The 1st Thanksgiving
The First Thanksgiving was celebrated in the year:
A. 1601
B. 1611
C. 1621
What is 1621?
This is the process of soaking the turkey in a saltwater solution before cooking.
What is brining?
Turning 62 on November 19th, first a child star, then a Yale Grad, and Silence of the Lambs Superstar, this Actress has had quite a career in film.
Who is Jodie Foster?
This is the shape of a Stop Sign.
What is an octagon?
In this 1987 film, Steve Martin plays Neal Page, who is rerouted through rural Kansas on his trip home to Chicago, due to a surprise snowstorm. When he's forced to seek refuge with Del Griffith (John Candy), the two weather the holiday travel madness together.
What is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?
This is approximately how many Pilgrims came over on the Mayflower:
A. 80
B. 100
C. 120
What is 100?
These are the four ingredients you need to make a pie crust.
What are flour, water, salt, & butter/shortening (may also accept sugar).
This is the plural of Moose.
What is Moose?
Although it tops most classic Christmas movie lists, this 1947 movie actually opens at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
Name 1 of the meats that was served at the first Thanksgiving feast.
What is venison, duck, or goose?
(Also served--fish, porridge, and bread made from corn).
This is what an Adult Female Turkey is called.
What is a Hen?
This is the most consumed beverage in the world after water.
What is Tea?
This 1925 silent film stars Charlie Chaplin, where Chaplin spends his holiday making do with what he has, boiling up a shoe for feasting upon for Thanksgiving dinner.
What is The Gold Rush?
This is the president who proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
(Sarah Josepha Hale, the woman who wrote "Mary Had a Little Lamb," convinced Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holiday after writing letters for 17 years.)
For those who don't like turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, this is usually the substitute.
What is ham?
(About 77 million pounds of ham versus 365 million pounds of turkey are purchased for Thanksgiving.)
She was the last Queen of France.
Who was Marie Antoinette?
"I've Got Plenty to Be Thankful For," from the 1942 Irving Berlin musical film Holiday Inn was sung by this singer/actor.
Who was Bing Crosby?
Double Jeopardy:
These are the 2 'P' towns the Pilgrims first landed at & then settled in.
What are Provincetown & Plymouth?
About 40% of Campbell's total sales of cream of Mushroom Soup come from Thanksgiving dinner. This soup goes mostly into what side dish?
What is green bean casserole?
This is the closest Planet to our Sun.
What is Mercury?
This 1986 film, starring Mia Farrow, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest as sisters, takes place over three Thanksgivings in a row.
What is Hannah and Her Sisters?