Dish It Up
This is usually what Americans eat for the main dish for Thanksgiving dinner.
What is Turkey?
The name of the ships that brought the pilgrims over to the United States.
What is the Mayflower?
Macy's was the first America department store to sponsor a Thanksgiving Day parade.
What is Fiction- Gimbel's in 1920.
This many MILLION turkeys are sold every year in the United States.
What is 280 million?
This pie topping was first made in 1967 and soon became the most profitable item sold by Birds' Eye Foods.
What is Cool Whip?
The bread-like side dish that people in the south fix with their turkey.
What is dressing? (Or stuffing?)
The pilgrims landed here in the U.S.
Where is Plymouth, Massachusetts?
The tradition of watching football on Thanksgiving started with the first NFL game on the holiday in 1934.
What is Fiction- The American Intercollegiate Football Association had its first championship game on Thanksgiving day in 1876.
This state consumes the most turkeys.
What is California?
This popular side dish was invented in 1955 for a Campbell's soup recipe contest.
What is green bean casserole?
This is the jelly-like food that is made from a berry usually served with Thanksgiving dinner.
What is cranberry sauce?
The year of the first Thanksgiving was....
What is 1621?
Turkey contains an amino acid that makes you sleepy.
What is Fact- Tryptophan, a natural sedative.
(You would have to eat 8 to 12 pounds of turkey to consume the amount of tryptophan in a typical supplement dose!)
This character has been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for 33 years.
Who is Snoopy?
This nut, popular for pies, is actually a species of hickory. Its name is an Algonquin word that means requiring a stone to crack.
What is the pecan?
This type of potato is often served with Thanksgiving dinner.
What is a sweet potato?
This utensil was not used at the first Thanksgiving.
What is a fork?
An American founding father really think the turkey should be the official U.S bird. If so, who did?
What is Fact; Ben Franklin
This many pounds of turkey does California consume on Thanksgiving Day.
What is 675 million pounds?
The distance all the pies served for Thanksgiving would stretch.
What is 12,500 miles?
This type of pie is the most popular at Thanksgiving.
The name of the pilgrims' first military leader.
Who is Miles Standish?
The "Turkey Trot" is actually inspired by a turkey.
What is Fact; It made up of short, jerky steps, like a turkey does.
The largest turkey ever weighed ____.
What is 86 pounds?
This symbol of food and abundance is often associated with Thanksgiving. It shows a wicker basket filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?