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Americans buy 365 million pounds of it during this week every year.
Turkey
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The gender of turkeys that gobble.
Male.
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The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to journey across the Atlantic.
The Mayflower
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Americans are most thankful for this, according to a 2021 survey by YouGov.
Family
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This famous author, known for his series “The Chronicles of Narnia”, was born in November.
C.S. Lewis
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The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
Pumpkin Pie
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The part of the turkey that two people pull apart to see if their wish will be granted.
Wishbone
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What was the first Thanksgiving a celebration of?
The first harvest for the Pilgrims.
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This company runs a 24-hour hotline every Thanksgiving to answer questions about preparing turkey.
Hint: It was featured in a scene on THE WEST WING.
Butterball
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These two zodiac signs in Western astrology are born in November.
Scorpio and Sagittarius
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Americans eat over 5 million gallons of this popular Thanksgiving side dish that is packed upside down into cans.
Cranberry Sauce
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The top running speed of a turkey.
20 mph
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Where was the first Thanksgiving held in what is now the U.S.?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
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The average number of spectators at the Macy's Day Parade in NYC.
Over 3 million.
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The tomb of this famous Egyptian child King was found in November of 1922.
King Tut
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The Guiness World Record for largest batch of this side dish is 2,469 pounds, set in 2010.
Macaroni and cheese
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The first president to "pardon" a turkey.
John F Kennedy
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How long was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
Three Days
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Work is backed up for this group of professionals. Black Friday is their busiest day of the year.
Plumbers
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It ended in South Africa in November of 1995.
Apartheid
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When stuffing is cooked outside the turkey, it often goes by a different name.
Dressing
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The race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
Turkey trot
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The US President who ordered a permanent national day of Thanksgiving in November.
Abraham Lincoln
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The first person Peppermint Patty invites over to Charlie Brown's house for Thanksgiving in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving."
Herself
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Parker Brothers introduced this popular board game in November of 1935.
Monopoly
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Over 40 million green bean casseroles are made each Thanksgiving, thanks largely to an employee at this company who came up with the recipe to boost sales.
Campbell Soup
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The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.
The Wattle
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Which indigenous people are part of the traditional Thanksgiving story?
The Wampanoag
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The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.
(Hint: The team is mentioned repeatedly on THE GOOD PLACE.)
the Jacksonville Jaguars
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Participants in NaNoWriMo during November do this.
Write a novel