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The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a Turkey Trot?
The orange fruit/vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving/Fall.
What is a pumpkin?
True or False. The first ever TV dinner was made with Thanksgiving leftovers.
True! In 1953 a worker at Swanson ordered too many frozen turkeys (260 tons too many to be exact), so a company salesman named Jerry Thomas had the idea to create a packaged dinner on aluminum trays. After an assembly line of women scooped turkey, cornbread dressing, peas, and sweet potatoes onto the trays, the TV dinner was born!
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
What is Macys?
This president was the first to "pardon" a turkey.
Who is John F Kennedy?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1600s
Who were Pilgrims?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
The annual Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with the arrival of this person.
Who is Santa Clause?
This president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Tart Red Berry Sauce served as a side.
What is Cranberry Sauce?
A tradition where people would break this specific part of a turkey, which was meant to promote patience and spending time with family.
What is the Wishbone?
The Year the first Thanksgiving was Celebrated
What is 1621?
What is the busiest travel day of the year in the U.S.?
What is the day before Thanksgiving?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
This President made turkey pardoning an annual event.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
The number one side dish served at most Thanksgiving dinners.
What is Stuffing/Dressing?
According to a 2025 report by Campbell's, stuffing (or dressing) has retained the top spot as America's favorite Thanksgiving side dish for the second year in a row. Mashed potatoes came in a close second nationally
This meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving.
What is Ham?
The name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1600s
What is the Mayflower?
Though this song is thought of as a Christmas song, it was actually written to be sung on Thanksgiving Day.
What is Jingle Bells?
What state raises the most turkeys?
What is Minnesota?
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
He declined to make a proclamation in 1801. For Jefferson, supporting the holiday meant supporting state-sponsored religion since Thanksgiving is rooted in Puritan religious traditions.
Green Bean casserole was invented by what company?
What is Campbell Soup Company?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
What is 46 million?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
This profession shows the 24 hours after Thanksgiving to be their busiest time of year.
What is Plumbing?
Male Turkeys "gobble gobble", but female turkeys make this sound.
What is "Cackle Cackle"?
This President declared two Thanksgivings in one year.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Franklin D. Roosevelt declared two Thanksgivings in 1939—one on November 23 and another on November 30—because he moved the holiday earlier to boost holiday shopping during the Great Depression.
The average person consumes this many calories, on average, at Thanksgiving dinner.
(Within 500 calories)
What are 4,500?
The name of the service that has been available for 40 years to answer consumer questions about cooking turkey.
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line
This meat was brought to the first thanksgiving by the Native tribe.
What is Deer (Venison)?
This is the decade Black Friday shopping began, following Thanksgiving
What is the 1950's
The oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade in the U.S. is actually held in this city, not NYC.
What is Philadelphia
This President was Gifted a Racoon for Thanksgiving.
Calvin Coolidge
he and his wife decided to keep as a pet instead of eating it. The raccoon was named Rebecca and became a beloved and famous member of the White House household.