Thanksgiving
Sustainability
Sustainable Thanksgiving
PA State Animals
Penn State
100

The Christmas song originally written for Thanksgiving

What is Jingle Bells? 

100

The most sustainable coastline of the United States

What is the West Coast? 

100

The more sustainable meat substitute for turkey

What is chicken?

100

This animal, the vain of drivers throughout PA, is the state animal of PA

What is the White-tailed deer? 

100

The name of Penn State institution dedicated to sustainability

What is the Penn State Sustainability Institute?

200

The state that produces the most cranberries

What is Wisconsin? 

200

The number of sustainable development goals

What is 17? 

200

The number of Americans that travel for Thanksgiving

What is 54 million?

200

This flashy insect is extremely common throughout PA and is the state insect

What is the firefly? 

200

The percentage of greenhouse gas emissions since 2005

What is 42%?

300

The president who changed Thanksgiving to the 3rd Thursday of November (and then back again)

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt? 

300

The household feature that uses the most water daily

What is the toilet? 

300

The percentage of food that goes to waste each year in America

What is 30-40%? 

300

This bird, which became prevalent in the state due to clearcutting of forest during the Industrial Revolution, is a popular target for hunters and the state bird of PA

What is the Ruffed Grouse? 

300

The annual cost of providing heat, air conditioning, electricity, and hot water to buildings on campus

What is $20 million?

400

The most common use for turkey feathers

What is animal feed? 

400

The year the first solar panel was created

What is 1883? 

400

The amount (in pounds) of carbon dioxide that a turkey exhales (before it is eaten for dinner)

What is 34 pounds? 

400

This coldwater fish, known for its bright coloration, is the state fish of PA

What is the Brook Trout 

400

Penn State's international ranking out of 700 in a Quacquarelli Symonds Sustainability Assessment

What is 38?

500

The city with the oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade

What is Philadelphia? 

500

The abbreviation for the plastic of the #1 recycling symbol

What is PET? 

500

The best food use for extra parts of the turkey

What is gravy? 

500

This fully aquatic salamander became the PA state amphibian in 2019

What is the Eastern Hellbender

500

The percentage of Penn State's power that will come from a PA solar farm over the next 25 years

What is 25%?