Traditions
This sport is commonly watched by on Thanksgiving Day.
What is Football?
This bird is traditionally served as the main dish at Thanksgiving dinner.
What is Turkey?
This group of English settlers celebrated a harvest feast with the Wampanoag people in 1621.
Who were the pilgrims?
This is the sound a male turkey is famous for making.
What is gobbling?
This popular shopping day takes place the day after Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
This tart, red fruit is commonly cooked into a sauce served alongside Thanksgiving turkey.
What are cranberries?
This ship carried the Pilgrims from England to North America in 1620.
What is the Mayflower?
This is the maximum approximate running speed of a wild turkey: 10, 25, or 45 miles per hour.
What is 25 miles per hour?
This Thanksgiving tradition involves two people pulling apart a small bone from a turkey while making a wish.
What is breaking the wishbone?
This cooking technique involves soaking a turkey in a saltwater solution before roasting to help it retain moisture.
What is brining?
This U.S. president proclaimed a national Thanksgiving holiday in 1863 during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This famous cartoon dog serves an unusual Thanksgiving dinner of toast, popcorn, and jelly beans.
Who is Snoopy Dog?
This department store first held its famous Thanksgiving parade in 1924.
What is Macy's?
This woven, horn-shaped basket is commonly filled with fruits, vegetables, and other harvest decorations.
What is cornucopia?
This month was chosen for the national Thanksgiving holiday proclaimed by Abraham Lincoln in 1863.
This is the name for a male turkey.
What is a tom?
This U.S. president began the annual White House tradition of formally pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey in 1989.
Who is George H. W. Bush?
This thickening agent, made by cooking equal parts flour and fat, is often used to prepare smooth Thanksgiving gravy.
This American conflict was taking place when Abraham Lincoln issued his Thanksgiving proclamation in 1863.
What is the civil war.?
This part of a turkey's body changes color depending on its mood or level of excitement.
What is it's head/neck?