Thanksgiving Foods
The most popular main course on Thanksgiving.
What is Turkey?
The name of the service that has been available for 40 years to answer consumer questions about cooking turkey.
Butterball Turkey Talk-Line
The orange vegetable commonly used as a symbol of Thanksgiving.
What is a pumpkin?
Though this song is thought of s a Christmas song, it was actually written to be sung on Thanksgiving Day.
What is Jingle Bells?
This food was not served at the first Thanksgiving.
What are mashed potatoes?
Though a staple for most Thanksgiving dinners, this side dish was not invented until 50 years after the first feast.
Cranberry Sauce.
Green Bean casserole was invented by what company.
What is Campbell Soup Company?
The day and month of the year on which we traditionally celebrate Thanksgiving
What is the fourth Thursday of November?
The leaves turn these colors during the fall and make for nice decoration colors for Thanksgiving.
What is orange, yellow, or brown?
Thanksgiving was first celebrated in this state.
What is Massachusetts?
This department store is known for their extravagant Thanksgiving parade.
What is Macys?
This character on Sesame Street has a costume made out of dyed turkey feathers.
Who is Big Bird?
The most popular Thanksgiving dessert.
What is Pumpkin Pie?
A race many people run on Thanksgiving morning.
What is a Turkey Trot?
The English separatists who came to the United States in 1620.
Who were Pilgrims?
The President is able to do this to the turkey chosen for the White House's Thanksgiving meal in order to stop it from being eaten.
What is pardon?
The annual Thanksgiving Day Parade concludes with the arrival of this person.
Who is Santa Claus?
Male Turkeys "gobble gobble", but female turkeys make this sound.
What is "Cackle Cackle"?
This red fruit is often served after being made into a jelly along with other side dishes for Thanksgiving dinner.
What is cranberry sauce?
This many turkeys are consumed every year at Thanksgiving.
a. 32 million
b. 46 million
c. 74 million
What is 46 million?
The conical-shaped basket that is generally filled with fruits and vegetables.
What is a cornucopia?
This is the year of the first Thanksgiving.
What is 1621?
True or False. Domesticated turkeys can fly in short bursts of up to 55 mph, but wild turkeys can't fly because they are too big.
False! Wild turkeys are able to fly but domesticated turkeys are not.
True or False. The first ever TV dinner was made with Thanksgiving leftovers.
True! In 1953 a worker at Swanson ordered too many frozen turkeys (260 tons too many to be exact), so a company salesman named Jerry Thomas had the idea to create a packaged dinner on aluminum trays. After an assembly line of women scooped turkey, cornbread dressing, peas, and sweet potatoes onto the trays, the TV dinner was born!
The number one side dish served at most Thanksgiving dinners.
What is Stuffing/Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, or Corn?
A tradition where people would break this specific part of a turkey, which was meant to promote patience and spending time with family.
What is the Wishbone?
A large, native bird to North America that is large enough to feed a family.
What is a wild turkey?
This President made Thanksgiving a national holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Founding Father who wanted the wild turkey to be the symbol of the United States of America.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This eating utensil was most probably not used during the first Thanksgiving.
What is a fork?
The average turkey eaten during Thanksgiving weighs this much.
What is 30 pounds?
This is the second most popular Thanksgiving entree after turkey.
What is ham?
This meat was brought to the first thanksgiving by the Native tribe.
What is Deer (Venison)?
The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.
What is 3?
The loose red skin attached to the underside of a turkey’s beak
What is a Wattle?
True or False. The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured Central Park Zoo animals.
True! The Parade included monkeys, bears, camels, and elephants borrowed from the Central Park Zoo.