History of Thanks
The famous first Thanksgiving celebration took place in this year.
What is 1621?
This orange vegetable is commonly used to make a traditional Thanksgiving pie.
What is pumpkin?
This famous parade has been held in New York City on Thanksgiving since 1924?
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
This state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday.
What is New York?
In the television sitcom Friends, this character famously puts a turkey on her head.
Who is Monica Geller?
This tribe of Native American people shared the harvest feast with the Pilgrims.
Who are the Wampanoag?
This herb is commonly used to season traditional Thanksgiving stuffing.
What is sage?
This professional football league traditionally features Thanksgiving Day games.
What is the NFL?
This was the original name of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America.
What is the Mayflower?
This animated television special features Charlie Brown attempting to host a Thanksgiving dinner.
What is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?
This ship brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This is the name of the small organ in a turkey's digestive system that helps grind food.
What is the gizzard?
This president began the modern tradition of officially pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
This U.S. state produces the most cranberries.
What is Wisconsin?
This 1987 comedy film stars Steve Martin and John Candy as two travelers trying to get home for Thanksgiving.
What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?
This president officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This French cooking term describes cooking food slowly in fat, often used for duck.
What is confit?
This famous parade character made its debut as a giant balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Who is Felix the Cat?
The 1621 harvest celebration traditionally lasted this many days.
What is three days?
This classic song begins with the lyrics about a horse named Paul Revere. (Hint: it wasn't meant to be Christmas carol)
What is "Over the River and Through the Wood"?
She campaigned for many years to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This Native American staple made from ground corn is sometimes called a traditional Thanksgiving food?
What is hominy?
This department store originally sponsored the Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia, known for its elaborate floats.
What is Gimbels?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade it's first feature television broadcasts on this year.
What is 1947?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY! This president established the date of Thanksgiving as the fourth Thursday in November when he signed a congressional resolution in 1941.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?