Macy's Day Parade
These larger than life characters have wowed people in the MDP since 1927.
What are balloons?
Male turkeys, also known as these, make the "gobble, gobble" sound while females make a cackling sound.
What are gobblers?
This benign Thanksgiving tradition started in 1947 under President Truman.
What is the turkey pardon?
Since the league’s inception, hosting a football game has become a staple for these two NFL teams.
What are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
Michael Scott tries to make Thanksgiving special but his efforts to organize the dinner end up in chaos at this dysfunctional workplace sitcom.
What is The Office?
This feline was the first-ever character balloon at the MDP.
Who is Felix the Cat?
Turkeys were named after this famous 13th century empire.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This country happens to celebrate Thanksgiving on the second Monday in October.
What is Canada?
In 1989, Reggie White received this special accolade, after the Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys 27-0 on Thanksgiving Day.
What is the Turkey Leg Award?
On this TV sitcom episode, Barney is living in perpetual fear of when Marshall will enact his “slapsgiving” payment.
What is How I Met Your Mother?
This Metlife mascot has made a total of 40 appearances at the MDP since 1968.
Who is Snoopy?
Wild turkeys sleep in these to protect themselves from predators and because they can't see well at night.
What are trees?
Thanksgiving origins are found to be tied to this religion.
What is Catholicism?
This NFL team has the most wins and losses on Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
On Seinfield’s “The Mom & Pop Store”, this character tries to save a local mom-and-pop shop from going out of business while inadvertently helping Jerry get scammed.
Who is Kramer?
The MDP was cancelled between 1942 and 1944 due to this major event in history.
What is WWII?
Turkeys are native to this continent, which happens to be the third largest continent in the world.
What is North America?
Historians believe that on the first Thanksgiving these were served rather than turkeys. (name at least one)
What are ducks, geese, swans, lobster, eels, and venison?
The NFL record for most rushing yards (273 yds) on a Thanksgiving game is held by this now notorious football player.
Who is OJ Simpson?
In the Friends episode "The One with All the Thanksgivings," Chandler loses this when Monica accidentally drops a knife while trying to seduce him.
What is his toe?
In this year, the MDP was first televised, which also happens to be the year when the US NSA was founded.
What is 1952?
In the wild, turkeys can live up to these many years.
What are ten years?
This US President proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday on October 3, 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This NFL team is the only current team that has never played on Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Jacksonville Jaguars?
On “Thanksgiving Orphans”, Frasier, Cliff, Norm, Woody, Carla, Sam, Diane, and the rest of this sitcom gang end up having one of the most epic food fights in TV history.
What is Cheers?