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Thanksgiving Randoms
100
What was the name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America?
What is The Mayflower?
100
This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica.
What is corn?
100
In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, everyone gathered for the meal around this item.
What is around the ping-pong table?
100
Which diseases did the Europeans bring to the Native Americans?
What is measles, chicken pox, typhus, typhoid fever, dysentery, scarlet fever, diphtheria?
100
Of the three utensils we use to eat, (Fork, Spoon & Knife) this particular utensil was not present during the First Thanksgiving Feast?
What is fork?
200
This Pawtuxet Indian served as interpreter and intermediary between the pilgrims and the Wampanoag.
Who is Squanto?
200
This state, known for the company named directly after it, grows the most potatoes each year.
What is Idaho?
200
This lovable goof quickly spilled his pot of chilli upon arrival to work. (name the show and character)
Who is Kevin from the Office?
200
Speculate that a patient is addicted to turkey. Which neurotransmitter is released when this patient eats turkey?
What is Dopamine?
200
The Cornucopia is the most common symbol of a harvest festival. A horn shaped container, it is filled with abundance of the Earth's harvest. A similar shaped, larger dwelling place, filled with food and weapons, with the same name, is featured in this film.
What is The Hunger Games?
300
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated during this year.
What is 1621 (+- 10)?
300
There is no evidence that turkey was eaten at the first Thanksgiving, a three-day meal shared between the pilgrims and Wamponoag tribe in 1621. It is more likely that they ate what type of meat instead?
What is venison or seafood? (open for debate... within reason)
300
This country consumes the most turkey per year per capita.
What is Israel?
300
The human genome is 75 percent identical to this fruit?
What is a pumpkin?
300
She will be bringing pizza during the Tuesday Telefund Thanksgiving shift.
Who is Amanda?
400
This native American tribe was credited for assisting the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
400
The turkey, which is consumed by over 80% of the United States during Thanksgiving, sleeps here.
What is a tree?
400
Arnold's grandmother celebrates this holiday when it's really Thanksgiving, which is not what he had in mind for the holiday.
What is the Fourth of July?
400
What is the species name of the common wild turkey/ domestic turkey?
What is Meleagris gallopavo?
400
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade in this year with 400 employees marching off from Convent Avenue and 145th Street in New York City. During this time the parade was accompanied not with the oversized ballons of our favorite cartoon characters, but with live animals borrowed from the Central Park Zoo -- from camels to elephants.
What is 1924 (+- 25)?
500
This President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
500
In the United States, about this many turkeys are sold for the Thanksgiving celebrations.
What is 280 million? (+- 50 million)
500
In this Woody Allen film, the action takes place within the 12 months between two Thanksgivings. Interesting tidbit: This movie was nominated for seven Oscars, and won three.
What is Hannah and her Sisters?
500
Turkeys have white and dark meat. Turkey legs consist of dark meat because there is an upregulation of blood vessels to increase oxygen to this area. This protein is responsible for making this meat dark.
What is myoglobin (muscle hemoglobin)?
500
This "first American" founding father wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?