NFL Football
The First Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Today
Turkey Facts
Thanksgiving Fact or Fiction
100
What team has played in the most Thanksgiving Day games?
A. Patriots
B. Lions
C. Cowboys
B. Detroit Lions
100
What was the name of the ships that brought the pilgrims over to the United States?
A. The Titanic
B. The Mayflower
C. The Minnow
B. The mayflower
100
About how many million turkeys are sold every year in the U.S?
A. About 28 Million
B. About 280 Million
C. About 380 Million
B. 280 million
100
How much did the largest turkey ever weigh?
A. 68 Pds.
B. 86 pds.
C. 38 pds.
B. 86 pounds
100
Abraham Lincoln became the first American president to proclaim a national day of thanksgiving:
A. Fact
B. Fiction
B. Fiction
200
Which team or teams have won the most Thanksgiving Day games?
A. Dallas Cowboys
B. NY Giants
C. Detroit Lions
A. Dallas Cowboys
200
Where did the pilgrims land in the U.S?
A. Boston MA
B. Plymouth MA
C. Roanoke VA
B. Plymouth
200
What state consumes the most turkeys?
A. California
B. Florida
C. West Virginia
A. California
200
What % of fAmerican families eat Turkey on Thanksgiving?
A. 88%
B. 78%
C. 28%
A. 88%
200
Fact or Fiction: Turkeys are slow-moving birds that lack the ability to fly:
A. Fact
B. Fiction
B. Fiction- wild turkeys are smaller and can fly.
300
What is the only team not to play an NFL game on Thanksgiving?
A. Jacksonville
B. Seattle
C. Cleveland
A. Jacksonville
300
What was the year of the first Thanksgiving?
A. 1641
B.1721
C. 1621
C. 1621
300
What Peanuts character has been in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for 33 years?
A. Charlie Brown
B. Woodstock
C. Snoopy
C.Snoopy
300
What are side dish do Americans say is their favorite side dish on Thanksgiving?
A. Green bean casserole
B. Mashed potatoes
C. Stuffing/ dressing
B. Mashed
300
The Macy's Thanksgiving parade is held in LA every year.
A. Fact
B. Fiction
B.Fiction
It is held in NYC every year.
400
The first NFL football game played on Thanksgiving was in:
A. 1934
B. 1924
C. 1944
A. 1934
400
What utensil did the pilgrims NOT use at the first Thanksgiving?
A. Knifes
B. Spoons
C. Forks
C. forks
400
Trivia Question: Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
A. John Adams
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Franklin Roosevelt
B. Thomas Jefferson
400
Average turkey size most people buy for Thanksgiving?
A. 10-12 pounds
B 13 -15 pounds
C. Over 16 pounds
C. Over 16
400
What is the favorite Thanksgiving Pie ?
A. Pumpkin
B. Pecan
C. Apple
C. Apple
500
There have only been 6 seasons that there were no Thanksgiving game 1937-1944. What historic event caused this:
A. WWI
B. Vietnam War
C. WWII
C.WWII
500
Which U.S. Founding Father famously referred to turkeys as "a bird of courage":
A. George Washington
B. Ben Franklin
C. Miles Standish
B. Ben Franklin
500
What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?
A. Giggly Puff
B. Gobble
C. Snood
C. Snood
500
Tryptophan is a chemical in turkey that is said to make you:
A. Happy
B. Tired
C. Thirsty
B. Tired
500
When teens were asked what they like to do on Thanksgiving most of them said eat:
A. Fact
B. Fiction
B. fiction
(37% said play games , 23% said sleep)