Holiday History
In this year, President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
A) 1621
B) 1788
C) 1863
D) 1918
C) 1863
Pumpkins are botanically classified as a ______.
A) Fruit
B) Vegetable
C) Legume
D) Tuber
A) Fruit
This classic 1987 comedy, starring Steve Martin and John Candy, features a chaotic Thanksgiving journey.
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
This US Founding Father famously referred to the turkey as "a bird of courage."
Benjamin Franklin
During Mid-Autumn Festival, one of the four most important Chinese festivals, families traditionally eat ______, small pastries filled with sweet, dense filling.
Mooncakes
Although, he wasn't the first US president to show mercy to a turkey, he was the first to officially pardon a turkey.
George H.W. Bush
A typical can of cranberry sauce contains around ____ cranberries.
A) 225
B) 325
C) 425
A) 225
In this 1990s sitcom’s Thanksgiving flashback episode, one of the characters dances with a turkey on their head (complete with oversized sunglasses), creating one of the series’ most iconic holiday moments.
Friends
In 1953, a purchasing miscalculation left Swanson with 260 tons of frozen turkey and resulted in the invention of the _______.
TV dinner
What is the name of the famous end-of-summer harvest celebration that has been taking place in Munich since 1810?
Oktoberfest
In 1939, this US president, controversially moved Thanksgiving up a week to extend the holiday shopping season.
Frankin D. Roosevelt
In 1995, this popular Thanksgiving vegetable was the first to be grown in space.
Potatoes
In the show How I Met Your Mother, this character declares: "Thanksgiving is a day of peace; there will be no slaps today."
Lily
This beloved Christmas carol, written in 1857, was originally intended as a fun song for the Thanksgiving sleigh races that were popular in Massachusetts at the time.
Jingle Bells
Which country celebrates Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, a harvest festival that honors the grape harvest, with wine tasting, parades, and music, in the region of Mendoza?
Argentina
There were no giant balloons at the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade held in this year.
1924
This ingredient, often used in holiday pies, is harvested from the dried bark of a tree.
Cinnamon
In the first season of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, this member of Will's family shows up for Thanksgiving and creates some family drama by telling Aunt Vivian that she's spoiling the kids.
Will's mom, Vy Smith
Turkeys have superior eyesight compared to humans. Not only do they have better peripheral vision due to their lateral eyes, but they can also see this type of light, which is invisible to humans.
Ultraviolet light
Pongal, a four-day celebration honoring the solar deity, Surya, and the important role of cattle in agriculture, is mainly celebrated by people of the Tamil culture in the southern states of ______.
India
In the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the first of the now-iconic balloons was introduced in the form of this popular cartoon character.
Felix the Cat
This savory herb, often used in stuffing and roasted dishes, is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world.
Sage
In one Seinfeld Thanksgiving episode, Kramer takes all of Jerry’s sneakers to a mom-and-pop shoe repair store, leaving him with nothing but a pair of _______.
Cowboy boots
The red, fleshy feature beneath a turkey's beak is called a wattle, while the part that hangs from the top of the beak is called a ______.
Snood
At harvest festivals in Ghana, Papua New Guinea, and Nigeria, this staple crop—a starchy, native tuber—is celebrated.
Yams