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What is the best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey according to Butterball?
Thigh
100
What city is the Macy's Thanksgiving parade in?
New York
100
What other country celebrates Thanksgiving?
Canada
100
Back in the early Thanksgiving celebrations, they also liked sporting events and took bets. Of course it wasn't football back then. Which sport was it?
Shooting
100
The first Thanksgiving was believed to have lasted how many days?
3 days
200
What part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom?
The wishbone
200
What was the 1st department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade
Gimbel's in Phili in 1920
200
What year did the Mayflower land at Plymouth Rock?
1620
200
The first Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by which team?
Detroit Lions
200
Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start the annual tradition?
President Harry Truman
300
In 1621, what very popular Thanksgiving food today was not served?
Pumpkin Pie
300
What year did the first Macy's Thanksgiving parade take place?
1924
300
What was the name of the ship the pilgrams came over on?
Mayflower
300
What was the beverage of choice at the first Thanksgiving?
Beer
300
The busiest travel day of the year is?
The Friday after Thanksgiving
400
What percent of families eat turkey also as a Christmas meal?
50%
400
Which balloon was the first balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade?
Felix the Cat
400
What Indian tribe was invited to the first Thanksgiving feast?
Wampanoag Tribe
400
The custom of watching football games on Thanksgiving Day also evolved during the early decades of the 20th century. Many Americans digest their holiday meal while watching football games on television. Traditionally, which two National Football League (NFL) teams host games on Thanksgiving Day?
Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys
400
In 2005 President Bush pardoned 2 turkeys named Marshmallow and Yam. But, instead of going to the Frying Pan Park in Herndon,VA like all of the previously pardoned turkeys, where did these turkeys go?
To Disneyland to be the Grand Marshals of the 2005 Disneyland Thanksgiving Day parade
500
What are unhappy cranberries called?
Blueberries
500
The longest balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is?
Superman - 100 feet long
500
Captain John Smith founded what colony in Virginia?
Jamestown
500
Who holds the record for most Thanksgiving MVPs, having won the award five times: 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2002.
Former Cowboys running back Emmitt Smith
500
How fast can a turkey run?
25 mph