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100

What vegetable dish is often topped with toasted marshmallows at Thanksgiving?

What is a sweet potato?

100

Who was the group that celebrated the 1621 feast now associated with the “first Thanksgiving”?

Who are the Pilgrims?

100

What is the name of the annual race that is a Thanksgiving tradition?

What is a Turkey Trot?

100

What parade in New York City is a Thanksgiving tradition aired on TV every year?

What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?

100

What common Thanksgiving vegetable was once called a “squash” by early European settlers?

What is pumpkin?

200

What side dish is traditionally cooked inside the turkey?

What is stuffing?

200

What president officially made Thanksgiving a national holiday during the Civil War?

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

After each NFL game on Thanksgiving, the best player gets a trophy that looks like what food item?

What is a turkey leg?

200

What do presidents do to one lucky turkey every year in a special White House ceremony?

What is to pardon it?

200

What fruit, often associated with Thanksgiving, was used by Native Americans as both food and natural dye?

What is the cranberry?

300

What is the name for a baby turkey?

What is a poult?

300

What ship famously carried the Pilgrims to North America?

What is the Mayflower?

300

Which NFL team hosts an annual Thanksgiving Day game?

What are the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys?

300

What sitcom features a Thanksgiving episode where the group plays an intense game of touch football called “The Geller Bowl”?

What is FRIENDS?

300

What animal, besides turkey, was eaten at the first Thanksgiving in 1621?

What is venison (deer)?

400

Which state produces the most turkeys annually?

What is Minnesota?

400

How long did the first Thanksgiving feast last?

What are 3 days?

400

When was the first Thanksgiving football game?

When was 1876?

400

Which character has appeared as a giant balloon more times than any other in the history of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

Who is Snoopy?

400

What American city claims to have held the first Thanksgiving parade in 1920?

What is Philadelphia?

500

What do you call the weird, red flap hanging from a turkey's neck? 

What is a wattle?

500

Which U.S. president was the first to officially pardon a turkey?

Who is George H.W. Bush?

500

Which 2 players share the record for the most touchdown passes in a single NFL Thanksgiving Day game?

Who are Bob Griese and Peyton Manning?

500

What famous comedian sang "The Thanksgiving Song" on Saturday Night Live in 1992?

Who is Adam Sandler?

500

What Native American tribe helped the Pilgrims survive their first winter, teaching them local crops and fishing techniques?

Who are the Wampanoag?

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