History Lessons
The Mayflower's first landing was in 1620 at this location.
What is Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts?
Surveys say this is the most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is pumpkin pie?
These two NFL teams have the longest traditions of hosting Thanksgiving games.
What are the Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys?
What are popcorn, toast, pretzels and jelly beans?
This traditional (and colorful) shopping day takes place the day after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
The first known Thanksgiving celebration was in this year.
What is 1621?
Surveys say this is the most popular Thanksgiving side dish.
What is stuffing?
In 2011, the Dallas Turkey Trot race set a world record for most people dressed as these.
What are turkeys?
"A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" made its television debut in this year.
According to surveys, Americans are most thankful for these.
What are family and friends?
This U.S. president made Thanksgiving into a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Who is John F. Kennedy?
The NFL team with the longest run of Thanksgiving games, the Detroit Lions, began in 1934 with a game against this team.
What are the Chicago Bears?
This 1987 film starred John Candy and Steve Martin as characters trying to make it home for Thanksgiving.
What is "Planes, Trains and Automobiles"?
This traditional Christmas song originally began as a Thanksgiving tune.
What is "Jingle Bells"?
This U.S. president changed Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November, later moving it back to the following week.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
He was the U.S. president who made the turkey pardon an annual tradition.
Who is George H.W. Bush?
The first nationally televised NFL Thanksgiving game, Green Bay at Detroit, took place in this year.
What is 1953?
What is Sonic the Hedgehog?
The tradition of breaking a wishbone for luck originated in this location.
What is ancient Rome?
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in New York City in this year.
What is 1924?
This state is known for producing the most turkeys in the U.S.
What is Minnesota?
As of 2025, this is the only NFL team yet to play on Thanksgiving Day.
What are the Jacksonville Jaguars?
In 2018, this became the first Manga character to be featured in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
What is Goku?
In the 1920s, balloons replaced these in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
What are live zoo animals?