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What kind of potatoes do people usually make for Thanksgiving dinner?
Mashed potatoes or Sweet potatoes
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What do you call the shopping day that happens the day after Thanksgiving?
Black Friday.
100
This animal is the main food that is ate on Thanksgiving.
Turkeys
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When does the United States celebrate Thanksgiving? (day/month)
4th Thursday of November
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How Good Is Thanksgiving Food?
AMAZING!!
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200
What is the most popular dessert at Thanksgiving dinner?
Pumpkin pie is the most popular dessert.
200
What is a popular sport that people play or watch on Thanksgiving?
football
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200
What was the name of the ship/boat that traveled from England to America?
Mayflower
(Give 200 To The Next Team)
200
How may days did it take the Pilgrims to travel from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts?
a) 68 days
b) 66 days
c) 67 days
d) 65 days
b) 66 Days
200
What is the name of the place that the Pilgrims settled?
Plymouth
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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the heaviest turkey weighed how much?
86 pounds
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Where is the famous Thanksgiving Day parade located?
New York City
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Who were the English people who came to the United States in 1620?
The Pilgrims
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What year was the first Thanksgiving?
A) 1681
B)1642
C)1621
D)1617
C) 1621
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What part of the turkey is pulled by two people and the person that has the bigger piece will have good luck or their wish granted?
Wishbone
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300
How many miles long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?
2.5 miles
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What do you call the "sauce" that is popular to put on turkey?
gravy
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What are two jobs that people can volunteer for in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade, specifically with the large balloons?
Balloon handlers and balloon pilots
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400
This group of people helped the Pilgrims survive the first winter in America.
Native Americans
400
Name a type of meat they ate at the first Thanksgiving?
duck, venison (deer), cod (fish)
400
What do you call the horn shaped container of fruits, flowers, or nuts often seen on dinner tables at Thanksgiving.
cornucopia
(DOUBLE UP!!)
400
This holiday figure is at the end of the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
Santa Claus
500
What is the name of the red fruit that is often served at Thanksgiving dinner? (used as a sauce to put on top of turkey)
Cranberries.
(All Points To Opponents)
500
This holiday classic airs every year! Can you name at least four of the characters in this picture?
Clockwise: Linus, Lucy, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy, Marcy, Franklin
500
This U.S. President made Thanksgiving an official holiday in 1863.
President Abraham Lincoln
500
Which Founding Father wanted the Turkey to be our national bird rather than the Bald Eagle?
Benjamin Franklin
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!
500
This popular sitcom episode featured one of the protagonists, Monica, cooking dinner for all of her friends.
Can you list the rest of the friends?
From left to right: Joey, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler, Rachel
500
This president in 1989 started the tradition of pardoning turkeys on Thanksgiving.
George H.W. Bush