It's A Small World
Names The Same
Failures Turned Into Success
Thanksgiving Traditions
November, November
100

This small, red summer fruit develops tiny seeds on the outside and often tops shortcake.

Strawberry
100

Hanks, Edison, and Jefferson

Tom or Thomas

100

He is best known for inventing the electric lightbulb.

Thomas Edison

100

This is the granddaddy of all Thanksgiving Day parades.

Macy's Day Parade

100

November is the last full month of this season in the northern hemisphere

Fall

200

This melodious flyer is the world’s smallest bird

Hummingbird

200

A-list actresses Audrey and Katharine

Hepburn

200

He bombed as a stand-up comic in front of a live audience before his wild success as the star of the eponymous TV sitcom about nothing

Jerry Steinfield

200

“Over the River and Through the Woods” is a traditional Thanksgiving Day nursery rhyme in which the people are headed to this person’s house

Grandmother

200

The Roman Catholic Church celebrates All Saints’ Day on this day in November

November 1st

400

This northeastern state is the smallest U.S. state

Rhode Island

400

Businesswoman Martha, actor James, and talk-show host Jon

Stewart

400

Before he built his theme park empire, this household name was fired from his newspaper job for lack of creativity

Walt Disney

400

This is the traditional at-home Thanksgiving afternoon game for spectators and/or participants

Football

400

This holiday falls on November 11 and celebrates members of the United States Armed Forces.

Veterans Day

600

This small serving or treat is eaten between meals

Snack

600

Actors De Niro, Wagner, and Duvall

Robert

600

He failed his music classes and was told, “You ain’t goin’ nowhere, son. You ought to go back to driving a truck,” after his first paying performance. In 1954, he recorded his first hit “That’s All Right” and later became known as the king of rock ’n’ roll

Elvis Presley

600

This centerpiece represents the bountiful harvest of autumn

cornucopia

600

When November elections are held in the United States, they fall on this Tuesday

Tuesday after the first Monday of November

800

Every now and then, when you cut into a bell pepper, you find this inside

Baby Bell Pepper

800

Child, Roberts, and Louis-Dreyfus

Julia

800

You’ve seen him on Shark Tank, and he owns the Dallas Mavericks, but fame and fortune did not come easily. After repeatedly failing as an employee, he started his own company and catapulted himself to the top from there

Mark Cuban

800

A customary practice is to go around the Thanksgiving table and ask everyone to answer this question

“What are you thankful for?"

800

This is one of the two November birthstones.

topaz or citrine