Turkey Facts
To Eat with Your Turkey
Pilgrims
Football
Dessert
100
This part of the turkey is pulled by two people, the winner of which gets their wish granted.
What is the wishbone?
100
Yams and sweet potatoes are the same thing. True or False
What is false?
100
The Pilgrims came to the New World on this ship
What is The Mayflower?
100
This team has the most losses in a regular season.
What is Detroit Lions?
100
This traditional Thanksgiving dessert was not served at the first Thanksgiving because they did not have ovens.
What is pumpkin pie?
200
Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain. True or False.
What is True?
200
This popular Thanksgiving side dish combines vegetables with bread cubes.
What is stuffing?
200
This common utensil was missing from the first Thanksgiving because it has not been invented yet.
What is the fork?
200
This NFL team has the most wins in regular season games.
What is Chicago Bears?
200
This pie topping was first made in 1967 and soon became the most profitable item sold by Birds' Eye Foods.
What is Cool Whip?
300
A turkey can run this fast.
What is 20 miles per hour?
300
This tart fruit is a Thanksgiving favorite. It may be served in a canned sauce, or ground with oranges into a relish.
What is the cranberry?
300
The rock where the Pilgrims landed
What is Plymouth Rock?
300
What NFL team started the tradition of football on Thanksgiving?
What is the Detroit Lions?
300
This popular side dish was invented in 1955 for a Campbell's soup recipe contest.
What is green bean casserole?
400
The part of the bird you should put the thermometer when cooking
What is the thigh?
400
This starchy tuberous crop was originally grown in the Andes but has grown to be a staple of the typical American's diet.
What is the potato?
400
The Pilgrims were originally called this, named after their religious beliefs.
What were Puritans?
400
The number of Thanksgiving Day football games the Lions have played in.
What is 65?
400
This nut, popular for pies, is actually a species of hickory. Its name is an Algonquin word that means requiring a stone to crack.
What is the pecan?
500
This part of the turkey's stomach contains tiny stones to help them grind their food.
What is the gizzard?
500
This symbol of food and abundance is often associated with Thanksgiving. It shows a wicker basket filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
500
The settlement started by Captain John Smith in Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
500
This team played against the Lions in the first Thanksgiving Day game.
What is Chicago Bears?
500
The distance all the pies served for Thanksgiving would stretch.
What is 12,500 miles?
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