Thanksgiving History
The name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America.
What is the Mayflower
This city hosts the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade every year.
What is NYC?
This state grows the most potatoes each year.
What is Idaho?
Traditionally, these 2 teams host a football game every Thanksgiving Day.
Who are the Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions?
In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, this part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom.
What the wishbone?
The Indian who served as the interpreter for the Pilgrims.
Who is Squanto?
This jolly character appears at the end of the Macy's Day parade...
Who is Santa Claus?
88% of Americans eat this with their Thanksgiving Meal.
What is turkey?
This number of NFL games will be on Thanksgiving Day this year, which is the same every year.
What is 3
It's called the "Gopher" state, but maybe "Gobbler" state would be more appropriate because this state produces the most turkey each year.
In 1863, this president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abe Lincoln?
This famous character has appeared in more parades than any other was
a) Snoopy
b) Spiderman
c) Bart Simpson
Who was Snoopy?
Cranberries grow in this...
A) Bush
B) Tree
C) in a bog
Where is a bog?
This team has the most Thanksgiving Day wins.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
A male turkey is called this...
What is a tom.
The year that Thanksgiving was first celebrated was...
A) 1421
B) 1521
C ) 1621
When was 1621?
This year, Macy's will unveil new balloons including these two characters (a boy & a dog) from one of Mr. Jaeger & Mrs. Brannan's favorite cartoons.
Who is Finn and Jake from Adventure Time?
This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica.
What is corn?
Who are Dallas Cowboys
Name the cluster of stiff, brush-like feathers that grow on the turkey's upper breast.
What is a beard.
The name of the Indian tribe that helped the Pilgrims was...
A) Iroquis
B) Wampanoag
C) Apache
Who are the Wampanoag?
The year of the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was...
a) 1919
b) 1924
c) 1954
What was 1924?
Of the following foods that we eat at Thanksgiving today, at the first Thanksgiving this was not served...
a) Pumpkin Pie
b) Yams
c) Cranberry Sauce
What is pumpkin pie?
THERE WERE NO OVENS
These two teams have never played on Thanksgiving Day (both 1995 expansion teams).
Who are the Jacksonville Jaguars and Carolina Panthers.
Turkeys usually sleep...
a)nests
b)fields
c)trees
Where is trees.