Thanksgiving Pop Culture
This famous cartoon dog has a Thanksgiving-themed float in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Snoopy?
The year the first Thanksgiving feast was celebrated.
What is 1621?
This is the term for a male turkey.
What is a tom?
This popular sitcom features an episode titled “The One with All the Thanksgivings.”
What is Friends?
These two NFL teams traditionally host Thanksgiving games every year.
Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
This American singer is famous for her Thanksgiving performances, especially during her yearly Thanksgiving Day parade appearances.
Who is Mariah Carey?
The original Thanksgiving feast lasted this many days.
What is three days?
A group of turkeys is called by this name.
What is a rafter?
In A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Snoopy serves this non-traditional meal to the gang.
What are toast, jelly beans, and popcorn?
The first-ever Thanksgiving Day football game was played between the Lions and this team in 1934.
What is the Chicago Bears?
This major airline typically runs a Thanksgiving promotion offering discounted flights, especially for travelers looking to fly home for the holiday.
What is Southwest Airlines?
This state was the first to officially adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday.
What is New York?
What is the term for a baby turkey?
What is a poult?
This Thanksgiving comedy classic features Steve Martin and John Candy trying to get home for the holiday.
What is Planes, Trains, and Automobiles?
This NFL coach famously led the Dallas Cowboys to victory over the Miami Dolphins on Thanksgiving Day in 1993, making a statement with the team’s impressive defense.
Who is Jimmy Johnson?
This snack food company released a Thanksgiving-flavored limited edition of its chips, including Turkey, Cranberry, and Pumpkin Pie flavors.
What is Pringles?
This specific item, which is now a Thanksgiving staple, was not part of the first feast in 1621 but became a popular part of the holiday meal later in history.
What is pumpkin pie?
Wild turkeys can fly at speeds up to this many miles per hour.
What is 55 mph?
In the Thanksgiving episode of Cheers, the gang ends up in a hilarious food fight over this classic Thanksgiving dish.
What is stuffing?
In 1975, this NFL quarterback played in his first Thanksgiving Day game for the Detroit Lions, which helped solidify his legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
Who is Billy Sims?
The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in this year.
What is 1924?
This U.S. president officially established Thanksgiving as a national holiday, but it wasn't celebrated annually until much later.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Turkeys have this many stomach compartments, one of which, the gizzard, helps them grind up food.
What is two?
In Seinfeld, a Thanksgiving episode focuses on Jerry and Kramer trying to get this balloon repaired before the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is the Woody Woodpecker balloon?
In 1988, this player set an NFL record by scoring four touchdowns in a Thanksgiving Day game.
Who is Barry Sanders?