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What is the day after Thanksgiving called?

What is Black Friday

100

What year did the first Thanksgiving celebration occur?

What is 1621

100

How many turkeys are sent to the White House each year?

What are two turkeys

100

According to The American Pie Council, what is the overall favorite pie for Thanksgiving dessert for Americans.

What is apple pie

100

What word do the British use for this time of the year we call "fall"?

What is autumn

200

Which president pardoned the first turkey?

Who is George H.W. Bush

200

What Thanksgiving-themed race occurs yearly with more than one million people expected to participate?

What is turkey trot

200

Which gender of turkey "gobbles"?

What is male turkeys

200

Black Friday is the business day of the year for what trade?

What is plumbers

200

Before the terms fall and autumn became popular, what was this period of the year called?

What is harvest

300

What did Benjamin Franklin want the national bird to be instead of the bald eagle?

What is Turkey

300

What was the ship called the Pilgrims used to sail to America from Great Britain?

What is the Mayflower

300

What is one of the top turkey-producing states in America?

What is Minnesota

300

When is National Turkey Lovers’ Month?

What is June

300

What day is the last day of fall in 2019?

What is December 22nd

400

When does Canada celebrate their Thanksgiving?

What is the second Monday of October

400

After being switched to another Thursday in November from the fourth Thursday, Thanksgiving was officially switched back in 1942. What Thursday was Thanksgiving celebrated in 1939?

What is the third Thursday in November

400

How many places in the country are named Turkey?

What is four

400

What year were the first NFL games played on Thanksgiving?

1920

400

What are the "fall colors" caused by in trees?

What is the the amount of sugar in leaves

500

When was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade debut?

What is 1924

500

Which president refused to declare Thanksgiving as a holiday?

Who is Thomas Jefferson

500

What is the name of the popular cooking crisis management team that also introduced a 24-hour text message line for help with their turkey?

What is The Butterball Turkey Talk Line?

500

What NFL team(s) have played every Thanksgiving since 1966?

What are Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
500

On the first day of autumn, how many hours of daylight, and darkness occur during this autumnal equinox?

What is 12 hours

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