How It All Started
Turkey Facts
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History
Meal Time
100
What was the name of the ship the pilgrims came over on?
What is the Mayflower
100
Baby turkeys are called?
What is Poults
100
The longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is?
What is Superman
100
The Greek Goddess of Corn is
Who is Demeter
100
Where is the best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey?
What is 6.The thigh
200
In what year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?
What is 1924
200
Which state produces the most turkeys?
What is North Carolina
200
In what year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?
What is 1924
200
The term "Cornucopia" means what?
What is Horn of Plenty
200
What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious, good-luck custom?
What is the wishbone
300
Which President was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the 4th Thursday in November?
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt
300
How fast can a turkey run?
What is 25 mph
300
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was?
What is Gimbel's
300
Which of the following foods that we normally do not eat today at Thanksgiving, was an original food that the pilgrims ate back in 1600's?
What is codfish
300
Before being harvested and sold, an individual cranberry must bounce at least how many inches high to make sure they are not too ripe?
What is 4 inches
400
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 was believed to have lasted how many days?
What is 3 days
400
How fast can a wild turkey fly?
What is 55 mph
400
Which balloon was the first balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
What is Felix the Cat
400
The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team?
What is Detroit Lions
400
•How many turkeys are sold in the Us for the Thanksgiving celebrations?
What is about 280 million
500
Every year the President of the US pardons a turkey and it goes to a public farm called Frying Pan Park, Herndon, VA. (I've been there btw. It's a very nice place!) Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?
Who is President Harry Truman
500
It seems like we see turkeys everywhere. But, which of the turkey breeds is endangered and can't be eaten?
What is Blue Slate Turkey
500
Which of the following is said to be the origin of the Macy's day Thanksgiving Day parade?
What is Ragamuffin Parade
500
Thanksgiving became a national holiday thanks to this woman who was an editor of a woman's magazine called "The Godey's Lady's Book". Who was she?
Who is Sarah Hale
500
The world’s largest pumpkin pie, made at the 2010 Pumpkinfest in New Bremen, Ohio weighed how many pounds?
What is 3,699 pounds
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