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Turkey Day
100
What is the common name for dried plums?
Prunes
100
What song by Don McLean talks about the day Buddy Holly died?
American Pie
100
What element is most prevalent in the human body?
Oxygen
100
What is the scientific study of plants called?
Botany
100
What was the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
Mayflower
200
What is the rarest M&M color?
Brown
200
Who wrote The Picture of Dorian Gray?
A. Oscar Wilde
B. Thomas Hardy
C. Charles Dickens
D. Henry James
A. Oscar Wilde
200
How much of the Earth’s surface is covered in water? (Percentage)
About 70%
200
What is a baby goat called?
A kid
200
Which U.S. president first proclaimed Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
A. George Washington
B. Thomas Jefferson
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Ulysses S. Grant
A. George Washington
300
Which country invented ice cream?
China
300
What was the first movie to use CGI during production?
A. Westworld
B. Toy Story
C. Tron
D. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
A. Westworld (1973) The very first feature film to use CGI, Westworld uses small bits of computer-generated animation to take viewers into the eyes of Gunslinger, an evil robot in the film. Toy Story was the first film to be produced entirely using CGI.
300
Which planet has the largest known volcano in the solar system?
A. Venus
B. Earth
C. Mars
D. Mercury
Answer: C. Mars (Olympus Mons)
300
How many eyes does a bee have?
5
300
Which U.S. state consumes the most turkey on Thanksgiving?
A. Texas
B. California
C. Pennsylvania
D. Florida
B. California
400
What is the most consumed drink in the world?
Tea
400
Which movie famously used CGI to recreate an actor after their death?
A. Furious 7
B. Gladiator
C. The Crow
D. Rogue One
A. Furious 7
400
What scale is used to measure the hardness of minerals?
A. Richter Scale
B. Scoville Scale
C. Mohs Scale
D. Enhanced Fujita Scale
C. Mohs scale
400
How many bones are in a giraffe’s neck?
A. 1
B. 43
C. 21
D. 7
D. 7
400
What is the name of the long-running NFL team that has hosted Thanksgiving Day games since 1934?
DETROIT LIONS!!!!
500
What is the most expensive spice in the world?
Saffron
500
Which TV show once held the record for most Emmy wins in a single year?
A. The West Wing
B. Game of Thrones
C. Schitt’s Creek
D. Breaking Bad
C. Schitt’s Creek
500
Which galaxy is predicted to collide with the Milky Way in ~4 billion years?
A. Triangulum Galaxy
B. Sombrero Galaxy
C. Andromeda Galaxy
D. Whirlpool Galaxy
C. Andromeda Galaxy
500
What part of a plant conducts photosynthesis?
A. Stem
B. Roots
C. Leaves
D. Flowers
C. Leaves
500
Which U.S. president made Thanksgiving a permanent annual holiday on the last Thursday of November?
A. James Madison
B. Martin Van Buren
C. Abraham Lincoln
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt
C. Abraham Lincoln
600
What country invented the Caesar salad?
A. Italy
B. United States
C. Mexico
D. Spain
C. Mexico
600
Who was Bette Midler's piano player before going solo?A. Billy Joel
B. John Legend
C. Barry Manilow
D. Ray Charles
C. Barry Manilow
600
What does a conchologist collect?
A) Fake ears
B) Thermometers
C) Bats
D) Seashells
D) Seashells
600
Which bird is unable to fly but can run at speeds up to 45 mph?
Ostrich
600
What year did the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade first take place?
A. 1914
B. 1924
C. 1934
D. 1944
B. 1924
700
What is the median (average) amount of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie pop, based on a 1996 study conducted by undergrad students at Swarthmore College?
A. 298
B. 146
C. 364
D. 521
B. A 1996 study by undergraduate students at Swarthmore College concluded that it takes a median of 146 licks
700
Which director is famous for never winning an Oscar despite multiple nominations?
A. Alfred Hitchcock
B. Stanley Kubrick
C. Orson Welles
D. Tim Burton
A. Alfred Hitchcock
700
What is the heaviest internal organ in the human body?
A) Heart
B) Brain
C) Liver
D) Pancreas
C) Liver
700
What animal has the strongest bite force ever recorded?
A. Great white shark
B. Hippopotamus
C. Saltwater crocodile
D. Jaguar
C. Saltwater Crocodile
700
The first Thanksgiving in 1621 lasted how many days?
A. One day
B. Two days
C. Three days
D. Seven days
C. Three days
800
What is paneer?
A. Indian flatbread
B. A type of lentil stew
C. Fresh cheese
D. Yogurt drink
C. Fresh cheese
800
Which film was the first to win all five major Academy Awards (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay)?
A. The Godfather
B. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
C. It Happened One Night
D. Silence of the Lambs
C. It Happened One Night
800
The Sun is currently in which stage of its stellar life cycle?
A. Red giant
B. White dwarf
C. Main sequence
D. Protostar
C. Main sequence
800
Which animal is known to sleep with one half of its brain at a time?
A. Whale
B. Lion
C. Octopus
D. Koala
A. Whale
800
Which balloon was the first character balloon ever featured in the Macy’s parade?
A. Felix the Cat
B. Mickey Mouse
C. Snoopy
D. Popeye
A. Felix the Cat
1000
Which country is the world’s largest producer of olive oil?
A. Italy
B. Greece
C. Spain
D. Turkey
C. Spain
1000
What was the first streaming platform to win a Best Picture Oscar for the movie CODA?
A. Netflix
B. Amazon Prime Video
C. Apple TV+
D. Hulu
C. Apple TV+
1000
Which vitamin is synthesized naturally in the human body when exposed to sunlight?
Vitamin D
1000
What is bamboo classified as?
A. Tree
B. Grass
C. Shrub
D. Vine
B. Grass
1000
Which Native American tribe is traditionally credited with sharing the first Thanksgiving meal with the Pilgrims?
A. Cherokee
B. Wampanoag
C. Iroquois
D. Mohawk
B. Wampanoag