Turkey
Side Dishes
Traditions
Dessert
Football
100

In Turkey, this type of oil is the most commonly used for cooking.

What is olive oil?

100

The most popular side dish.

What are mashed potatoes?

100

A race frequently run the morning of Thanksgiving Day.

What is a turkey trot?

100

This is the most popular Thankgiving dessert.

What is pumpkin pie?

100

The part of the turkey given to the Thanksgiving Day NFL game MVP.

What is a turkey leg?  

200

Only this gender of turkey can "gobble."

What are male or tom (Thom) turkeys?

200

Nasty little cabbages.

What are Brussel sprouts?

200

This part of the turkey is frequently broken for good luck....not good luck for the turkey though...

What is the wishbone?

200

This Thanksgiving dessert closely resembles sweet potato pie.

What is pumpkin pie?

200

The Dallas Cowboys played in their first Thanksgiving Day game in this year.

What is 1966?  Frank watched it on his grandparents Zenith.

300

The average person eats this much turkey in a year.

What is 15 pounds?

300

This dish is the favorite Thanksgiving side dish n Texas.

What is green bean casserole? Second favorite only to mashed potatoes.

300

This city is home to the oldest Thanksgivinig parade.

What is Philadelphia, PA? 

The Philadelphia Gimbel Brothers Department Store parade in 1920 had only 50 people, 15 cars and a fireman dressed as Santa Claus. Today, it’s much bigger and called the 6abc Dunkin’ Donuts Thanksgiving Day Parade...it was the inspiration behind the Macy’s Day Thanksgiving Day Parade which started in 1924. 

300

The result if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter.

What is pumpkin pi?

300

This NFL team has played every Thanksgiving Day since 1966; except in 1975 and 1977.

Who are the Dallas Cowboys?

400

The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak.

What is a wattle?

400

This side dish is also the name of a 70's soft rock band.

What is ambrosia?

400

Percentage of American families that eat turkey on Thanksgiving.

What is 88% - vegans eat tofurkey.....

400

October 12th and December 25th are both listed as this day.

What is National pumpkin pie day?

400

Three of the four teams with the most Thanksgiving Day appearances.

Who are the Lions, Cowboys, Bears and Packers?

500

This politician lobbied to have the turkey designated as the national bird of the USA.

Who was Benjamin Franklin?

500

The least favorite side dish. 

What is creamed corn?  Nasty stuff...Brussel sprouts didn't even make the list - even better.

500

This generally nocturnal activity frequently occurs after the Thanksgiving meal.

What is sleep/take a nap?

Turkey  the culprit of this sudden onset of sleepiness, with its high levels of the amino acid tryptophan. Tryptophan is known to help release chemicals like melatonin.

500

The world’s largest pumpkin pie was made with 80 pounds of pumpkin, 36 pounds of sugar, and 144 eggs and weighed this much.

What is 350 pounds?  That's gonna need a lot of whipped cream!

500

This team boasts the most Thanksgiving Day wins...37 in all.

Who are the Detroit Lions?