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100

What is the most popular main course on Thanksgiving?

 turkey 

100

How many calls does the company Butterball receive each year in regard to questions about turkeys? 

Over 100,000

100

Give the orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving

 pumpkin

100

What is the name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts?

 the Mayflower

100

What is a baby turkey called?

Poult

100

Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?  

George Washington

100

No Thanksgiving football games were played during 1941 to 1944 because of this

WWII

200

Which U.S. state produces the most sweet potatoes?

a) North Carolina

b) South Carolina

c) Georgia

 North Carolina 

200

What is the busiest day for plumbers?

Day after Thanksgiving

200

What is this called?

Cornucopia 

200

What town canceled Thanksgiving because they couldn't make pumpkin pies?

Colchester, Connecticut


A frigid bout of cold weather in the middle of October led to the Connecticut River freezing, so settlers couldn’t get their usual liquid sugar shipped on time from across the pond. Thus, the townspeople decided to postpone the holiday for a week in 1705.

200

How do both Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude?

With the arrival of Santa Claus

200

Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?

John F Kennedy

200

What city is home to the oldest Thanksgiving parade?

 Philadelphia (1920) 

4 years before the Macy's day parade started....

300

Which utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner (Knife, Fork or Spoon)?

 a fork

300

Give the day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping

Black Friday

300

What does the cornucopia represent (in regard to Thanksgiving)? 

Appreciation for abundance, and a bountiful harvest

300

How many women were at the first Thanksgiving meal?


5

300

Who said: "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more"?

Winston Churchill 

Oprah Winfrey

Nelson Mandela

Michael J. Fox


Oprah said: "Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough."

300

Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?

George H.W. Bush

300

Which NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played?

Detroit Lions 

400

Which food is included at the first Thanksgiving is rarely part of a modern Thanksgiving meal?

seafood

400

Thanksgiving Day is an annual Canadian holiday, held in which month?

 October

400

This was served at the first Thanksgiving? 


The Wampanoag people taught the Pilgrims in Plymouth how to plant and cultivate corn to survive the winter.

400

What product owes its existence to Thanksgiving?

T.V. Dinner

Recliner

Hula Hoop

Butter

A. T.V. Dinner

In 1953, someone at Swanson misjudged the number of frozen turkeys it would sell that Thanksgiving -- by 26 TONS! So they came up with a brilliant plan: to slice up the meat and repackage with some trimmings on the side. And so the first TV dinner was born!

400

Which Sesame Street character is made of turkey feathers?

 Big Bird

Big Bird's feathers are white turkey feathers, dyed yellow. There are approximately 4,000 feathers on the character 

400

Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?

Thomas Jefferson

400

True or False: 

The author of "Mary Had a Little Lamb" helped Thanksgiving become a holiday

True


Sarah Josepha Hale, who also wrote the famous children's poem, lobbied state and federal officials for years to make Thanksgiving an official holiday. She argued that the day could help bring unity to the divided country amid the Civil War.

500

Name a vegetarian roast created as a turkey alternative

 Tofurky

500

How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?

46,000

4.6 million

46 million

460 million

46 million

500

Cranberries are one of the few fruits native to North America. Cranberry harvesting season is between mid-September and early November. 


Since cranberries were so important and widely available it is believed that they were present at the first Thanksgiving.

500

Give the year of the first Thanksgiving

1776

1965

1621

c.  1621

500

Name of the founding father who thought the turkey should be the national bird of the United States

Benjamin Franklin

500

Which president received a raccoon as a Thanksgiving gift?


President Calvin Coolidge received a live raccoon for Thanksgiving in 1926. It was intended to be dinner, but the president's family ended up keeping the raccoon as a pet. They named it Rebecca.

500

an ancient Italian civilization who believed that birds were oracles and could predict the future. Basically, they kept this bone—the furcula—in order to hold on to the bird's supposed powers so they could continue making wishes

600
How much is spent on canned cranberry sauce?

$42 million 

600

Which Christmas song was originally written for Thanksgiving?

 Jingle Bells

600

What meat did the native Americans bring to the first Thanksgiving?

Deer (Venison)

600

How many days did the first Thanksgiving last?

3

600

What is the loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak called?

Wattle

600

What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?

 Abraham Lincoln

600

What famous soup company created the green bean casserole? 

Campbells 


The idea for this Thanksgiving staple was cooked up by a Campbell's recipe developer as a way to sell the company's cream of mushroom soup.