Which U.S President made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
What author cemented his place in the American literary canon with his debut novel The Catcher in the Rye?
J.D Salinger
What infraclass of animals get its name from the Latin word for "pouch"?
Marsupials
California landowner David Jacks is credited with first marketing what popular type of cheese created by local Franciscan friars?
Monterey Jack
What are the four states that border Lake Erie?
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
What do you call a female turkey?
Hen
What pre-compressed helical spring toy was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2000?
Slinky
Triton is the largest moon of which planet in our solar system?
Neptune
Deriving from the Greek words for "equal" and "leg", what type of triangle has two sides of identical length?
Isosceles triangle
True or false: Turkeys can fly.
True
Which actor wasn't in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan: Vin Diesel, Patrick Dempsey or Ted Danson?
Patrick Dempsey
Which chemical element has the symbol S?
Sulphur
What is traditionally added to beer to make the cocktail known as a "beermosa"?
Orange juice
Approximately, how many people were at the first Thanksgiving meal?
140
How long did the first Thanksgiving meal last?
3 days
In what country would you find the cities of Aleppo and Damascus?
Syria
In the famous Einstein formula E=mc2, what does "m" represent?
Mass
Grossing $250 million worldwide on a $60,000 budget, what 1999 horror movie filmed in Maryland is considered one of the most profitable films of all time?
The Blair Witch Project
When was the first Thanksgiving NFL football game?
1934
The father starred in the films M*A*S*H and Ordinary People. The son played Jack Bauer on the TV series 24. Name them.
Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland
If an animal is diurnal, is it active during the day or night?
The day
The Downing Street Declaration was a 1993 declaration issued by Albert Reynolds, the PM of Ireland, and what then-PM of the United Kingdom?
John Major
Which American President instituted the annual "turkey pardon" at the White House?
George Herbert Walker Bush
In 1947, what American airman became the first known pilot to break the sound barrier?
Chuck Yeager
The fimbriated fold can be found on which body part?
Tongue
Overlooking an area known as the Scotland District, Mount Hillaby is the highest point on what Caribbean island country?
Barbados
What are male turkeys called?
Toms
What Steven Spielberg film starred a young Christian Bale as a boy in a World War II Japanese internment camp?
Empire of the Sun
What rays have the highest photon energy in the electromagnetic spectrum?
Gamma rays
In 1976, NASA built the first Space Shuttle and give it what name after Star Trek fans mounted an extensive letter-writing campaign?
Enterprise
True or False? During the first Thanksgiving, turkey was consumed.
False
What Italian city annually hosts the third of the "Big Four Fashion Weeks"?
Milan
What layer of the Earth is between the crust and the outer core?
Mantle
"You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression" was the longtime slogan for what brand of shampoo?
Head and Shoulders
What company is famous for its pre-basted turkeys?
Butterball
According to Swiss folklore, who escaped execution by shooting an apple off his son's head?
William Tell
What is the second-smallest planet in our solar system, after Mercury?
Mars
From 2002 to 2004, Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, was married to what movie star?
Nicholas Cage
Which tradition brings good luck at Thanksgiving?
Breaking the wishbone
Uriah Heep is the villain in which Charles Dickens novel?
David Copperfield
Which of the B vitamins is also known as "thiamine"?
B1
What celebrity chef and Food Network personality is known for the "donkey sauce" available at his restaurants?
Guy Fieri