Turkey Talk
Approximately how many turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving each year?
a. 50 million
b. 750 million
c. 280 million
C. 280 million
Who is the sponsor of the annual Thanksgiving Day Parade held in New York City each year?
Macy's
Number of days the first Thanksgiving lasted?
3 days
This president moved Thanksgiving up one week in an effort to stimulate the Christmas shopping economy.
Franklin Roosevelt
What two colleges started the tradition of football on Thanksgiving? Hint: think Ivy League
Yale and Princeton
Where is the best place to put a thermometer in a turkey to test if it is done?
thigh
How long is the parade route of the Thanksgiving Parade?
2.5 miles
What percentage of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving Day?
a. 88%
b. 67%
c. 98%
a. 88%
How many towns in the United States are named "Turkey"?
4
Since 1978 these two teams have played on Thanksgiving each year.
Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys
Which president started the tradition of pardoning a turkey on Thanksgiving? (sparing the turkey from someone's dinner table)
Harry Truman
The first character balloon debuted in 1927. Who was it?
Felix the Cat
What is the Guinness World Record for the heaviest turkey?
a. 86 pounds
b. 149 pounds
c. 312 pounds
a. 86 pounds
What state do all of the pardoned turkeys go to live in? Hint: It is on the East Coast.
Virginia
Which NFL team, that is not a regular team playing on Thanksgiving, has lost the most games on Thanksgiving?
Green Bay Packers
What is a baby turkey called?
Poult
This character balloon has appeared more times than any other and no Charlie Brown does not get to fly with him?
Snoopy
How much cream of mushroom soup does Campbell's sell at Thanksgiving?
a. $4 million
b. $20 million
c. $53 million
b. $20 million
True or false: The first meal eaten on the moon by Neil Armstron and Buzz Aldren was a roasted turkey dinner.
True
There is one NFL team who has never played on Thanksgiving, which team is it?
Jacksonville Jaguars
A full grown turkey can have how many feathers?
a. 750
b. 1,000
c. 3,500
C. 3,500
True or false: The first parade featured employees of the sponsoring company walking animals from the Central Park Zoo down the street?
True
Four inches is how far this popular Thanksgiving must bounce to ensure it is the appropriate amount of ripeness.
Cranberry
What is the average number of calories a person consumes on Thanksgiving?
4,500
Three teams, that have played on Thanksgiving, have never won a game on Thanksgiving Day. Name one of them.
Bengals, Buccaneers, Browns