Trivia
What is the most popular day to shop during Thanksgiving weekend?
Black Friday
Most popular Thanksgiving dessert
Pumpkin Pie.
Americans consume up to 50 million pies every November
The most watched program on Thanksgiving Day.
Macy's Parade
This traditional Thanksgiving food was not at the first Thanksgiving.
Turkey.
Venison, Goose, Duck, fish and porridge was first on the menu.
The name of a male turkey.
Tom
True/False: Thanksgiving is the busiest travel holiday of the year?
False
The most disliked Thanksgiving dish.
Cranberry Sauce
This part of the turkey is used in good luck rituals
Wishbone
The year of the first Thanksgiving
1621
Do Turkeys actually gooble?
Only male turkeys gobble.
How long did the first Thanksgiving feast last?
3 days
Popular side dish created in 1950 by Campbells Soup Company.
Greenbean casserole
This president made turkey pardoning an annual event
1989, George H. W. Bush
When was Thanksgiving appointed as a national holiday?
1863, during the Civil War
What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?
A Snood.
What town canceled Thanksgiving because they couldn't make pumpkin pies?
Colchester, Connecticut
They postponed it a week due to the River Freezing
Average number of calories consumed on Thanksgiving.
Approx. 4,500
The year of the first NFL Thanksgiving game.
1920
The number of passengers on the Mayflower.
102
Weight of the largest Turkey on record.
86 pounds
What Christmas song was orginally meant to be a Thanksgiving song?
Jingle Bells
How many minutes a day does the average American spend eating and drinking on Thanksgiving day?
67 mins.
What did the balloons take the place of when introduced in the 1928 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Live Zoo Animals
Which U.S Founding Father famously referred to turkey's as "a bird of courage"
Benjamin Franklin
How many turkeys do Americans prepare each Thanksgiving?
46 million