Thanksgiving History
Food! Food! Food!
Pop Culture
Fun Facts
Ainley Antics
100
The Pilgrims sailed to North America on this ship.
The Mayflower
100
This spice, a common component of pumpkin pie spice blends, is actually the dried inner bark of a tropical tree.
Cinnamon
100
In many sitcoms, viewers watch as friends celebrated Thanksgiving without their families. This popularized which common young adult event?
Friendsgiving
100
This Thanksgiving parade balloon character has appeared more times than any other.
Snoopy
100
If Ainley could cancel one Thanksgiving food forever, it would be this one.
Cranberry Sauce
200
Thanksgiving in the United States is celebrated on this weekday every year.
Thursday
200
This small tart fruit was once used as a dye and in folk medicine before becoming a Thanksgiving condiment staple.
Cranberries
200
This long-running animated show features the episode “Bart vs. Thanksgiving,” where Bart ruins Lisa’s centerpiece.
The Simpsons
200
The first Thanksgiving feast lasted this many days.
3 Days
200
Thanksgiving 2020, Ainley provided THIS entree to her family's Thanksgiving meal.
300
In 1863 this U.S. president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Abraham Lincoln
300
This root vegetable, often candied with brown sugar and marshmallows in the U.S., was a Native American staple before European contact.
Sweet Potato
300
This late-night variety show famously performs Thanksgiving sketches and often features a guest host dressed in a giant turkey costume.
Saturday Night Live
300
The red skin under a turkey’s neck is called this.
Wattle
300
For Thanksgiving Dinner, Ainley makes the best...
Green Bean Casserole
400
This musical “Turkey Day” tradition is famous in American pop culture for its giant balloons and celebrity performances.
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
400
The classic green bean casserole recipe that popularized canned mushroom soup and fried onions was introduced by this company in the 1950s.
Campbell Soup Company
400
In this sitcom’s episode “The One with the Football,” two siblings compete in a Thanksgiving football game to win the "Geller Cup".
FRIENDS
400
It is tradition that the US President does THIS on the week of Thanksgiving.
"Pardon" a Turkey
400
Ainley's favorite Thanksgiving food!
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
(150 points for only MP or Gravy)
500
This U.S. state is the largest turkey producer, supplying a large share of Thanksgiving birds.
Minnesota
500
Traditional Thanksgiving stuffing often uses bread cubes; the colonial-era version more commonly included this type of protein cooked inside the bird.
Oysters
500
The Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Special was created by this cartoonist, the creator of Peanuts.
Charles M. Schulz
500
The average Thanksgiving meal (including all the fixings) contains around this many calories.
(closest answer wins!)
4,500 Calories
500
For Thanksgiving breakfast, Ainley is always in charge of cooking THIS food, because she cannot feel heat in her hands.
