Thanksgiving Eats
Green bean casserole was invented by an employee from this soup company.
What is Campbell Soup Company?
This NFL team has the longest history as an annual Thanksgiving Day team, starting the tradition in 1934 against the Chicago Bears
What is the Detroit Lions?
This Thanksgiving weekend shopping event gets its name from being the day retailers see annual profits go from in the red to...more positive
What is Black Friday?
In 1863, this president proclaimed a National Thanksgiving Day to be held each November
Who was Abraham Lincoln?
Older than the American tradition, this country's first Thanksgiving is believed to have been held in 1578 as a way for early settlers to appreciate the fruits of a successful harvest
What is Canada?
Used in popular Thanksgiving side dishes, this vegetable comes in over 6,500 varieties worldwide
What are yams?
The Detroit Lions narrowly lost their first ever Thanksgiving Day game 19-16 to this team, the reigning World Champions at the time
What is the Chicago Bears?
While Black Friday online sales surged to hit $6.22 billion in the U.S. last year, this online shopping event saw sales jump 19% last year to reach a record $7.8 billion: easily surpassing Black Friday's tally
What is Cyber Monday?
In 1620, this ship carried 102 passengers on a 66 day journey from Plymouth, England to the tip of Cape Cod
What is the Mayflower?
This country's annual harvest festival, known as Erntedankfest, is typically held on the first Sunday in October
What is Germany?
This state is the largest producer of cranberries in the US
What is Wisconsin?
In 1998, the Detroit Lions got an overtime victory over this team after a controversy over the coin flip
What is the Pittsburgh Steelers?
Shop for a replacement at this retailer, where you can also return your original purchase from this retailer
What are Kohl's and Amazon?
Early settlers formed an alliance and celebrated the first Thanksgiving with this local Native American tribe
Who were the Wampanoag tribe?
This country's Thanksgiving, known as the Mid-Autumn Festival, typically falls in late September or early October, when the moon is fullest and brightest
What is China?
Americans eat roughly 40% of the turkey consumed globally...this country is a distant second at 8%
What is Brazil?
The first ever Thanksgiving Day football game took place in Philadelphia in 1869 between Princeton and this current member of the Big Ten conference
What is Rutgers?
The top selling apparel product on Black Friday last year were boots made by this Maine-based outdoor company
What is L.L. Bean?
In 1817, this state became the first of several states to officially adopt an annual Thanksgiving holiday
What is New York?
According to folklore, this country's Thanksgiving holiday, known as Têt-Trung-Thu Festival or the Children’s Festival, is held as a way for parents, once busy with the harvest, to make amends with their children who may have felt neglected
What is Vietnam?
What are Green Beans?
The Detroit Lions played their first Thanksgiving Day game in the same year their owner, radio executive George A. Richards, purchased and moved the team from this Ohio city
What is Portsmouth?
With more than $38 billion in sales in a 24-hour period this year, this shopping and cultural event in China puts Black Friday to shame
What is Singles Day?
In 1827, this magazine editor and prolific writer, author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb", launched a 36 year long campaign to make Thanksgiving a National Holiday, earning her the nickname "Mother of Thanksgiving"
Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?
Since Ronald Reagan ordered the invasion of this country in 1983, October 25th has been celebrated as it's Thanksgiving Day, a national holiday of gratitude and remembrance which is celebrated primarily in urban areas across the island
What is Grenada?