Turkey
The part of the turkey made for luck.
What is the wishbone
The rivalry between these two university teams began the tradition of a Thanksgiving Day football game
Who are Yale and Princeton
Once the national beverage. Later, unfermented, sweeter varieties would become more common on American tables. But before the mid-1800s, the hard stuff was the drink of choice for Americans.
What is cider
Footraces, usually of the long-distance variety, held on or around Thanksgiving Day in the United States
What is a Turkey Trot
The ending location of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
What is Macy's flagship store on 34th Street in Herald's Square
The part of a turkey made for sleep.
What is tryptophan
While this shopping tradition has changed with the rise of e-commerce, people still stand in line for hours early in the morning to get great discounts and start their Christmas shopping.
This novelty around the turn of the 20th century and were aggressively promoted by their makers, including the Angelus Company (now the Campfire brand). The company’s 1917 corporate recipe pamphlet featured the first known recipe for mashed sweet potatoes with this topping.
What are marshmallows
This ancient civilization believed that chicken bones held the power of good fortune. When two people pulled apart a wishbone, the person left with the larger piece got the good luck, or a wish granted.
Who are the Ancient Romans
This is the length of the broadcast
What is 3 hours
The thickest part of the turkey and cooks the slowest?
What is the thigh.
The new name for Thanksgiving by Native Americans
What is the National Day of Mourning
This company founded by Marcus Urann first dropped jellied cranberry in 1941.
What is Ocean Spray
Refers to an informal iteration of the holiday that has become super common. It's basically the day you have Thanksgiving but not with family.
What is Friendsgiving
The year of the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
What is 1924
These need to be removed before cooking
What are the neck and giblets
The name of the Indians who ate with the the Plymouth colonists in 1621
Who are the Wampanoag
Dorcas Reilly, a home economics staff member at this food company created the Green Bean Casserole
Beginning in the mid-20th century and perhaps even earlier, the president of the United States has done this to one or two Thanksgiving turkeys each year, sparing the birds from slaughter and sending them to a farm for retirement. A number of U.S. governors also perform the annual turkey pardoning ritual.
What is pardoned
Macy's uses 200 pounds of this shimmery material at the conclusion of the parade.
What is confetti
Widely available and enough food to feed a family, this became the popular dish for Thanksgiving
What is the turkey
The President who encouraged Americans to recognize the last Thursday of November as Thanksgiving
Who is President Abraham Lincoln
Despite its all-American reputation, this dessert was popularized by the British upper classes. Originally they were made from sliced squash and apple sealed in a thick double-pastry shell.
What is Pumpkin Pie
To burn off some of those Thanksgiving calories, some families split into teams and play this game during the holiday
What is football
Every balloon and float in the parade is what by members of Macy's Parade Studio team, led by head painter Beth Lucas (who's worked on more than 30 parades).
What is hand-painted