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100

This pie is the most popular pie eaten on Thanksgiving.

What is apple pie?

100

This term for the day after Thanksgiving originated in 1961 in Philadelphia.


What is Black Friday?


100

Also called the horn of plenty, this is the common name of this Thanksgiving decoration.

What is cornucopia?

100

This is the greatest Thanksgiving film ever made (according to Jason Oliver).

What is Planes, Trains and Automobiles?

100

The female turkey cackles. The male turkey does this.

What is gobble?

200

Native Americans brought this meat to the first Thanksgiving.

What is venison?

200

In addition to blackberries and concord grapes, this fruit is one of the original Native American fruits.

What is the cranberry?

200

Both Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and America’s Thanksgiving Parade conclude with the same activity.

What is the the arrival of Santa Claus?

200

This TV special features popular characters including Peppermint Patty.

What is Charlie Brown's Thanksgiving?

200

The president who gave the first presidential pardon to a turkey.

Who is Ronald Reagan?

300

This decade brought us the popular green bean casserole.

What is the 1950s?

300

The first Thanksgiving lasted this many days.

What is 3 days?

300

Thanksgiving in the USA is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Canada’s Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of this month.

When is October?

300

This day is considered the biggest drinking night of the year according to the bar industry.

What is Thanksgiving Eve?

300

The name for baby turkeys.

What are pults?

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What are turkeylings?

400

Cajun chef, Paul Prudhomme, claimed to have invented this dish in the 1970s and then trademarked this name in 1986.

What is (Turducken™)?

400

This president was the first to identify Thanksgiving as an annual holiday.

Who is Abraham Lincoln?

400

This traditional activity originated with the Etruscans, an ancient Italian civilization who held birds to be future-predicting oracles.

What is wishbone-breaking?

400

This 2008 horror film featured a killer turkey.

What is Thankskilling?

400

This US state raises the most turkeys.

What is Minnesota?

500

According to State Farm, this state has the highest grease- and cooking-related insurance claims on Thanksgiving Day.

What is Texas?

500

The year most commonly considered to be the first Thanksgiving.

What is the year 1621?

500

This city in New York claims to host the oldest and longest running turkey trot races on Thanksgiving Day.

What is Buffalo, New York?

500

This indie rock band remade the Thankgiving song, Kill the Turkey, from Bob's Burgers.

Who is the National?

500

The wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey.

What is a snood?