History
Food
Traditions
Pop Culture
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
100

Who founded Thanksgiving?

The pilgrims

100

What food is famously served at Thanksgiving?

Turkey

100

What do some families do before they eat?

Pray

100

Which character got their head stuck in a turkey in this famous sitcom?

Joey Tribbiani
100

What is the last float in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?

Santa

200

Where was the first Thanksgiving?

Plymouth, Massachusetts

200

What desert is famously served at Thanksgiving?

Pumpkin Pie

200

What do people break at Thanksgiving?

A wishbone

200

What is the Thanksgiving Football cup called in Friends?

The Geller Cup

200

This cartoon dog has been featured in the parade more times than any other character.

Snoopy the dog

300

When was the first Thanksgiving?

1621

300

What food is now commonly being served at Thanksgiving?

Mac and Cheese

300

What sport is played at Thanksgiving?

Football

300

True or False: The first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man movie is a Thanksgiving Movie

True

300

This 78-foot-tall balloon famously crashed into a lamppost in 1997, an event now known as "millennial trauma."

The Cat In The Hat baloon

400

Who did the Pilgrims kill at the first Thanksgiving?

The Wampanoag people

400

What foods were at the first Thanksgiving?

(Name one)

Venison, wildfowl, lobster, clams, bass, squash, corn, onions, cranberries

400

What day is Thanksgiving every year?

The fourth Thursday of November

400

What year did the Peanuts Thanksgiving Special release?

1973

400

In the parade's first years, this was done with the balloons after the parade.

Releasing them into the air

500

Who declared Thanksgiving a national holiday and in what year?

Abraham Lincoln, 1863

500

How many calories does the average person eat at Thanksgiving?

3,000 to 4,500 calories

500

When did the Westminster Dog Show start?

May 8, 1877

500

What exact date did the Garfield Thanksgiving Special come out?

November 22, 1989

500

What exact date was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?

November 27, 1924

M
e
n
u