Pilgrims' Progress
Tofurkey!
Thanksgiving Travels
Famous Turks
Holiday Heros
100
How long was the first Thanksgiving?
What is 3 days?
100
What percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
What is 88%?
100
Name four things on the first Thanksgiving menu.
What is Wild goose or duck, wild turkey, deer, flint corn, fish, shellfish, eels?
100
Which friends wore a turkey on their heads?
Who is Monica and Joey?
100
Who thought that turkeys were a type of peacocks?
Who is Christopher Columbus? Columbus thought that the land he discovered was connected to India, where peacocks are found in considerable number. And he believed turkeys were a type of peacock (they’re actually a type of pheasant). So he named them “tuka”, which is "peacock" in the Tamil language of India.
200
Who helped the Pilgrims cultivate their land?
What is Wampanoag Indians?
200
How many turkeys were raised last year?
What is 254 million?
200
How much turkey does the average human eat?
What is 13.3 lbs?
200
Who was the murderer in ThanksKilling?
What is Turkie, the homicidal turkey?
200
How many balloons will the Macy day parade have?
What is 56?
300
Who said "I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country! The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America."
Who's Ben Franklin?
300
How much did the largest turkey weigh?
What is 86 lbs?
300
What cities have the five busiest airports on Thanksgiving?
What is Chicago, LA, San Francisco, NYC, and Boston?
300
What does the president do with his turkey on thanksgiving?
What is pardon it? Since 1947, the National Turkey Federation has presented a live turkey and two dressed turkeys to the President. The President does not eat the live turkey. He "pardons" it and allows it to live out its days on a historical farm.
300
How long does it take to blow up a Macy's day balloon?
What is 90 minutes?
400
What year was thanksgiving declared a national holiday?
What is 1941?
400
What is the most popular state for raising turkeys? And how many>
What is Minnesota and 46 million?
400
What do turkeys and humans both suffer an early death from?
What is heart attacks? When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys would drop dead.
400
What made turkey a popular Christmas dinner?
What is Dicken's A Christmas Carol?
400
Who traveled expressly to pardon a turkey and then failed?
Who is Sarah Palin?
500
What dance replaced the turkey trot?
What is the Fox Trot? The turkey trot was not a graceful dance, as couples danced around in circles bobbing their heads like strutting tom turkeys. Alas, it was soon replaced by the ever so popular "Fox Trot" in 1914.
500
Where do 98.9% of imported turkeys come from?
What is Canada?
500
Who thought the concept of Thanksgiving was "the most ridiculous idea I’ve ever heard."
Who's Thomas Jefferson?
500
What movie has a pivotal plot point at the Thanksgiving Macy day parade for a different holiday?
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
500
What team has won the most football games on thanksgiving?
What is the Stuffers?