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100

What is the most popular main course served on Thanksgiving Day?

What is turkey

100

What is the day after Thanksgiving as referred to by shoppers?

What is "Black Friday"

100

What is the orange fruit commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving?

 What is a pumpkin

100

What is the name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts?

What is the Mayflower 

100

What is the type of food which was NOT served at the first Thanksgiving.

A) corn

B) pie

C) seafood

D) deer

What is B) pie

100

What is the name of the US President who first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving? 

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) John Adams

C) Teddy Rosevelt

D) George Washington

Who is D? George Washington


100

Which NFL team has played nearly double the amount of Thanksgiving games than any other team? 

 Who are the Detroit Lions

82 Games (as of 2021)

200

What is the most popular Thanksgiving dessert?

What is Pumpkin Pie

200

What is the day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving?

What is the fourth Thursday of November

200

Who are the indigenous people of North America who are a common symbol of Thanksgiving?

 Who are the Native Americans 

(Wampanoag tribe)

200

What is the number of women who prepared and then attended the first Thanksgiving meal?

A) 2

B) 4

C) 6

D) 8


What is B? 4

200

What is the month of the year that the Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day?

A) September

B) October

C) November

D) December

What is B) October

200

What were the names of the 2 live turkeys pardoned by the President in 2022?

A) Salt and Pepper

B) Peanut Butter and Jelly

C) Chocolate and Chip

D) Peas and Carrots

Who are C? Chocolate and Chip

200

Other than the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, which team has the most Thanksgiving appearances?

A) Green Bay Packers?

B) Washington Commanders

C) Chicago Bears

D) Minnesota Vikings

Who is A? Green Bay Packers


300

What is the red fruit often served alongside turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?

What are cranberries

300

What is the part of the turkey that two people pull apart to see if their wish will be granted?

What is the wishbone

300

Who were the English Separatists who came to the United States in 1620?

Who were the Pilgrims

300

How many Pilgrims were on the 66-day voyage from England to America?

A) 102

B) 54

C) 250

D) 156

What is A? 102


300

What is the speed that turkeys can run when scared?

A) 10mph

B) 15mph

C) 20mph

D) 25mph

What is C? 20mph

300

Who was the first president to make Thanksgiving a national holiday?

A. Truman

B. Lincoln

C. Jefferson

D. Roosevelt

Who is B? Lincoln

300

Thanksgiving football games were not played in the years 1941 to 1944, because of which worldwide event happening during this period of time?

 What was World War II

400

What is the vegan, vegetarian, non-meat version of turkey.

What is "tofurky"

400

What is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?

What is ham

400

What is the bird large enough to feed a family which is native to North America? 

What is wild turkey

400

What was the year of the first Thanksgiving?

A) 1562

B) 1600

C) 1621

D) 1640



What is C? 1621

400

What is the name of the Native American who spoke English and was especially helpful to the Pilgrims?

A) King Phillp

B) Squanto 

C) Massasoit

D) Samoset

 Who is B? Squanto

400

Who was the first president to pardon a turkey?

A. Truman

B. Jefferson

C. Clinton

D. Lincoln

Who is A? Truman

400

What was the year of the first Thanksgiving NFL game, which year included the Canton Bulldogs vs. the Akron Pros?

A) 1902

B) 1920

C) 1936

What is B? 1920

500

What state produces the most turkeys annually?

A) Minnesota

B) California

C)Wisconsin

D) Texas

What is A) Minnesota


500

What is a race many people run on Thanksgiving morning?


What is the "turkey-trot"

500

What is the conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables?

 What is cornucopia


500

What is the number of days the first Thanksgiving celebration lasted?

A) 1

B) 2

C) 3

D) 4

What is C) 3

500

Who was the first astronaut to eat a turkey dinner on the moon?

A) Neil Armstrong

B) Chuck Yeager

C) James Lovell Jr.

D) John Glen


Who is A? Neil Armstrong

500

What organization provides the turkeys for the presidential pardon and dinner?

A) The World Wide Turkey Organization

B) The National Turkey Federation

C) The American Turkey Society

What is B? The National Turkey Federation

500

What team that does not host the NFhanksgiving game has the most losses?

A) Cleveland Browns

B) Tampa Bay Buccaneers

C) New Patriots

D) Green Packers

Who are D) Green Packers

600

What is the number of calories consumed on average per person during Thanksgiving dinner?

A) 2000

B) 3000

c) 4500

D) 6000

What is C? 4,500

600

What is the number of turkeys consumed every year at Thanksgiving?


What is 46 million

600

What is the type of meat the Native Americans brought to the first Thanksgiving?

A) Turkey

B) Deer

C) Bear

D) Beaver


What is B) deer 

600

Before carrying the Pilgrims to the New World, the Mayflower was used as what?

A) A cruise liner

B) A cargo ship

C) A war Ship

D) A passenger ferry

What is C?  A cargo ship


600

What is the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak called? 


What is the wattle

600

According to popular legend. where did the male "Tom" turkey get it's name?

A) The popular Tom and Jerry Show 

B) Ben Franklin named it after Thomas Jefferson

C) It was named after Edison

Who is B? Ben Franklin named it after Thomas Jefferson because Jefferson would not allow it to be named the national bird.

600

What is The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving?

A) Cleveland Browns

B) Houston Texans

C) Jacksonville Jaguars

D) New York Jets

Who is C? Jacksonville Jaguars

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