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100

This is most popular meat alternative to Turkey

What is Ham?


100

This 18 minute monologue is played on many rock/classic rock stations on Thanksgiving Day

What is Alice's Restaurant?

100
He ordered the first National Day of Thanksgiving

Who is George Washington?

100

This NFL team has played in the most Thanksgiving games (80)

Who are the Detroit Lions?

100
About 8000 people participate in this city's parade every year

What is New York City?

200

This tart fruit side was first canned in 1912

What are cranberries?

200

In 1982 this comic actor released "The Thanksgiving Song"

Who is Adam Sandler?

200
This Virginian president refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday.  

What is Thomas Jefferson?

200

In 1876 Yale and Princeton played the 1st TGD football game in this New Jersey city, that also claims the 1st organized baseball game.

What is Hoboken, NJ?

200

Detroit's annual parade ends with this person receiving the key to the city

Who is Santa Claus?

300
Americans eat more of this pie than any other on Thanksgiving

What is Apple Pie?

300

In an Arlo Guthrie classic song associated with Thanksgiving 1/2 a ton of this was taken from an old church and put into a VW microbus

What is Garbage?

300

The buck stopped at his desk who was the first president to receive a ceremonial turkey

Who was Harry Truman?


300

The only NFL team never to play on TGD is located in this Florida city

What is Jacksonville?

300

These were 1st included in the Macy's parade in 1928

What are balloons?

400

This popular side dish was invented by a Campbell's soup employee and introduced in 1955. 

What is green bean casserole?


400

This famous Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving and was inspired by sleigh races in Medford, Mass

What is Jingle Bells

400

This president didn't complete his 2nd term, but he made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday

Who was Abraham Lincoln.

400

The 1st televised TGD game was between Detroit and this traditional division rival.

Who are the Chicago Bears?  

400

The Macy's parade was originally invented by Louis Bamberger and was held in this New Jersey city before moving to New York

What is Newark, NJ?

500

You can wrestle in a lot of this popular Thanksgiving side at festivals in Maine, South Dakota and Minnesota.

What are Mashed Potatoes?

500

Sarah Josepha Hale campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday.  She also wrote a famous nursery rhyme when her student brought an unusual pet to school.

What is Mary Had a Little Lamb?

500
He tried to move Thanksgiving up to the 3rd Thursday in November to help a depressed economy

Who was FDR?

500

Dallas has played every TGD since 1966 except for 2. They were replaced by this former NFC East team that later moved west to their 3rd city.

Who are the St. Louis (Arizona) Cardinals?

500

This city held the first TGD parade in 1920

What is Philadelphia, PA?