History
This year is commonly taught as the date of the “First Thanksgiving.”
What is 1621?
This orange vegetable pie is a dessert table staple.
What is pumpkin pie?
What is a "gobble"?
This city hosts the most famous Thanksgiving Day Parade.
What is New York City?
Many families go around the table and share something they feel this.
What is thankful for?
He declared Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The red sauce often served with turkey is made from this fruit.
What are cranberries?
A male turkey is called this.
What is a tom?
The parade is sponsored annually by this department store.
What is Macy’s?
This post-dinner activity often results in a nap.
What is watching football?
This ship brought the Pilgrims to America.
What is the Mayflower?
This fluffy side dish is often topped with marshmallows.
What is sweet potato casserole?
The President performs this annual holiday tradition involving a turkey.
What is a turkey pardon?
This cartoon dog is one of the parade’s most iconic balloons.
Who is Snoopy?
This shopping day immediately follows Thanksgiving.
What is Black Friday?
The First Thanksgiving feast was shared between the Pilgrims and this Native nation.
Who are the Wampanoag?
Green bean casserole traditionally uses this crispy topping.
What are fried onions?
Turkeys can do this surprisingly well—even though we rarely see them do it.
What is fly?
This NFL team always hosts a Thanksgiving game, a tradition since 1934.
Who are the Detroit Lions?
A common family activity: breaking this poultry part to make a wish.
What is the wishbone?
This woman campaigned for decades for Thanksgiving to become a national holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
This bread-based dish may be called stuffing or this other name.
What is dressing?
Wild turkeys often sleep in these.
What are trees?
This 1990s sitcom has several famous Thanksgiving episodes, including the “turkey on the head” scene.
What is Friends?
The name for the trip home after too much food and visiting.
What is a Turkey Trot (jokingly) or food coma ride? (You can pick either.)