Turkey Day
This home safety hazard is statistically the most likely to occur on Thanksgiving Day.
What is a "fire"?
Fires are 3x as likely to occur in the home on Thanksgiving day as compared to any other day on the calendar.
This individual served as the interpreter between the natives and the pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving.
Who is "Squanto"?
This city is home to the oldest Thanksgiving parade in the country.
What is "Philadelphia"?
The first Thanksgiving parade took place in the city of brotherly love in 1920! *Go Birds*
This is the classic sitcom whose Thanksgiving episode, titled "Thanksgiving Orphans", finds the show's cast of protagonists stuck with one another for a potluck meal at Carla's house, each of them having nowhwere else to go. Tensions mount at the dinner, resulting in a huge food fight.
What is "Cheers"?
This is the ancient civilization that first began the tradition of "breaking the wishbone", viewing the turkey's wishbone as a sign of good luck.
Who are the "Romans"?
This is the name used to refer to an adult male turkey.
What is a "tom"?
This is the year that the first Thanksgiving took place.
What is "1621"?
This "Founding Father" wanted the turkey, instead of the bald eagle, to be the national symbol, calling it a "bird of courage".
Who is "Benjamin Franklin"?
This sitcom gave us the "Turturkeykey", which is, as the name would suggest, a turkey stuffed inside of another turkey. Gross!
What is "How I Met Your Mother"?
This is the sport that uses the term "turkey" in its lingo.
What is "bowling"?
A turkey in bowling refers to bowling three strikes in a row!
This was the year that the term "Friendsgiving" was recognized as part of the English lexicon by Merriam-Webster's Dictionary.
What is "2007"?
This is what the pilgrims would have referred to themselves as, the term "pilgrim" being a moniker given retrospectively to those who fled the religious persecution of England to start anew in North America.
This U.S. president named Thanksgiving a federal holiday, marking the fourth Thursday of the month the official day for a nationally-recognized Thanksgiving.
Who is "Abraham Lincoln"?
President Lincoln recognized Thanksgiving as a federal holiday in 1863.
On the show "Friends", Ross dresses as this persona for his son Ben because all of the Santa costumes were taken.
What is the "Holiday Armadillo"?
This well-known song, today attributed to the Christmas holiday, was originally intended to be a Thanksgiving song when it was written in 1850.
James Lord Pierpont composed the song, originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh", in Massachusetts to commemorate his town's Thanksgiving day sled races.
This midwestern state annually raises the most turkeys.
What is "Minnesota"?
This is the number of women who were present at the first Thanksgiving.
What is "four"?
About 22-25 men were present, around 80% of the women who left England for the New World died on the journey!
This is the U.S. president documented to have first "pardoned" a turkey on Thanksgiving.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
President Kennedy pardoned his turkey in 1963, but the tradition didn't catch on just yet. It was not until president H.W. Bush spared his turkey in 1989 that the presidential pardons became the norm!
What is "December 23rd"?
This is the average number of pounds gained by a single Thanksgiving-goer after enjoying their Thanksgiving feast.
What is "one pound"?
Black Friday is usually the busiest day of the year for this type of tradesman.
What is a "plumber"?
Self-explanatory.
This person was the English monarch at the time of the pilgrims' voyage and arrival in the "New World".
They would have considered the pilgrims to be religious "non-conformists", and likely persecuted and imprisoned them due to their split with the Church of England.
Who is "King James I"?
This figure was the first video game character to be made into a Macy's Day Parade balloon.
Who is "Sonic the Hedgehog"?
He made his balloon-debut in 1993!
In this beloved comedy, a character attempts to recreate "Hay Place" (a fond childhood memory) before Thanksgiving, in order to fulfill his life-long dream of being crowned "Hay King".
What is "The Office"?
Statistically, this is America's favorite Thanksgiving side dish.
What is "stuffing"?