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100

Thanksgiving was first celebrated here, a town in Massachusetts. 

What is Plymouth?

100

This day is considered the busiest day of the year for plumbers.  It also marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season.

What is Black Friday?

100

This song, originally called "One Horse Open Sleigh," was written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.

What is Jingle Bells?

100

The first Thanksgiving feast did not include turkeys, but deer and this large marine crustacean.

What is lobster?

100

The given name of the turkey comes from this Middle Eastern country, from which they were imported to America.

What is Turkey?

100

A mature turkey has about 3,500 of these.

What are feathers?

200

The first Thanksgiving feast lasted this many days, or the second prime number.

What is three days?

200

The first time this parade was held on Thanksgiving, live animals, not giant floats, were featured.

What is Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

200

A movie comedy about a man struggling to get home for Thanksgiving, with a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.

What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?

200

This fruit, at one time thought to remove freckles and cure snake bites, is the most popular dessert pie on Thanksgiving.

What is a pumpkin?

200

This nation celebrates Thanksgiving in October.

What is Canada?

200

A male turkey is called this.

What is a tom turkey?

300

It wasn't until 1863 that this President proclaimed Thanksgiving would be an annual holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

300

This city has hosted an NFL game on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.

What is Detroit?

300

This movie starts on Thanksgiving Day, and tells the story of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa.

What is Miracle on 34th Street?

300

The Campbell Soup Company created this side dish, which is served over 40 million times on Thanksgiving Day.

What is green bean casserole?

300

The idea of an annual harvest celebration dates back to this nation, which honored the Goddess Demeter, the deity of food grains.

What is Greece?

300

This cutlery item was invented 10 years after the first Thanksgiving.

What is a fork?

400

The name of the ship on which the Pilgrims traveled to the New World.

What is the Mayflower?

400

This character has appeared in the most Macy's Thanksgiving Day parades.

Who is Snoopy?

400

This Irish alternative rock band is also a common side dish at the Thanksgiving table.

Who are the Cranberries?

400

This product was created in 1953 after the company found itself with a surplus of 260 tons of turkey.

What is the Swanson TV dinner?

400

Thanksgiving in this country is called Erntedankfest, where chicken, not turkey, is the main dish.

What is Germany?

400

This state raises the most turkeys annually.

What is Minnesota?

500

This Founding Father wanted the Turkey to be our National Bird instead of the Bald Eagle.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

500


Often seen on the Thanksgiving dinner table as a centerpiece, this horn-shaped container usually holds fruits, flowers, or nuts.







What is a cornucopia?

500

This holiday classic airs every Thanksgiving.  Name at least four of the characters in this picture.

Who is Linus, Lucy, Charlie Brown, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy, Marcy, and Franklin?

500


What is a turducken?

500

The Pilgrims left this nation, which literally means "low countries," for the New World.

What is the Netherlands?

500

This President became the first to formally pardon a turkey.

Who is George H.W. Bush?