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100

This famous casserole was invented by a Campbell Soup employee

Green Bean Casserole

Campbell’s test kitchen supervisor Dorcas Reilly was responsible for developing recipes for the backs of soup cans in the 1950s.

100

You'll use a lot of these four foundational ingredients for cookie baking. Name two of them. 

Flour, butter, sugar, or eggs/milk

100

What COUNTRY has the tallest building?

United Arab Emirates

100

From which country did the US gain its independence

Great Britain

100

This talking Great Dane worked with a team of teenagers to solve lots of spooky mysteries.

Who is Scooby-Doo?


The first series, "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?", first aired September 13th 1969

200

True or False

Cranberry sauce is canned upside down.

True. 

Ocean Spray knows you love the sight of a cylindrical, perfectly ridged mass of cranberry sauce sliding out of the can. To facilitate this process, the company packages the condiment so that the rounded end of the can is up top and the sharper, rimmed end is at the bottom

200

Stock up on cranberries, popcorn, and string to make these with the grandkids

Garlands

200

In what continent is Romania in? 

Europe

200

In which US state is the pentagon

Virginia

200

Unscramble this word

K. O. B. O.

Book

300

True or False 

Eating turkey can make you sleepy

False 

it’s true that tryptophan is present in turkey, but the bird doesn’t contain enough of it to put you to sleep. The stuffing, pumpkin pie, and three glasses of merlot are more likely to blame for your post-dinner nap.

300

Make sure you have enough of these to mail to family and friends.

Cards (or postage)

300

What is the term for a piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

peninsula 

300
Who was the third president of the USA

Thomas Jefferson

300

This royal was Britain’s longest-serving monarch before Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Victoria

400

What is the largest serving of Macaroni and Cheese?

A) 1234 lbs
B) 2469 lbs
C) 5273 lbs

2469

400

It would be more economical to purchase one of these table decorations at a grocery store rather than at a florist.

Centerpiece

400

What is the longest river in South America

Amazon

400

Which constitutional amendment protects freedom of speech

First

400

In which century did Pablo Picasso die?

20th century

500

Which of these states don't have a potato wrestling match as part of the festival?

A) The Potato Blossom Festival in Maine
B) The Albemarle Potato Festival in North Carolina
C) Potato Day in South Dakota
D) Potato Days festival in Minnesota 

The Albemarle Potato Festival in North Carolina

500

You’ll want to get these little Christmas gifts for the grandchildren and gift exchanges

Stocking stuffers

500

Which Country is Brussels in?

Belgium 

500

On what date in 1776 was the Declaration of Independence SIGNED?

A) August 2nd
B) July 4th
C) July 27th

August 2nd

The Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It was engrossed on parchment and on August 2, 1776, delegates began signing it. 

500

In what year did World War 2 end?

1945

600
The origins of Turducken go back to this century


A) 18th
B) 19th
C) 20th
D) 21st

18th

The 1774 book The Art of Cookery contains the earliest known instructions for cooking a bird within a bird. But instead of a chicken and a duck inside a turkey, the recipe calls for a pigeon, partridge, fowl, and goose to all be stuffed inside a turkey.

600

You’ll want to have gelt on hand to play this game after a Hanukkah dinner

Dreidel

600

What U.S. state is home to no documented poisonous snakes?

Alaska

600

Which US state is located outside the geographical North America?

Hawaii 

600

Which gas is known as laughing gas?

Nitrous oxide