Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving
What is turkey?
This company's "Turkey Talk Line" answer about 100,000 turkey calls in November and December.
What is Butterball?
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
No Thanksgiving football games were played during 1941 to 1944 because of this
WWII
The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?
What is ham?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving.
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts
What is the Mayflower?
This NFL football Franchise has the most Thanksgiving games played
Detroit Lions with 81
This department store has sponsored the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade for almost a century.
What is Macy's?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family
What is a wild turkey?
Which Nation lived on the land the Pilgrims reached when they first landed at Plymouth?
Who are the Wampanoag?
In 1989, John Madden of CBS awarded the first "Turkey Leg Award", for the game's most valuable player to this player on the Eagles
Reggie White
How do both Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and Reston's Thanksgiving Parade conclude?
With the arrival of Santa Claus
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
What are cranberries?
How many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving?
46,000
4.6 million
46 million
460 million
What is 46 million?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables
What is a cornucopia?
What disease brought by the Pilgrims devastated the population of native people in Massachussetts?
What is smallpox?
What year was the first Thanksgiving NFL game of the Canton Bulldogs vrs the Akron Pros?
1920
Which state raises the most wild turkeys?
What is Minnesota?
This large root vegetable belongs to the morning glory family, and is used in many Thanksgiving foods.
What are sweet potatoes?
The day after Thanksgiving when there are big sales and many people go shopping.
What is Black Friday?
Name 1 of 3 active NFL teams that have played on Thanksgiving and never won
Tampa (0-1)
Cleveland Browns (0-3)
Cincinnati Bengals (0-1)
Green Bean casserole was invented by what "Soup" company
What is Campbell Soup
The number of calories on average that are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner (within 500 calories).
What is 4,500 calories?
Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
John F Kennedy
Instead of the eagle, which historic person wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the U.S.A.?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving
Jacksonville Jaguars
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
What is the wattle?