TURKEY
Where do turkeys sleep?
A. In dens
B. On tree branches
C. At a Holiday Inn Express
B. ON TREE BRANCHES
What is Hannah's favorite Thanksgiving food?
A. Bread and Butter
B. Bread and Butter
C. "While you're up can you see if there's anymore bread and butter?"
BREAD AND BUTTER!!!!
What year was the first Thanksgiving held?
A. 1621
B. 1692
C. 1776
1621 (Most likely sometime between September and November)
What is the turkey bone that you break for good luck?
A. Fishbone
B. Wishbone
C. Dishbone
B. Wishbone
What outfit was the Snoopy balloon wearing this year?
A. Pirate
B. Pilgrim
C. Astronaut
C. ASTRONAUT
Can a turkey change color? More specifically the exposed skin on it's head?
YES - When a turkey becomes frightened, agitated, excited or ill, the exposed skin on its head and neck can change from its usual pale pink or bluish gray color to red, white, or blue.
What is Gwen's favorite Thanksgiving Food?
A. Turkey leg ... like she's at a Medieval Fair
B. a mountain of mashed potatoes
C. Chocolate Pudding Pie
C. CHOCOLATE PUDDING PIE
Which were there more of at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Women
B. Teenagers and Children
B. TEENAGERS and CHILDREN - There were 22 men, 4 women and more than 25 children and teenagers.
What three animals make up a TURKDUKEN?
CHICKEN, TURKEY, DUCK
True or False - In the early years of having balloons in the parade after it was over they were released into the sky?
TRUE - Parade organizers would offer a reward for anyone that could retrieve one.
Did you know wild turkey's can fly? They can. But how fast can they fly?
A. 10-15 miles per hour
B. 40-55 miles per hour
C. They prefer to take a bus.
B. 45-55 MILE PER HOUR (Possibly even up to 60 miles an hour,but only for short distances.)
What is Nonni's favorite Thanksgiving food?
A. Stuffing
B. Sweet Potatoes
C. She doesn't eat she's too busy cooking!
A. STUFFING
Which meat was most likely eaten at the first Thankksgiving?
A. Goose
B. Swan
C. Rabbit
D. All of the above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE - Also venison and seafood such as lobster, fish and possibly eel.
TRUE - The Swanson company didn’t sell as many Thanksgiving turkeys as expected. Inspired by the meals served in trays on airplanes, Swanson salesperson Gerry Thompson used the turkeys to create the world’s first TV dinners. They sold for 98¢ each.
How many balloons were first used in the parade in 1927?
A. 3
B. 10
C. 50
A. 3 - Felix the Cat, a Toy Solider and a dragon
Every Thanksgiving the President pardons what?
A. A can of cranberry sauce
B. A sack of potatoes
C. A turkey
C. A TURKEY
What is Poppy's favorite Thanksgiving food?
A. Everything
B. What's left on your plate that you didn't finish
C. Leftovers
D. All of the above
D. ALL OF THE ABOVE
Which President made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
A. Truman
B. Washington
C. Lincoln
C. LINCOLN - He declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863, right in the middle of the Civil War.
How many calls does the Butterball Turkey Hotline answer on average each year?
A. 1,000
B. 10,000
C. 100,000
C. 100,000 CALLS
The tallest balloon at 80 feet tall. What charcter was it?
A. Spiderman
B. Superman
C. Mighty Mouse
B. SUPERMAN - An 80-foot Superman made his first appearance in the 1980 parade.
What strange thing can be found oin the stomach of a turkey?
A. Stones
B. Pinecones
C. Slim Jims
A. STONES - They aid in the breakdown of food for digestion, since birds do not have teeth.
What is Jill's favorite Thankgiving food?
A. A pile of turnips
B. A mountain of stuffing
C. Thanksgiving sandwich the next day
C. THANKSGIVING SANDWICH
What year had 2 Thanksgivings?
A. 1939
B. 1949
C. 1959
A. 1939 - The United States was deep into the Great Depression. The National Retail Dry Goods Association and other business advocates had been lobbying the White House for years to move Thanksgiving ahead by a week. This would lengthen the Christmas shopping season and hopefully provided a much-needed boost to sales.
What Thanksgiving sweet reat caused the dleay of of Thanksgviign in 1705 in Colchester, CT?
A. Pumpkin Pie
B. Apple Pie
C. Rice Krispie Treat Turkeys
A. PUMPKIN PIE - The town was so dedicated to the dessert that they elected to postpone the holiday because foul weather had interfered with their molasses shipment. And they needed molasses to make pumpkin pie.
The parade was started by store employees in 1924. Instead of balloons what did the parade feature for the first 3 years?
A. Live animals
B. Giant puppets
C. Peeople in turkey costumes
A. LIVE ANIMALS - From the Central Park Zoo, including elephants, lions and tigers.