Thanksgiving Foods
This company's "Turkey Talk Line" answer about 100,000 calls about cooking turkeys in November and December each year.
Butterball
Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
George Washington
This is what an adult male turkey is called?
What is a TOM?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert
What is Pumpkin / Sweet Potato Pie?
The cutsie named race that many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a turkey trot?
This founding father lobbied hard for the turkey, not the bald eagle, to be our national bird.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
If my family of 5 eats exactly 1.5 pounds of turkey each and we cook a 10 pound bird. How much turkey am I throwing away?
What is 2.5 pounds of turkey?
(Really none! Who doesn't make turkey sandwiches later)
Who was the first president to "pardon" a turkey?
John F Kennedy
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, this number of places in the U.S. are named Cranberry?
(closest get points)
What is 5
The way people typically prepare potatoes for Thanksgiving dinner
What are mashed potatoes?
If you take off from Florida at 11am for a 5 hour flight to visit family in California for Thanksgiving, it is this time there locally there when you land?
What is 1pm?
Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
George H.W. Bush
According to the National Grocers Association it takes this long to completely thaw a frozen 20-25 lb turkey.
What is 5 days?
The green vegetables traditionally served in a casserole with cream of mushroom soup and french fried onions
What are green beans?
This 1857 tune was originally titled “One Horse Open Sleigh” and celebrated Thanksgiving.
What is "Jingle Bells" ?
Grandma brought a pecan pie to Thanksgiving. The pie had 8 slices. If we ate all but 2 slices of the pie, what fraction of the pie did we eat?
6/8 or 3/4
Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Thomas Jefferson
There were this many passengers on the Mayflower.
(within 5 for credit)
What is 102?
The red fruit that is often served alongside the turkey for Thanksgiving dinner
What are cranberries?
This store has sponsored the televised thanksgiving morning parade since 1924
What is Macy's?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables
What is a cornucopia?
Which President declared two Thanksgivings in one year?
James Madison
There are this many cranberries in one pound?
(Closest gets credit)
What is 440 ?
What president proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
This northern colonial location was the site of the first Thanksgiving Celebration in 1621 between the Protestant Pilgrims and the native Wampanoag Tribe.
What is Plymouth, Massachusetts ?