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What is the number of people who sailed on the Mayflower?
102
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What is the place where pardoned turkeys go to die?
Mt. Vernon, Virginia
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What is the longest balloon in the Macy's Day Parade?
Superman - 104 fee - 1982
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What amino acid in turkeys that makes people sleepy?
Triptophan
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On what day is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
The second Monday in October
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What is the number of days it took the Pilgrims to sail to America?
66 days
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How many feathers will a fully grown turkey have?
3,500
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What was the first giant baloon in the Macy's parade?
Felix the Cat = 1927
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What is the tribe of Native Americans who feasted with the Pilgrims?
Wampanoag Indians.
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What ballroom dance is modeled off of a turkey's movements?
The Turkey Trot
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What is the name of the other ship that was supposed to sail with the Mayflower?
The Speedwell
300
How many questions does the Butterball Turkey hotline receive every November and December?
100,000+
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What is the name of the woman who convinced President Lincoln to make Thanksgiving a national holdiay?
Sarah Josephea Hale
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What other meat was served at the first Thanksgiving?
cod, eel
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How many pardoned turkeys are currently living at George Washington's Mt. Vernon Estate?
Zero - they all have died as they were not wild turkeys and were bred for eating and not longevity.
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Who was the first governor of Plymouth Colony?
John Carver
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What is the state that produces the most turkeys in the U.S.?
Minnesota
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In what year was the first Macy's Day Parade
1924
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How many days did the first Thanksgiving feast last?
3 days
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What two teams played each other in the first Thanksgiving game in 1934?
The Detroit Lions and the Chicago Bears
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What food was used by the Native Americans to treat arrow wounds?
Cranberries
500
What is the recommended time to cook a 20-24 pound, stuffed turkey at 325 degrees?
5-5.5 hours
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Which founding father wanted the turkey to be our national bird?
Benjamin Franklin
500
What foods were not served at the first Thanksgiving dinner?
Corn on the cob, sweet potatoes, milk, eggs, ham
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What is the poem Sarah Josephea Hale wrote?
Mary Had a Little Lamb