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100
What is the most common side dish served at Thanksgiving?
Stuffing/Dressing
100
Which founding father wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the US, rather than the bald eagle?
Benjamin Franklin
100
Finish the lyrics - "Beans, greens, potatoes, tomatoes"
"Lamb, ram, hogs, dogs"
100
What does a cornucopia represent?
Harvest or Abundance
200
What utensil was likely not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner?
A Fork - Forks only began to gain popularity in Europe after the Pilgrims' time, in the 18th century.
200
What NFL team has played the most Thanksgiving Day games?
Detroit Lions (since 1934, Dallas Cowboys started in 1966)
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: How many games have they played so far? 84 (were not able to play 1939-1944 due to WW2)
200
This holiday movie from 2008 is a horror comedy about a group of college students who are terrorized by a demonic turkey during their Thanksgiving break.
ThanksKilling
200
What is the common name of the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims at the first Thanksgiving?
Squanto
FOR DOUBLE POINTS - What is his correct name? Tisquantum
300
What product owes its existence to Thanksgiving?
A) T.V. Dinner
B) Oven Bags
C) Pie Crust Shield
A) T.V. Dinner - In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys they would sell that Thanksgiving.
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: How many TONS were mistakenly ordered? 26 tons
300
How long has Butterball's Turkey Talk-Line been available to answer customer questions about cooking turkey?
40 years
300
DOUBLE JEOPARDY: Baked Mac & Cheese or Corn Pudding?
300
Finish the lyrics - "It's Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving for everybody"
"Except for Europeans"
300
The Pilgrims were taught how to plant and cultivate what plant to survive the winter?
Corn
400
Which type of food was included at the first Thanksgiving that is rarely part of a modern Thanksgiving meal?
Seafood
400
What year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
1924
400
Crispy Turkey or Roll Top?
400
Which Sesame Street character is made of turkey feathers?
Big Bird's feathers are white turkey feathers, dyed yellow.
FOR DOUBLE POINTS: Approximately how many feathers are on this character? 4,000
400
Hindi
400
"Black Friday" was solidified as America's biggest shopping day in the 1980's, but the phrase was originally used in the 1950's to describe what phenomena in the work force?
Workers calling off the day after Thanksgiving
500
Which U.S. state holds the record for producing the most cranberries each year?
Wisconsin
500
The Presidential Turkey Pardon is a well-known practice thanks to which president?
President John F. Kennedy
500
Adam Sandler first performed "The Thanksgiving Song" on what late night TV show?
Saturday Night Live
500
What is a baby turkey called?
A) Turklet B) Gobble C) Pullet
D) Turket E) Gibblet F) Poult
F) Poult
600
What Thanksgiving root vegetable belongs to the Morning Glory family, rather than the Nightshade family?
Sweet potatoes
600
What year did Turkey Tom join the Macy's Day Parade as a permanent feature?
1973
600
In the movie "Planes, Trains, and Automobiles" Steve Martin plays an uptight marketing executive while John Candy plays a salesman of what underrated bathroom necessity?
Shower Curtain Rings
600
How many English women were present at the first Thanksgiving?
4 women survived the Mayflower journey
Susanna (White) Winslow, Mary Brewster, Elizabeth Hopkins, and Eleanor Billington