First Thanksgiving in Numbers
When
1621
Gobble Gobble. I was not on the first menu
Turkey
in 1789, what president called for the holiday in commemoration of the ending of revolutionary war
George Washington
The turkey bird is actually linked to the country _____, based off mistaken identity by early explorers.
Turkey
79% of Americans like the remaining food better than the original food. What is the remaining food called?
leftovers
How many pilgrims attended?
50
Not in a pie, but I was served during the first meal
Pumpkin
The third president (and only president unwilling to recognize Thanksgiving as a national holiday)
Thomas Jefferson
What day after Thanksgiving is the busiest shopping day of the year
Black Friday
46 million of these are eaten in the US each year
Turkeys
How many natives attended?
90
Not a sauce, but I was served more in my original fruit form
cranberry
During and after which war was Thanksgiving ratified (made official) as a national holiday (by Abraham Lincoln).
Civil War
Before becoming a Christmas anthem, which 1857 song originally titled "One Horse Open Sleigh," and its composer, James Pierpont, intended it to be a Thanksgiving Day song.
Jingle Bells
The most popular pie eaten after Thanksgiving (57% of Americans eat)
Pumpkin
How long was the event?
3 days
I look more like a snake than a fish, live in both salt and fresh water and I was an unlikely choice at the first thanksgiving
eel
In 1989, who was the first president to formally pardon a turkey?
George Bush, Sr.
This philadelphian and founding father wanted the turkey to be the national bird
Benjamin Franklin
70 million Americans do this every Thanksgiving
Travel
How many total women were present?
5
Once considered the "poor man's chicken", I am mostly found off the cold waters of the Northeast around Massachusetts and Maine
lobster
Spanish settlers are often credited with the first thanksgiving when over 800 settlers had a meal with natives on this date (over 50years prior)
1565
Created in 1953 Sweden, this was a Thanksgiving-leftover invention, when this company bought too many turkeys and didn't want to lose money..
TV dinners
96