National Facts
Food
Turkey Names & Facts
Thanksgiving History
Thanksgiving Traditions
100

This founding father, who discovered electricity, was rumored to have wanted to change the national bird to a turkey.

Who is Benjamin Franklin?

100

Americans eat approximately 535 million pounds of this on Thanksgiving.

What is turkey?

100

This is the sound a male turkey makes.

What is gobble gobble?

100

This ship brought the colonists to America on Thanksgiving.

What is the Mayflower?

100

This sport is commonly associated with Thanksgiving.

What is football?

200

This leader does an annual "turkey pardon" every year at Thanksgiving.

Who is the president?

200

This popular pie, with ties to a scary holiday, is served at a traditional Thanksgiving meal.

What is Pumpkin pie?

200

Female turkeys are called hens. This is what male turkeys are called.

What is Tom?

200

This "honest" president is the one who officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

200

The day after Thanksgiving, often referred to as the biggest shopping day of the year, is nicknamed this.

What is Black Friday?

300

This other country celebrates Thanksgiving, similar to the U.S.

What is Canada?

300

This popular brand created the classic green bean casserole dish.

What is Campbell's soup?

300

A groups of turkeys is normally referred to by one of these two names.

What is a rafter or flock?

300

The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed.

What is Plymouth?

300

A float featuring this jolly fellow ends the parade every year.

Who is Santa Clause?

400

Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated on the __ Thursday in November every year.

What is fourth?

400

A rather new Thanksgiving tradition is a chicken stuffed inside a _____ stuffed inside a turkey.

What is duck?

400

The skin dangling from a turkey is referred to as this. 

What is wattle?

400

The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.

What is three?

400

In the classic animated film, Charlie brown served his friends this food at Thanksgiving dinner.

What is toast?

500

79% of Americans prefer to eat these the next day over the actual Thanksgiving night meal.

Hint: they eventually led to the invention of the TV dinner!

What is leftovers?

500

This month is National Turkey Lover's Month.

What is June?

500

This state consume the most turkey in the U.S. on Thanksgiving Day.

What is California?

500

The first Thanksgiving occurred in which of the following years: 1421, 1521, or 1621

What is 1621?

500

The first Thanksgiving Day parade was celebrated in this city.

What is Philadelphia?