Turkeys
This is the chemical in turkey that is often blamed for making us sleepy after Thanksgiving dinner.
What is tryptophan?
Canadians purchase approximately 2.1 million of these for Thanksgiving.
What are turkeys?
This is the "date" of American Thanksgiving.
What is the 4th Thursday in November.
The day after American Thanksgiving, "celebrating" consumer excess, is nicknamed this.
What is Black Friday?
Female turkeys are called hens. Male turkeys are called toms. This is what a juvenile male turkeys is called.
What is a 'jake'?
This French Explorer is credited with holding the first recorded Thanksgiving in Canada in 1606.
Who is Samuel de Champlain?
A giant balloon version of this cartoon dog has appeared in the Macy's Parade more times than any other character (6 times).
Who is Snoopy?
Canadian Thanksgiving is almost 6 weeks earlier than American Thanksgiving to better align with this.
What is the Canadian harvest season?
While Ontario produces the most turkeys each year, this province produces the second most turkeys.
What is Quebec?
This nation of Indigenous peoples were invited to the first recorded Thanksgiving feast in Canada.
Who are the Mi'kmaq?
Borrowed by the English in the 16th century, this was originally practiced by the ancient Romans by pulling apart chicken bones.
What is "breaking the wishbone" for good luck?
This is what the word "cornucopia" means.
What is "horn of plenty?"
The traditional Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving feast lasted this many days.
What is 7?
This is how many kilograms of turkey Canadians eat annually per capita (to the nearest whole number).
What is three? (3.3 kg to be exact)
Like Canada and the U.S. Thanksgiving is a national holiday in one of these countries: Mexico, Saint Lucia, Honduras, Jamaica or Australia.
What is Saint Lucia?
These two NFL football teams play on Thanksgiving Day every year.
Who are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
The cost of a wild turkey hunting tag in Ontario (to the nearest $5).
What is $26.33?
In 1957, this Governor General with the initials 'V.M.' declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday in Canada.
Who was Vincent Massey?
These two provinces produce the most cranberries in Canada.
What are Quebec and British Columbia?
"Erntedankfest" is a harvest festival celebrated on the first Sunday of October in this country.
What is Germany?
According to Guinness World Records, the largest one of these was made in Ohio in 2010 and weighed 1678 kg.
What is a pumpkin pie?