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Mayflower
100
The city the Macys day parade is hosted in.

NYC

100

The year a formal presidential turkey pardon ceremony was established.

1989

100

This nation's Thanksgiving Day was instituted by President Gaspar Dutra on August 17, 1949.

Brazil
100

This company invented the tv dinner based on a surplus of turkey in 1953.

Swanson

100

The Pilgrims were also known by another name. 

Puritans

200

The street that the original Macys parade went down.

34th St

200

The year that Americans commonly call the "First Thanksgiving" was celebrated by the Pilgrims after their first harvest in the New World in October.

1621

200

The month Germany celebrates Thanksgiving 

October

200

This company invented the recipe for green bean casserole.

Campbells

200

It took this many days for the Mayflower to cross the ocean. 

66

300
The year the first Macys parade was held.

1924

300

This President set Thanksgiving to the the next-to-the-last Thursday in November in 1939. 

FDR
300

Country that celebrates Thanksgiving the second Monday of October

Canada

300

This Thanksgiving staple was invented in 1912 by a Massachusetts farmer.

Cranberry Sauce

300

There were this many men, women, and children on board the Mayflower. 

101

400
The length of the Macys parade route

2.5 Miles

400

Initially president that proclaimed national Thanksgiving. 

George Washington

400

Kinro Kansha no Hi is a mixture of Thanksgiving and Labor day in this country. 

Japan

400

The Wampanoag reportedly brought this big game animal to the "First Thanksgiving" feast. 

Deer

400

The Mayflower first landed at this location.

Cape Cod

500
The year balloons were added to the Macys parade.

1928

500

The year the first national Thanksgiving in the United States was proclaimed by the Continental Congress

1777

500
Name of Koreas version of Thanksiving.

Chusok

500

This company is an underrated Thanksgiving superhero; they explain to at least a hundred thousand people why their turkey isn’t turning out as they expected.

Butterball

500

The earliest account was written by this man about Thanksgiving as a letter dated December 12, 1621 and published in 1622.

Edward Winslow