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The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade took place in _________________

1. 1932                   

2. 1924            

3. 1950 

What is 1924

100

The US president who was the first to recognize Thanksgiving as a holiday.

  1. George Washington
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Thomas Jefferson

Who is George Washington? 

100

This orange gourd is the main ingredient in the most popular Thanksgiving dessert.

What is pumpkin?  

200

______ people tuned in to watch Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2022. 

  1. 27 million
  2. 40 million
  3. 55 million

What is 27 million?

200

The US state that was the first to declare Thanksgiving a public holiday?

  1. Vermont
  2. New York
  3. Pennsylvania

What is New York? 

200

The type of meat that was likely the main dish at the first Thanksgiving, instead of turkey.

1.  beef

2.  fowl/fish/venison

3.  pig

What is fowl, fish and/or venison?

300

The oldest documented turkey trot still takes place every year in what  (city?).

  1. Dallas, Texas
  2. Buffalo, New York
  3. Atlanta, Georgia

What is Buffalo, New York? 

300

The first US president to ‘let a turkey go’?

  1. Harry Truman
  2. John F. Kennedy
  3. Richard Nixon

Who is John F. Kennedy?

300

The popular creamy side dish, topped with crispy fried onions that was created in 1955.

What is a green bean casserole?

400

This store is known for having the biggest Black Friday discounts (56%)

  1. Nordstrom
  2. Target
  3. Macy’s

What is Macy's? 

400

In 1941,  President Roosevelt declared Thanksgiving should be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in order to _______________.

  1. To extend the holiday shopping season
  2. To give Macy’s time to prepare for the Thanksgiving Day Parade
  3. To avoid clashing with the NFL schedule

What is extending the holiday shopping season?

400

The proper term used for soaking a turkey in saltwater solution before cooking it to keep it moist is called __________.

1.  broiling

2.  baking

3  brining

What is brining?  

500

The ______and ______ NFL teams have played every Thanksgiving since 1978.  

  1. The Lions and The Cowboys
  2. The Lions and The Tigers
  3. The Lions and The Steelers

Who are the Lions and Cowboys? 

500

Turducken, 3 bird roast, became popular in ___(state?)____

1.  Hawaii

2.  Louisiana

3.  Alabama 


What is Louisiana? 

500

The heaviest turkey, according to the Guinness World Records, weighed _______.

1.  56 lbs

2.  91 lbs

3.  86 lbs

What is 86 lbs.?