Thanksgiving Trivia
This bird is the most common Thanksgiving main dish.
What is turkey?
This orange vegetable is often mashed and topped with marshmallows.
What are sweet potatoes?
Native people who shared the first Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims.
Who were the Wampanoag?
This sitcom features an iconic episode where a turkey gets stuck on Joey’s head.
What is Friends?
Mashed and topped with gravy.
What are mashed potatoes?
The month when Thanksgiving is celebrated in the U.S.
What is November?
A classic pie made from a fall gourd.
What is pumpkin pie?
The city where the Pilgrims landed in 1620.
What is Plymouth?
This animated family has a long-running Thanksgiving episode tradition featuring turkeys and chaos.
What is The Simpsons?
Often baked with green beans and crispy onions.
What is green bean casserole?
This parade is watched by over 20 million Americans each year.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This cranberry-based dish can be canned or homemade.
What is cranberry sauce?
The ship that brought the Pilgrims to North America.
What is the Mayflower?
This classic holiday movie starts with the Macy’s parade and features Kris Kringle.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
Fluffy bread that comes in rolls.
What are dinner rolls?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The bread-based mixture often cooked inside the turkey.
What is stuffing (or dressing)?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is three days?
This character famously says, “Gobble gobble!” in multiple SNL sketches.
Who is Turkey Lurkey? (Or SNL turkey character)
Made from cornbread and often has sage.
What is cornbread dressing?
The “wishbone tradition” is meant to bring this to the person who gets the bigger piece.
What is good luck?
This dessert is named after a nut and molasses-like syrup.
What is pecan pie?
The U.S. president famous for “pardoning” a turkey each year.
Who is the President of the United States? (Any current president is acceptable.)
This 1995 Disney film shows the story of early colonists and Native Americans.
What is Pocahontas?
A tangy dish made from a bitter, leafy vegetable often served sautéed.
What is collard greens?