Turkeys
History
The Big Meal
Macy's Parade
Miscellaneous
100
This is the sound a male turkey makes.
What is gobble gobble?
100
This is the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.
What is the Mayflower?
100
Americans eat approximately 535 million pounds of this on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
100
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade is held every year in this city.
What is New York City?
100
The day after Thanksgiving, often referred to as the biggest shopping day of the year, is nicknamed this.
What is Black Friday?
200
Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called.
What are toms?
200
The pilgrims landed at this rock.
What is Plymouth Rock?
200
This company has a "Turkey Talk-Line" dedicated to answering questions about turkeys and answers over 100,000 questions each year.
What is Butterball (1-800-BUTTERBALL)?
200
The final float at the Thanksgiving Day Parade features this classic holiday character.
Who is Santa Claus?
200
This football team has played on Thanksgiving Day every year since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
300
Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?
President Harry Truman in 1947
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What are the Wampanoag?
300
This is considered a good luck charm on Thanksgiving Day.
What is a wishbone?
300
A giant balloon version of this cartoon has appeared in the parade more times than any other character.
Who is Snoopy?
300
This president is the one who officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
This is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck.
What is the wattle?
400
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
400
The best place to test the temperature of a cooked turkey is this.
What is the thigh?
400
What was the first figure to be a Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon?
Felix the Cat
400
This is what a "cornucopia" is usually filled with.
What is fruit or nuts or flowers?
500
This Midwestern State produces the most turkeys each year.
What is Minnesota?
500
The Mayflower held approximately this many pilgrims.
What is 100?
500
This other poultry has more tryptophan than a turkey.
What is chicken? *Fun fact: It's the amount of food your body has to digest that makes you sleepy, not the tryptophan itself.
500
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade began in this decade.
What is the 1920s?
500
In Canada, Thanksgiving is celebrated during this month.
What is October?
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