Food
This utensil was completely absent from the first Thanksgiving table in 1621.
What is a fork?
This iconic beagle balloon has appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade more times than any other character.
Who is Snoopy?
This is the number of runners in the first Turkey Trot.
What is 6?
This ship carried 102 passengers from England to the New World in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This type of food was eaten at the first Thanksgiving but is hardly eaten at Thanksgiving today.
What is seafood?
This NFL team has hosted a game on Thanksgiving Day every single year since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
This is the number of places in the U.S. that bear the name turkey.
What is 3?
This household hazard triples on Thanksgiving.
What are fires?
This historical figure wanted the turkey to be the national symbol of the U.S.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
Balloons took the place of these objects that were once part of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What are live zoo animals?
This is the average number of guests that Thanksgiving dinner hosts have.
11
This Thanksgiving vegetable was grown in space.
What is a potato?
This state consumes more pounds of turkey than any other state in the country.
What is California?
This Christmas song was traditionally a Thanksgiving song.
What is Jingle Bells?
This is roughly the number of cranberries required to make one can of cranberry sauce.
What is 200?
This U.S. president officially proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This amino acid found in turkey is widely blamed for post-feast drowsiness.
What is tryptophan?
This song was written by Sarah Josepha Hale, who was nicknamed "the Mother of Thanksgiving."
This is the number of pounds of glitter typically used during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
What is over 300 pounds?
This is the proper name for a pilgrim hat.
What is a capotain?