Lets hear it for Wednesday
This nickname means that when Wednesday's done, you're over the longest part of the week
Hump Day
Which State grows the most potatoes each year?
Idaho
What event does Macy's Host every year?
The Thanksgiving Day Parade
This gets broken as a sign of good luck
The Wishbone
In a Grimm fairy tale, a poisoned piece of apple sticks in this woman's throat & her 7 housemates think she's dead
Snow White
Tech company Asana has NMW, short for "No" this "Wednesday", so the conference room sits empty
Meetings
Where do cranberries grow?
In a bog
WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE SHIP THAT THE FIRST PILGRIMS SAILED TO THE NEW WORLD ON
The Mayflower
This sport is typically played each year on thanksgiving day
Football
Ruby-throated is one variety of this creature that can beat its wings 50 times a second
Hummingbird
What's that smudge of a cross on your forehead? Oh, it must be this first day of Lent
Ash Wednesday
This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica.
Its CORN!
WHAT YEAR DID FDR SIGN THE BILL THAT MADE THANKSGIVING THE FOURTH THURSDAY IN NOVEMBER?
1941
WHO TRADITIONALLY "PARDONS" TWO LIVE THANKSGIVING TURKEYS EACH YEAR TO SAVE THEM FROM BEING EATEN?
The President
This term for a ruthless killer is also used for 3-player variations of some 4-player card games
Cut Throat
Black Wednesday, sometimes called the biggest night of the year for bars & partying, is in this month
November (the night before thanksgiving)
What was not at the first thanksgiving?
Desserts (e.g. pies)
HOW LONG DID THE FIRST THANKSGIVING FESTIVAL LAST?
Three Days
What year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
1924
These medieval stone monsters at the tops of buildings take their name from the Old French for "throat"
Gargoyles
In the old poem "Wednesday's child is full of" this; that's how Wednesday Addams got her name
Woe
What kind of Turkeys gobble?
Male turkeys
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
WHICH STATE BECAME THE FIRST TO ADOPT THANKSGIVING AS AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY?
New York
About 500,000 U.S. kids a year undergo removal of these masses of lymphatic tissue below the adenoids
Tonsils