Holiday Movies
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Thanksgiving Trivia
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Thanksgiving
Tough Trivia
100

This movie features a classic quote:

Miles Finch: "Call me elf one more time."

Buddy: "He's an angry elf."

What is Elf?

100

What chemical in Marijuana creates the euphoric effect? (full name)

What is Tetrahydrocannabinol?

Cannabis contains THC, a psychoactive chemical that can pass the blood-brain barrier and creates the "high" effect.

100

True or False

Thanksgiving is responsible for the invention of the TV Dinner?

In 1953, a Swanson employee accidentally ordered a colossal shipment of Thanksgiving turkeys (260 tons, to be exact). To deal with the excess, salesman Gerry Thomas took inspiration from the prepared foods served on airplanes. He came up with the idea of filling 5,000 aluminum trays with the turkey – along with cornbread dressing, gravy, peas, and sweet potatoes to complete the offering. Swanson charged 98 cents a meal.

100

The Windy City

What is Chicago?

100

This alcoholic drink is named after Thanksgiving's famous bird.

What is Wild Turkey?

200

Name one of the 3 ghosts that visit Scrooge

What are Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

200

SSRI's (like Zoloft and Lexapro) increase levels of this Neurotransmitter in the brain.

What is Serotonin?

200

How many turkeys are sold at Thanksgiving?

945,000

23 Million

31 Million

46 Million

What is 46 Million?

200

George Herman Ruth

Who is Babe Ruth?

200

Americans eat approximately ____________ Pumpkin Pies during Thanksgiving.

(guess within 10 million)

What is 50 million?

300

_______ wrote the picture book that was inspiration for the 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Who is Dr. Seuss?


300

This recovery program and fellowship is a non-spiritual, science based approach that utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

What is SMART Recovery?

300

The First Thanksgiving Celebration lasted

24 hours 

3 Days

1 week

The entire month

What is 3 days?


300

Phencyclidine

What is PCP?

300

True or False...

There is a chemical in turkey that will make you sleepy.

What is False 

No such chemical exists. It is only a myth that Tryptophan will make you sleepy. There is no more Tryptophan in Turkey than there is in meat or chicken. You might be extra tired after your meal, but don’t blame the turkey; it could just be that you overate.

400

"You’ll shoot your eye out kid!" is an iconic quote from this famous holiday movie.

What is A Christmas Story?

400

The unofficial term for this part of our brain is "The Lizard Brain".

What is the Limbic System?

The Limbic System handles basic body functions like breathing, balance, and coordination, and simple survival urges like feeding, mating, and defense.

400

The ______________ tribe celebrated thanksgiving with the Pilgrims.

Wampanoag

Pawnee

Osage

Miwok

What is Wampanoag

400

Lysergic acid diethylamide

What is LSD?

400

Every year one lucky Turkey gets a pardon from the President and lives a long, fulfilling life. Which President started the tradition?

President George H.W. Bush pardoned the first turkey in 1989 after he noticed the 50-pound bird at his official Thanksgiving proclamation looked a little nervous.

500

This holiday movie grossed the most money of all time.

What is Home Alone?

The most successful Christmas movie is Home Alone, with a lifetime gross of over 285.7 million U.S. dollars. The 2018 version of the Grinch was in second place, earning more than 270 million U.S. dollars at the domestic box office.

500

Which drug creates the greatest release of Dopamine?

What is Methamphetamine?

Although both methamphetamine and cocaine increase levels of dopamine, methamphetamine both blocks the re-uptake of dopamine and increases the release of dopamine, leading to much higher concentrations in the synapse (the gap between neurons).

500

Thomas Jefferson refused to declare Thanksgiving a Holiday because he felt that

It disrespected the Native American tribes

It violated the Constitution's separation of Church and State

He was allergic to Turkey

He didn't think that anyone would celebrate Thanksgiving

Jefferson refused to recognize the event, because he believed so firmly in the separation of church and state. Since Thanksgiving involved prayer and reflection, he thought designating it a national holiday would violate the First Amendment.

500

This state is known as Big Sky Country

What is Montana?

500

_____________ is the most fattening dish served at Thanksgiving.

Pecan Pie

Pumpkin Pie

Sweet Potatoes

Honey Glazed Ham

What is Pecan Pie?

The most fattening item on your Thanksgiving menu is most likely the pecan pie. It has around 503 calories per slice, which isn't that much less than a McDonald's Big Mac. You can thank pecan pie's high calories to the massive amounts of sugar and corn syrup used to make it.