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100

The number of deer the First Nations people brought to the feast.

What is five?

100

Most Americans consume up to 229 grams of this during the big meal.

What is fat?

100

The part of Plymouth, Ma that looks just as it did in the 17th century.

What is Plimoth Plantation?

100

The gender of the turkey that actually gobbles.

What is the male turkey?

100

Over 32 million people begin holiday shopping on this day.

What is Black Friday?

200

The number of days the first Thanksgiving was celebrated.

What is three?

200

8 in 10 Americans agree that leftovers of these are better than the big dinner itself.

What is stuffing, mashed potatoes or pie?

200

Approximately 400 years ago, Pilgrims arrived in this town.

What is Plymouth?

200

Turkeys are (kind of ) named after this country.

What is Turkey?

200

This early American president refused to recognize Thanksgiving as a holiday because he believed so firmly in the separation of church and state.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

Native Americans taught the colonists how to do this.


What is plant tomatoes, squash and beans? 

300

Americans eat an estimated 50 million servings of this dessert each Thanksgiving.

What is pumpkin pie?

300

The number of colonists believed to have attended the first Thanksgiving Day feast.

What is 50?

300

46 million of these are prepared for Thanksgiving each year.

What is a turkey?

300

The number of balloons in the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

What is 0?

400

The name of the First Nation tribe that celebrated Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.

Who are the Wampanoag?

400

Deer, Lobster, Seal, Swan and Turkey.  The meat that wasn't part of the first Thanksgiving Feast. 

What is Turkey?

400

The reason for the first Thanksgiving celebration.

What was to give thanks for a successful harvest?

400

Vegan-friendly Tofurky is made of this.

What is tofu?

400

This Thanksgiving Day race was first hosted by a local YMCA in Buffalo, NY and contained just six runners.  

What is a Turkey Trot?

500

Instead of Thanksgiving, many indigenous people observe the National Day of Mourning each year by fasting from sun up to sun down.  Fasting means this.  

What is to not eat?

500

Cabbage, carrot, cucumbers, potatoes, leeks, lettuce, parsnips and  pumpkins.  The vegetable that wasn't served at the first Thanksgiving feast. 

What is potatoes?

500

The Mayflower didn't land in Plymouth first.  It landed in this town on the tip of Cape Cod.

What is Provincetown?

500

A male turkey is referred to as a tom.  A female turkey is referred to as a this.

What is a hen?

500

The country that also celebrates Thanksgiving - but on a different day.

What is Canada?