Gobble, Gobble
General Knowledge
Science and Nature
General Knowledge
Bonus
100

Which U.S President made Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln

100

What author cemented his place in the American literary canon with his debut novel The Catcher in the Rye?

J.D Salinger

100

What infraclass of animals get its name from the Latin word for "pouch"?

Marsupials

100

California landowner David Jacks is credited with first marketing what popular type of cheese created by local Franciscan friars?

Monterey Jack

100

What are the four states that border Lake Erie?

New York

Pennsylvania

Ohio

Michigan

200

What do you call a female turkey?

Hen

200

What pre-compressed helical spring toy was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame in 2000?

Slinky

200

Triton is the largest moon of which planet in our solar system?

Neptune

200

Deriving from the Greek words for "equal" and "leg", what type of triangle has two sides of identical length?

Isosceles triangle

300

True or false: Turkeys can fly.

True

300

Which actor wasn't in the 1998 film Saving Private Ryan:  Vin Diesel, Patrick Dempsey or Ted Danson?

Patrick Dempsey

300

Which chemical element has the symbol S?

Sulphur

300

What is traditionally added to beer to make the cocktail known as a "beermosa"?

Orange juice

300

Approximately, how many people were at the first Thanksgiving meal?


140

400

How long did the first Thanksgiving meal last?

3 days

400

In what country would you find the cities of Aleppo and Damascus?

Syria

400

In the famous Einstein formula E=mc2, what does "m" represent?

Mass

400

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

500

When was the first Thanksgiving NFL football game?

1934

500

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

500

If an animal is diurnal, is it active during the day or night?

The day

500

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

600

Which American President instituted the annual "turkey pardon" at the White House?

 George Herbert Walker Bush

600

In 1947, what American airman became the first known pilot to break the sound barrier?

Chuck Yeager

600

The fimbriated fold can be found on which body part? 

Tongue

600

Overlooking an area known as the Scotland District, Mount Hillaby is the highest point on what Caribbean island country?

Barbados

700

What are male turkeys called?

Toms

700

What Steven Spielberg film starred a young Christian Bale as a boy in a World War II Japanese internment camp?

Empire of the Sun

700

What rays have the highest photon energy in the electromagnetic spectrum?

Gamma rays

700

In 1976, NASA built the first Space Shuttle and give it what name after Star Trek fans mounted an extensive letter-writing campaign?

Enterprise

800

True or False? During the first Thanksgiving, turkey was consumed.

False

800

What Italian city annually hosts the third of the "Big Four Fashion Weeks"?

Milan

800

What layer of the Earth is between the crust and the outer core?

Mantle

800

"You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression" was the longtime slogan for what brand of shampoo?

Head and Shoulders

900

What company is famous for its pre-basted turkeys?

Butterball

900

According to Swiss folklore, who escaped execution by shooting an apple off his son's head?

William Tell

900

What is the second-smallest planet in our solar system, after Mercury?

Mars

900

From 2002 to 2004, Elvis Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, was married to what movie star?

Nicholas Cage

1000

Which tradition brings good luck at Thanksgiving?

Breaking the wishbone

1000

Uriah Heep is the villain in which Charles Dickens novel?

David Copperfield

1000

Which of the B vitamins is also known as "thiamine"?

B1

1000

What celebrity chef and Food Network personality is known for the "donkey sauce" available at his restaurants?

Guy Fieri