Thanksgiving Jeopardy

Thanksgiving History

100

These are the two groups who celebrated the first Thanksgiving

Who are the Pilgrims and the Indians?

200

This is the name of the ship that the Pilgrims came to America on in 1620.

What is the Mayflower?

300

This United States president was the first to make Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday in 1863.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

This is the United States president who received a raccoon as a gift on Thanksgiving in 1926.

Who is Calvin Coolidge?

500

This is the length of the first Thanksgiving celebration that was celebrated in 1620.

 What is three days?

Thanksgiving Food

100

According to a 2022 survey, this is the least popular Thanksgiving side dish in the United States

What is green bean casserole?

200

This is the helpline that can be called if you need help preparing your turkey for Thanksgiving

What is the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line 

1-800-BUTTERBALL

300

This is the number of calories in a typical Thanksgiving dinner.

What is 3000?

400

There are roughly this many cranberries in a can of cranberry sauce.

What is 200?

500

This is the approximate temperature that a turkey should be cooked to for safe eating

What is 165 degrees?

Thanksgiving Traditions

100

Many Americans will be watching this sport on TV on Thanksgiving

What is football?

200

This is the name of the most famous parade held each year on Thanksgiving.

What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

300

This item may be broken on Thanksgiving. Depending on how it breaks, it may grant someone good luck for the next year/

What is the wishbone?

400

This was the first United States president to pardon a turkey in 1963

Who is John F. Kennedy?

500

This is the popular, unofficial, holiday that follows Thanksgiving, and is known as a day to get a jump on your Christmas shopping.

What is Black Friday?

Thanksgiving Travel

100

Less than 10% of Americans will use this type of transportation for Thanksgiving travel.

What is air travel?

200

AAA states that this is the worst time to travel for Thanksgiving.

What is the Wednesday before Thanksgiving from noon to 8pm?

300

True or False: Thanksgiving is the busiest holiday for travel in the United States.

False, Christmas and New Year have many more people that travel for it.

400

On average, how many people travel in the US on Thanksgiving?

Credit given within 5 million people of the correct answer.

What is 50 million?

500

This is the average distance of travel for Thanksgiving in the U.S. 

Credit given within 50 miles of the correct answer

What is 214 miles?

Miscellaneous Thanksgiving Questions

100

This is the name for a male turkey.

What is a tom?

200

True or False: Caitlin is related to someone who came over on the Mayflower.

True! I am descended from John Howland. He was an indentured servant to the captain of the Mayflower, and he actually fell off the ship during a storm! He survived and eventually became the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusettes. 

300

Americans overwhelmingly said they were most thankful for this in a survey in 2021

What is family?

400

This country also celebrates a fall day of Thanksgiving, but it is held in October.

What is Canada?

500

This profession has the busiest day of the year on Black Friday every year!

Hint: its NOT store owners!

Who are PLUMBERS!