Thanksgiving Facts & Figures
In 1939, this President moved Thanksgiving to the last Thursday in November to extend the Christmas shopping season.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
“Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.”
John F. Kennedy
This quarterback has the most career passing touchdowns in NFL history.
Tom Brady
The spectacular blowup in June between President Trump and which tech titan ripped apart a shaky alliance between two of the world’s most powerful men?
Elon Musk
What does the slang phrase "rizz" stand for?
Charisma
This President preferred the turkey as a national symbol over the bald eagle.
Thomas Jefferson
“It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.”
Muhammad Ali
The only perfect season in the Super Bowl era (17-0) ended with Super Bowl XLII victory for this team.
New York Giants
This is a popular internet meme and slang term, especially among Gen Alpha, that is largely considered nonsensical and has no fixed meaning in its current viral usage
6-7
How many times did Ross Geller get divorced on Friends?
Three times (Carol, Emily, Rachel)
The first Thanksgiving took place during this decade.
1620s (1621 to be specific)
“I’m gonna make him an offer he can’t refuse.”
Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone
This annual rivalry game, played on Thanksgiving weekend, is known as “The Game.”
Michigan vs. Ohio State
This grinning fuzzy toy, has become wildly popular, selling out instantly online and in stores around the world.
Labubu
What is the name of Michelle Obama’s 2018 memoir?
Becoming
Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national Holiday in this year.
1863
“Winning isn’t everything; it’s the only thing.”
Red Sanders (often attributed to Vince Lombardi, but first said by this UCLA coach in 1938)
He caught the “Immaculate Reception” in the 1972 AFC divisional playoff game.
Franco Harris
The first major company to announce that it would eliminate all chemical dyes from its food products over the next two years.
Kraft Heinz
What is Kramer’s first name on Seinfeld?
Cosmo
The heaviest Turkey on record weighed this many pounds.
86
“Ich bin ein Berliner.”
John F. Kennedy
This defensive end is the NFL’s all-time official sack leader with 200 (recorded since 1982)
Bruce Smith
Led by the league M.V.P. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, which team won the N.B.A. championship, beating the Indiana Pacers 103-91 in Game 7 of the finals?
Oklahoma City Thunder
Who currently has the most followers on Tik-Tok?
Khaby Lame