"Gobble"dygook
Just the Facts
Staples: We've Got That
Sweet, Mashed, and Couch Potatoes
Just Kiddin'
100

It's the part of the turkey broken for luck.

What is the wishbone?

100

It's the decade the first Thanksgiving took place in.

What are the 1620's?

100

This root-vegetable based dessert is a staple of the holiday.

What is pumpkin pie?

100

The tool used to mash potatoes by hand is known as this.

What is a potato masher?

100

Children learn how to first draw a turkey by tracing this body part.

What is their hand?

200

It's the part of the turkey connecting the chin to the neck, NOT a description of how a turkey moves.

What is the wattle?

200

The first Thanksgiving was more of a festival, and lasted this many days.

What is three?

200

This Thanksgiving staple has been the subject of good-humored debate over the years. 

What is Cranberry Sauce?

200

This football team, sometimes referred to as "America's Team" has played on Thanksgiving nearly every year since 1966.

Who are the Dallas Cowboys?

200

This animated film about a group of children is a Thanksgiving classic.

What is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?

300

An adult male turkey is called this human name.

What is Tom?

300

It's the tribe that first celebrated Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.

Who are the Wampanoag?

300

This vegetable, along with beans and corn, was an essential part of Native Americans' diet.

What is squash?

300

If your mashed potatoes are described as this word, you might want to put them back in the blender.

What is lumpy?

300

Hopefully your family gets along better than the two lead characters in this Thanksgiving comedy about getting home for the holiday.

What is Planes, Trains, & Automobiles?

400

This is one of four terms used to refer to a group of turkeys.

What is a flock, gaggle, rafter, or gang?

400

One of these two meats were likely a larger component than turkey at the first Thanksgiving.

What are venison and/or seafood?

400

This century contains the first reference to the Thanksgiving staple, gravy.

What is the 14th century?

400

This ingredient commonly used to sweeten dishes like yam casserole, is also the name of a song by The Rolling Stones.

What is brown sugar?

400

Sarah Josepha Hale, author of this nursery rhyme, was a major advocate of making Thanksgiving a national holiday, but don't worry--the animal in her rhyme isn't on the menu!

What is "Mary Had a Little Lamb"?

500

A young male turkey is known as a Jake. This name is what young female turkeys are called.

What is a Jenny?

500

This President declared Thanksgiving a National Holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

500

The 1747 English cookbook called The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse contains the first known recipe for this Thanksgiving staple.

What are mashed potatoes?

500

The tradition of football on Thanksgiving began in 1876 with a college game between these two Ivy League Universities.

Who are Yale and Princeton?

500

Before the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, New York City had this lesser-known Thanksgiving parade where children would dress up as beggars and ask adults for pennies, candy, and apples.

What is the Ragamuffin Parade?

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