TURKEY TALK
Only this gender of turkey actually “gobbles.”
What are males? (or What are toms?)
This classic Thanksgiving pie is made from a large orange squash.
What is pumpkin pie?
The Pilgrims sailed to America on this ship in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This famous Thanksgiving parade is held each year in New York City.
What is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Thanksgiving always falls on this numbered Thursday of November.
What is the fourth?
This flap of skin that hangs from a turkey’s beak is called this.
What is a wattle?
Mashed potatoes are usually topped with this savory sauce.
What is gravy?
This Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This sport is watched by millions of Americans on Thanksgiving Day.
What is football?
This U.S. President made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This sound, made by female turkeys instead of gobbling, is the most common call you’ll hear from a hen.
What is a yelp?
This fruit sauce, often canned, is famous for sliding out in a single cylinder.
What is cranberry sauce?
This was the year of the first Thanksgiving feast.
What is 1621?
Snoopy, Pikachu, and Olaf are often seen in this form floating above the parade route.
What are balloons?
These two birds receive a presidential “pardon” every Thanksgiving.
What are turkeys?
Wild turkeys can fly up to this many miles per hour, surprising many people.
What is about 55 mph?
This green dish often includes fried onions on top.
What is green bean casserole?
This Native American interpreted for the Pilgrims and helped them learn to farm.
Who is Squanto?
This giant balloon character made the first parade appearance in 1927 and was the first to be filled with helium
Who is Felix the Cat?
The day after Thanksgiving is famous for this shopping nickname.
What is Black Friday?
A cluster of turkeys is called this.
What is a Gaggle?
This bread-based dish can be called stuffing when cooked in the turkey, or this when cooked outside it.
What is dressing?
Before settling at Plymouth, the Pilgrims first attempted to land near modern-day Provincetown on this famous geographic feature at the tip of Cape Cod.
What is the Cape Cod hook (or Cape Cod Provincetown Harbor)?
What is Detroit Lions vs. Green Bay Packers, the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Dallas Cowboys, and the Cincinnati Bengals vs. Baltimore Ravens?
This U.S. state was the first to officially adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday—doing so in 1817, more than 40 years before it became a national holiday.
What is New York?