Thanksgiving Jeopardy!!!

Thanksgiving Foods

100

This is the most popular Thanksgiving main course 

a. Brisket

b. Grilled cheese

c. Turkey

Turkey

200

What is The most popular Thanksgiving dessert?

^{Pumpkin Pie}

300

What is The red fruit often served alongside turkey for Thanksgiving dinner?

Cranberries 

400

What is the thanksgiving dish that contains sweet potatoes and marshmallow?

Sweet potato yams

500

This thanksgiving side dish has two very opposing ingredients - Marshmallows and sweet potatoes?!

sweet potato casserole 

600

What is the dish served at thanksgiving that contains breadcrumbs, herbs, nuts (sometimes), celery, onions, and butter?

Stuffing 

700

What is the most disliked food at Thanksgiving?

A. stuffing

b. Cranberry Sauce

c. Mashed potatoes

Cranberry sauce

800

What is the number of calories consumed on an average persons plate on thanksgiving dinner.

4,500 

900

what is your favorite thanksgiving food?

....

1000

what is your LEAST favorite Thanksgiving food?

...

Thanksgiving Traditions

100

What is The day after Thanksgiving as referred to by shoppers?

Black Friday

200

What is The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving.

the fourth Thursday of November

300

What is The part of the turkey that two people pull apart to see if their wish will be granted?

Wishbone

400

What is The most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?

Ham

500

What do people run on Thanksgiving morning?

Turkey Trot

600

What do families say before eating Thanksgiving dinner?

Saying Grace

700

What is the most popular Thanksgiving Tradition?

a. go around and insult each one of your family members one by one

b. go around the table and do an impression of a rabid goose

c. go around the table and say what you are grateful for

Go around the table and say what you are grateful for

800

What is The number of turkeys consumed every year at Thanksgiving?

a. 4

b. 81

c. 46 million

46 Million (Within 5 Million)

900

these two NFL football teams always play on thanksgiving, but never each other - 

a. Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys

b. Detroit Tigers and the Houston Astros

c. The KC Current and Sporting Kansas City

a. Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys

1000

This city is the home of the oldest thanksgiving day parade:

a. Kansas City

b. Las Angeles

c. Philadelphia

c. Philadelphia

Thanksgiving History

100

What is The name of the ship the Pilgrims boarded to start their journey to Plymouth, Massachusetts?

Mayflower

200

True or False

Turkey wasn’t on the menu for the first Thanksgiving?

True

300

What is The reason the Pilgrims felt they had to leave England?

Religious Persecution

400

What was The year of the first Thanksgiving?

1621

500

What is The number of days the first Thanksgiving celebration lasted?

Three days

600

true or false - Pocahontas was at the first thanksgiving?

false

700

True or False

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in 1621, but it wasn't observed as a national holiday until 1867

False - it was observed as a national holiday in 1873

800

Who was the Native American who helped the pilgrims?

Squanto

900

True or false - Benjamin Franklin petitioned for the turkey to be the USA's national bird instead of the eagle. 

TRUE!

1000

US president Calvin Coolidge famously received this animal as a thanksgiving gift

a. Ancient Japanese Parrot

b. Raccoon

c. the rare and extremely expensive Grand Ol' Goldfish

Q: what is a raccoon (would also accept trash panda)

Thanksgiving facts

100

What is the type of food which was NOT served at the first Thanksgiving.

corn?

pie?

seafood?

Pie

200

What is the name of the piece of flesh ABOVE the turkey's beak?

a. A Gondorf 

b. a Snood 

c. a pigglywiggly

a snood

300

What was the first crop served at Thanksgiving?

Corn

400

What is the average weight of a turkey that is bought for Thanksgiving?

15 Pounds

500

Where does Thanksgiving rank among America's favorite holidays?

#2

1-4 respectively: Christmas, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, Easter

600

What is The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak called? (we had this last week if you can remember! 

a. wattle 

b. gizzard

c. floppy neck skin

The Wattle

700

True or false question

The TV dinner was invented thanks to Thanksgiving.

True

800

What is The speed that turkeys can run when scared?

20mph

900

This is the only NFL franchise to NEVER have played a football game on thanksgiving: 

a. The Oklahoma Sooners

b. The Jacksonville Jaguars

c. The Golden State Warriors

b. the Jacksonville jaguars

1000

Black Friday is the busiest day of the year for which trade professionals 

a. HVAC (heating and air conditioner)

b. plumber

c. Electrician

Plumber! 

Thanksgiving Jokes

100

"What key has legs and can't open a door?"

A Turkey

200

Why did they let the turkey join the band?

Because he had his own drumsticks

300

What happened to the turkey that got in a fight?

He got the stuffing knocked out of him!

400

What do you call a running turkey?

Fast Food

500

What did the turkey say to the computer?

Google, google.

600

"Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive?"

"It had 24 carrots."

700

"What did the turkey say to his real estate agent?"

 "Turn-key only."

800

"Why did the cranberries turn red?"

 "Because they saw the turkey dressing."

900

What is an appropriate accessory to wear to thanksgiving dinner?

a har-VEST

1000

Why didn't the cook season the Thanksgiving turkey?

There was no thyme!

Presidential and NFL Thanksgiving

100

The name of the US President who first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving in November.

Abraham Lincoln

200

The name of the US President who made turkey pardoning an annual event. 

George H.W. Bush

300

The name of the US President who declared two Thanksgivings in one year.

James Madison

400

The name of the US President who refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday.

Thomas Jefferson

He opposed days of Thanksgiving because they were remnants of Britain's reign over the American colonies.

500

The only active NFL franchise to have never played on Thanksgiving.

the Jacksonville Jaguars

600

The NFL team which has played nearly double the amount of Thanksgiving games than any other team.

Detroit Lions

82 (2021)

700

Other than the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys, this team has the most Thanksgiving appearances.

Green Bay Packers

Washington Redskins

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

36 games played

800

Thanksgiving football games were not played in the years 1941 to 1944 because of this worldwide event happening during this period of time.

World War II

900

The name of 1 of 3 active NFL teams who have played on Thanksgiving but never won.

the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1)

the Cleveland Browns (0-3)

the Cincinnati Bengals (0-1)

1000

The first president to "pardon" a turkey.

John F Kennedy