Family Traditions
History
In the Kitchen
Thanksgiving in Film/Television
Give "Th"anks
100
This is the best movie to watch in the Belcher house during the holidays (the louder the better).
What is Jurassic Park?
100
This Native American of the Wampanoag tribe is credited with teaching the Pilgrims to grow corn and other native foods.
Who is Squanto?
100
One of Brian's favorite Thanksgiving foods is the jellied form of this fruit-based food.
What is cranberry sauce?
100
Aired since 1973, this Charles Shulz character's Thanksgiving special opens with Lucy convincing him to try to kick a football she is holding.
Who is Charlie Brown?
100
Players on this sports team include Serge Ibaka, Nick Collison, and Jeff Green.
What is the Oklahoma City Thunder
200
Other than drunkenly sabering champaign bottles, this is the most dangerous Alm Thanksgiving activity.
What is playing spoons?
200
This U.S. President temporarily moved Thanksgiving day to the third Thursday in November in an effort to extend the Christmas shopping season and bolster the nation's struggling economy.
Who is FDR?
200
This company offers an annual 1-800 number for people to call in with their toughest Turkey questions.
What is Butterball?
200
A drunken Santa in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade kicks off the plot of this 1947 Christmas movie, which revolves around the identity of someone who claims to be the real Santa Claus.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
200
This southeast Asian nation has been ruled by the same monarch since 1946; its capitol is Bangkok.
What is Thailand?
300
This phrase, coined by the four Morrow children, stood for Grandma's actions at the end of any hotel stay. Some might say it is the origin of "The Morrow Once-Over."
What is "The Betty Morrow"?
300
Thanksgiving is celebrated during this month in Canada.
What is October?
300
These are the correct terms for male and female turkeys, respectively.
What is a hen and a tom?
300
In this 1987 film Steve Martin's character attempts to return home for Thanksgiving dinner, utilizing various forms of transportation along with an annoying but well-meaning character played by John Candy.
What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
300
In many cookbooks, this is listed as the most commonly forgotten element when it comes to putting together a Thanksgiving dinner.
What is thawing the turkey?
400
During Thanksgivings at Grandma and Papa Harcourt's house, Pat (Grandma) would coordinate this highly competitive game based on a pastime that's also a favorite at Cape Albeon.
What is T-U-R-K-O? (Based on B-I-N-G-O)
400
The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 in Plymouth Plantation in this present-day state.
What is Massachusetts?
400
The USDA requires that for turkeys to be safe to eat, they must have reached this minimum internal temperature.
What is 165 degrees F?
400
This popular sitcom had a Thanksgiving-themed episode each year. During "The One with All the Thanksgivings," the characters each recount their worst holiday memories.
What is Friends?
400
This Transcendentalist is well known for his essay Civil Disobedience, and praised simple living in his book Walden.
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
500
Sara's replica of Great Grandma and Aunt Ginnie's turkey favors aren't exact. In their original form, this candy ingredient served as the turkey's body.
What are chocolate gum drops?
500
As many pilgrims had lived here, a yearly Thanksgiving celebration is held in the city of Leiden in this Low Country where you will also find The Hague.
What is the Netherlands?
500
This starch, which has grown into a huge Thanksgiving tradition, did not appear on the table at the first Thanksgiving.
What is a potato?
500
A Thanksgiving episode for this show involved a car formerly owned by Jon Voight, the accidental puncturing of a Macy's parade balloon, and the disappearance of all of the title character's shoes.
What is Seinfeld
500
This endocrine gland in the neck can become enlarged due to lack of iodine, resulting in a goiter.
What is the thyroid gland
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