Thanksgiving Jeopardy

Thanksgiving

100

How many Thanksgiving turkeys are prepared in America each year (by estimate)

A. 50 million

B. 27 million

C. 46 million 

C. 46 million

200

In what year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

A. 1856

B. 1621

C. 1739

B. 1621

300

How many women were at the very first Thanksgiving celebration ever?

A. 5

B. 16

C. 21

A. 5

400

Which holiday is the popular holiday on Friday right after thanksgiving?

Black Friday 

500

Which US president made Thanksgiving a national holiday?

Abraham Lincoln

This or That (Easy Points, I ran out of ideas)

100

Apple Juice or Orange Juice

No right or wrong answer. I prefer apple juice tho 

200

Tiktok or Instagram

Idk I like Instagram 

300

Burgers or Pizza

I prefer pizza

400

City or Suburbs

Anything but nyc tbh 

500

Crocs or slides

i like both but to each their own

Foods

100

Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?

A. Pumpkin Pie

B. Apple Pie

A. Apple Pie

200

What is the most popular food eaten on thanksgiving?

Turkey

300

When did green bean casserole 🤮 first get introduced to Thanksgiving dinners?

A. 1955

B. 1978

C. 1896

A. 1955

400

What meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?

Ham

500

What state consumes the most turkey every Thanksgiving? 

A. Tennessee

B. Ohio

C. California

C. California 

True or False

100

True or False- A baby turkey is called a nestling

A. True

B. False

B. False

It is called a poult.

200

True or False- Turkey was the first type of food served on Thanksgiving

A. False

B. True

A. False 

(It was venison, duck, goose, oysters, lobster, eel and other fish)

300

True or False- President Calvin Coolidge received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present?

A. False

B. True

B. True

400

True or False- Most Americans prefer Thanksgiving leftovers rather than the food on the actual day

A. True

B. False

A. True

(About 80% of Americans prefer leftovers)

500

True or False- The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted over a 2 day period

A. True

B. False

B. False

It lasted over a 3 day period

Holidays

100

What is the name of the people who first celebrated Thanksgiving?

The Pilgrims 

200

Which country did eggnog come from?

(Hint- the country is nearly the name of a language) 

England 

300

Which popular holiday drink is also referred to as "milk punch"?

Eggnog 

400

Immigrants from which country brought the idea of gingerbread and candy canes to the US?

A. Germany

B. Ireland

C. Mexico

A. Germany

500

Name at least 2 of Santa's reindeer

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph