Jeopardy Fun Facts
The show features a quiz competition in which contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of questions.
What is Jeopardy!
Mouselike boy in an E.B. White story traveling through the heavens as Ursa Minor
What is Stuart Little Dipper
The loose skin under a male turkey’s neck
What is a Snood
2 oz Vodka
1 oz Lime Juice (freshly squeezed)
4 oz Ginger Beer
3 leaves Fresh Mint
The Pilgrims only “celebrated” three days – the Sabbath, fast days, and days of thanksgiving.
True
Jeopardy has a sister game show named?
What is The Wheel of Fortune!
If you've competed on Jeopardy!, you can't compete on Wheel of Fortune and vice versa.
A landmark Louisiana area featuring Bourbon Street gets a classic burger from McDonald's
What is The French Quarter Pounder
The best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is
What is the Thigh
Slip your meat thermometer into the thickest part of the turkey thigh, pricking the bird just above the crease between the thigh and the place where the turkey breast begins, and driving it into the thigh meat.
.5 oz simple syrup
2 dashes bitters
1.5 oz. bourbon whiskey
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry
What is an Old Fashion
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was Macy’s.
False
It was Gimbel’s.
The most common category of Jeopardy showing up 114 times in the show.
What is Before and After
A 1940 way to say carrying a gun becomes carrying a measurement of temperature & humidity
What is Packing Heat / Packing Heat Index
This southern state was the first to adopt a Thanksgiving Day in 1855
What is Virginia
10 fresh mint leaves
½ lime, cut into 4 wedges
2 tablespoons white sugar, or to taste
1 ½ fluid ounces white rum
½ cup club soda
What is a Mojito
All turkeys gobble.
False
Only the Male Turkeys
The original daytime version debuted on NBC on March 30, in what year?
What is 1964
Luxury auto from the Ford Motor Company that also served as Washington's fighting force
What is Lincoln Continental Army
This president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition
What is President Harry Truman in 1947
5 parts Rye whiskey
2 parts Sweet red vermouth
Dash Angostura bitters
Shaken
Strained
What is a Manhattan
President Calvin Coolidge was given a live Raccoon as a Thanksgiving present.
Alex Trebek changed this amount of suits in one day to create an illusion that it would be a different day.
What is 5 times
A weeks worth of episodes were filmed in one day.
Founding father Patrick Henry's choice quote leads into the 1949 Tony-winning Best Play
What is GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH OF A SALESMAN
This Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal
What is Wampanoag
6 parts gin
1 parts dry vermouth
stirred
strained
Detroit is the city with the oldest Thanksgiving Parade.
False
Philadelphia has the longest Thanksgiving parade.