traditionally make a wish on.
What is the wishbone?
This is commonly proposed at a (Thanksgiving) dinner party.
What is a toast?
This is what a group of (domesticated) turkeys are called.
What is a Rafter?
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in this present-day U.S. state.
What is Massachusetts?
This Thanksgiving staple from the 1950s was invented by the Campbell Soup Company as a way to sell more of its product — proving that sometimes, tradition starts with marketing.
What is green bean casserole?
Before the modern televised spectacle, this parade’s early floats featured live animals, and it wasn’t until 1927 that giant helium balloons made their debut over New York City streets.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This popular American side dish is made from grated potatoes fried in oil - sometimes seen at Thanksgiving brunches.
What is Tater Tots?
The flap of skin under a turkey’s chin.
What is a wattle?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Sometimes confused with its orange cousin’s pie, this dessert rises to the occasion every Thanksgiving, turning a humble root into a sweet, custardy centerpiece.
What is sweet potato pie?
It may seem counterintuitive (or genius), but this tradition is a popular way to earn and burn the calories consumed during the Thanksgiving meal.
What is a Turkey Trot?
The name for a binding agreement between two sovereigns, for example the one between the Pilgrims and the native Wampanoag, which ensured peace for over 50 years.
What is a treaty?
Introduced by legendary coach and sportscaster John Madden during a 1989 NFL Thanksgiving broadcast, this unofficial award celebrates the game’s MVPs with a savory symbol of victory — sometimes straight from the feast table.
What is the Turkey leg award?
This man is known as the governor of Plymouth Colony and wrote Of Plymouth Plantation.
Who is William Bradford?
This portmanteau is a novelty dish popularized in Louisiana in the 1980s, and stacks three birds in descending size - turkey, duck, and chicken - into one Frankenstein feast.
What is a Turducken?
Long before Halloween was the go-to holiday for dressing up, this celebration - which happened to coincide with Thanksgiving Day, saw children in New York City wearing ragged clothes and going door-to-door asking “Anything for Thanksgiving?”
What is Ragamuffin Day?
This amino acid, while found in poultry, is often incorrectly blamed for the drowsiness people feel after Thanksgiving dinner.
What is Tryptophan?