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Presidential History
The 1st Thanksgiving
Turkey
Miscellaneous
Thanksgiving Meal
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This president unofficially pardoned his son Tad's turkey. Tad argued "He’s a good turkey, and I don’t want him killed.”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
Back in the early 1600's, the pilgrims didn't have this utensil to eat their Thanksgiving meal with.
What is a fork?
100
The part of the turkey that is saved and snapped as a superstitious, good-luck custom
What is the wishbone?
100
The original name for the pilgrims
What are the Puritans?
100
An estimated 40 million of these casseroles are served on Thanksgiving
What are green bean casseroles?
200
This president began the tradition of pardoning a White House turkey in 1947.
Who is Harry Truman?
200
Of the original 102 pilgrims that came, approximately this many survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving
What is 50?
200
The best spot on the turkey to insert the meat thermometer
Where is the thigh?
200
The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade
What is Gimbel's?
200
This is most ripe when it is able to bounce
What is a cranberry?
300
Every year the President of the United States pardons a turkey and it goes to a public farm called Frying Pan Park in this state.
What is Virginia?
300
Native Americans used this Thanksgiving staple as a medicine to treat arrow punctures and other wounds and as a dye for fabric.
What are cranberries?
300
Female turkeys are called...
What are hens?
300
This cat balloon was the first balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
What is Felix the Cat?
300
Early colonial settlers used this for the crust of pies rather than the filling
What is pumpkin?
400
This President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy?
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
400
This pilgrim leader had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in 1621
Who is Governor William Bradford?
400
This amino acid found in turkeys sets off a chemical chain reaction that calms you down and makes you sleepy.
What is tryptophan?
400
This superhero has been the longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Who is Superman?
400
The average person consumes this many calories on Thanksgiving Day (by the 500s)
What is 4500?
500
He was opposed to the idea of a turkey as our national bird. Hence, the nickname for a male turkey is “Tom Turkey.”
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
The first Thanksgiving occurred in what year?
What is 1621?
500
Turkeys can die of this, sometimes being scared to death.
What is a heart attack?
500
This movie features the hiring of Kris Kringle as the Santa for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
500
The pilgrims took this beverage with them on their voyage to the New World.
What is beer?