Thanksgiving History
Turkey Trivia
Thanksgiving Sides
Thanksgiving Math
Random
100
These two groups of people met and shared a meal considered "The First Thanksgiving".
What are the Native Americans and the Pilgrims?
100
This is what female turkeys are called.
What are hens?
100
This Thanksgiving side is usually made with bread, butter, veggies, and sometimes meat.
What is stuffing?
100
There are 5 turkeys in the yard and 5 turkeys in the barn. This is the total number of turkeys.
What are 10 turkeys?
100
This was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came to America in.
What is the Mayflower?
200
This month is when Thanksgiving is celebrated.
What is November?
200
True or False: Domesticated turkeys cannot fly.
True.
200
Americans eat about 250 million pounds of this side every year for Thanksgiving.
What is potatoes?
200
If there were 150 turkeys in the grocery story and 100 were sold for Thanksgiving. This is how many were left.
What is 50 turkeys?
200
This percent of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving:
a) 60%
b) 76%
c) 88%
d) 95%
What is c) 88%?
300
This was probably one of the main proteins at the first Thanksgiving feast.
What is deer, wild turkey, or fish?
300
A group of turkeys is called this.
What is either a flock, rafter, or gaggle?
300
This side dish is made with mushroom soup, green beans, and crispy onions.
What is green bean casserole?
300
There are 20 turkeys in the room. This is how many wings there are total.
What is 40 wings?
300
This movie made Macy's Parade more famous.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
400
This president issued a proclamation for a national day of Thanksgiving.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
400
Around Thanksgiving all Americans eat this many turkeys.
a) 7 million turkeys
b) 23 million turkeys
c) 46 million turkeys
d) 112 million turkeys
What is c) 46 million?
400
This side dish is a red sauce that can come out of a can.
What is cranberry sauce?
400
Male turkeys have 18 tail feathers. If there are 5 turkeys, this is how many tail feathers there are all together.
What is 90 tail feathers?
400
This household danger triples on Thanksgiving.
What is household fires?
500
The first leaders of America declared days of Thanksgiving for three reasons. Name one of them.
What are giving thanks for a new nation, adoption of the Constitution, or end of war?
500
This famous American wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
500
This is considered similar to sweet potatoes.
What are yams?
500
A 10lb turkey feeds 5 people. This is how many turkeys are needed 27 people.
What are 6 turkeys?
500
This is how many turkeys the president pardons every year.
What is 2 turkeys?
600
This president decreed the holiday to be on the fourth Thursday of every November.
Who is President Franklin D Roosevelt?
600
The flap on a turkey's neck is called this. 
What is a wattle?
600
This is another name for stuffing.
What is dressing?
600
There are 4 turkeys. One weighs 20 lb, two turkeys weigh 21, and one weighs 22. This is the average weight of the 4 turkeys.
What is 21 lbs?
600
True or False: Eating turkey on Thanksgiving makes you tired.
What is FALSE?
There isn't a high amount of tryptophan, which can cause drossiness, in turkeys to make you drowsy. It's most likely all the food combined on that day that makes you want to nap!
700
Today, the many Native American tribes don't celebrate Thanksgiving instead they call the day this.
What is "The Day of Mourning"?
700
This is where wild turkeys sleep.
Where are trees?
700
This side dish looks like mini cabbages and originated in Belgium.
What are brussels sprouts?
700
A wild turkey can fly about 100 yards. This is how many inches they can fly.
What is 3,600 inches?
700
This department store had the first Thanksgiving parade.
What is Gimbel Brothers Department Store?
800
This was the year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
800
This is how much the heaviest turkey ever weighed.
What is 86 pounds?
800
This is a type of bread that may have been made without flour by Native Americans before the pilgrims arrived.
What is cornbread?
800
A turkey waddles in a triangle with corners at 36o, 72o, and 72o. This is the type of triangle it created.
What is isosceles triangle?
800
This is the name of the dog show that comes on after the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade.
What is the National Dog Show?
900
This is the name of the tribe of Native Americans who attended the first Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag?
900
This dance was named after the bird.
What is the Turkey Trot?
900
This popular Thanksgiving dessert was not on the menu of the first Thanksgiving even though early English settlers used the main ingredient for a different dessert.
What is pumpkin pie?
900
This is how many ounces is in a 20 lb turkey.
What is 320 ounces?
900
The first NFL Thanksgiving football game between these two teams.
Who are the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears?
1000
She is the "Mother of Thanksgiving" who launched a campaign to make Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Sarah Josepha Hale?
1000
The long fleshy growth from the top of the beak is called this. 
What is the snood?
1000
This side dish is actually a type of fruit that tastes similar to a pumpkin.
What is a butternut squash?
1000
A turkey cooks for 15 minutes a pound. This is how long it takes to cook a 19 lb turkey in hours and minutes.
What is 4 hours and 45 minutes?
1000
Most all of the turkey in the US comes from 6 states. Name one of them.
What are: Minnesota, North Carolina, Arkansas, Indiana, Missouri, or Virginia?