History
The name of the ship on which the pilgrims came to America?
What is the Mayflower?
This state grows the most potatoes each year
What is Idaho?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade takes place in this city every year.
What is New York City?
This Green Bay Packers Wide Receiver was the MVP of the Thanksgiving Day Game in 2009.
Who is Donald Driver?
In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, which part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom?
What is the wishbone?
Italians are famous for their inventions and discoveries. This Italian explorer is famous for discovering the Americas.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
This dates back to the 16th century. There is some confusion in the origin as to where or who really invented it. As most stories go, it is credited to Bernardo Buontalenti, a native of Florence, who delighted the court of Catherina dei Medici. In Italian means "frozen", but it is basically used to indicate the Italian type of ice cream.
What is gelato?
Since the very first Macy’s parade, this jolly character appears at the end each year?
Who is Santa Claus?
The number of NFL games that will be played on Thanksgiving Day this year (same every year)?
What are 3?
Most of these in Germany are Mercedes
What are taxis?
In 1863, during the Civil War, this President declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
There are over 1,000 kinds of of this in Germany.
Hint:Texans like the smoked and jalapeno kind.
What are sausages?
This famous character has appeared in more parades than any other?
a) Snoopy
b) Spiderman
c) Bart Simpson
Who is Snoopy?
There are more football (soccer for the North Americans) fan clubs in this country than anywhere else in the world.
What is Germany?
A male turkey
What is a tom?
This is the longest word to be published, it is 79 letters long.
(German)
What is Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft?
This traditional Thanksgiving vegetable is grown on every continent except Antarctica.
What is corn?
This is often called 'Eternal City', the capital and Italy’s biggest city.
What is Rome?
Traditionally, these 2 teams host a football game every Thanksgiving Day?
Who are Detroit Lions & Dallas Cowboys?
The dangling skin under a turkey's neck
What is a wattle?
The tribe that helped the Pilgrims?
a) Iroquois
b) Wampanoag
c) Apache
Who are the b) Wampanoag?
The following foods that we eat at Thanksgiving today, this was NOT served in 1621?
a) Pumpkin Pie
b) Yams
c) Cranberry Sauce
What is Pumpkin Pie (there were no ovens!)
The Christmas tree (Tannenbaum) tradition came from this country.
What is Germany?
The most popular of Italian sports, originated in Florence in the late 1500s. Its original name, Giuoco del Calcio Fiorentino (or Florentine kick game), eventually became simply calcio, the Italian name for this sport.
What is soccer?
This popular American food was invented in Naples and dates back to 1860
What is pizza?