Thanksgiving
It wasn’t April showers that brought the Pilgrims to Plymouth Colony; rather, it was what cargo ship that crossed the Atlantic in 1620
Mayflower
in a Corona holiday ad, a single cabana sits alongside the ocean at night. Ten seconds of silence are broken by a whistling rendition of “O Christmas Tree.” Suddenly, the darkness is broken when what type of tree is suddenly illuminated
Palm
played on a large plastic mat with six rows of large colored circles was originally called “Pretzel
Twister
What is the programming language developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and named after the type of coffee from Indonesia
Java
Formally adopted by the state government in 1911, what animal is prominently featured on the state flag of California
Bear
How do both Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude
With the arrival of Santa
According to a survey by Dance magazine, what Christmas-themed ballet accounts for nearly half the annual revenue of many dance companies
The Nut Cracker
what anthropomorphic spud that kids can stick facial features on
Mr Potato Head
A cup of drip coffee with a shot of espresso added is called what? It’s also a word used to describe an overnight flight on an airline
Redeye
What creature with an equine name has no teeth or stomach, mates for life, and is the only species on Earth where the male carries the unborn offpsring
Seahorse
In what decade did both the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade start
1920s
what Sesame Street character was the "it" toy of the 1996 holiday season, causing some shoppers to resort to violence to obtain the coveted toy
Tickle me Elmo
In 1968, Elliot Handler came up with what brand of toy cars as a competition to Matchbox
Hot Wheels
Alternating layers of ladyfingers soaked in a coffee-liqueur combo with mascarpone cheese and chocolate gets you what uplifting Italian dessert
Tiramisu
Despite its name, the world's largest living lizard can't fly or breathe fire, however it does have a venomous bite
Komodo Dragon
make it yourself with fresh tart red berries or get the stuff in a can, what’s the name given to the jam-like, relish-esque side dish that’s a Thanksgiving favorite
Cranberry Sauce
Marking the celebration of the winter solstice, what four-letter holiday is one of the world’s oldest winter celebrations
Yule
consists of a tube containing mirrors and pieces of colored material whose reflections produce changing patterns when the tube is rotated
Kaleidoscope
What chocolate-flavored coffee drink gets its name from a city in Yemen that was once a center of the coffee trade
Mocha
The koa tree is endemic to what U.S. state? The very sturdy wood from this true is resistant to saltwater and has been used for boat building and surfboards
Hawaii
What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey
A Snood
a flower native to Mexico, originally made it to the U.S. in the early 1800s. But it was florist Paul Ecke Sr. in the early 1920s who popularized which plant as the consummate holiday flower
Poinsettia
Bandalore” is an old-fashioned name for which toy, whose modern, English name is thought to mean “come come” in Tagalog? French names for this toy have included “l’émigrette” and “jou-jou
Yo-Yo
Folgers coffee is roasted not too far from the World War II Museum and Café du Monde, in what Southern U.S. city
New Orleans
isolated African nation has the highest rate of endemism (species found nowhere else) in the world? Tomato frogs and Giraffe weevils are two examples of animals endemic to the nation
Madagascar