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This is how many days the first Thanksgiving lasted.  

Three

100

Every Thanksgiving, millions of people watch giant character balloons float through the streets of New York City during this famous parade.  

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

100

This is the most popular Thanksgiving dessert

Pumpkin pie

100

This holiday is the busiest travel day of the year in the US

Thanksgiving

100

Only one gender of turkeys can gobble, is it males or females?

Males

200

Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving in this month.  

October

200

In this movie, Peter is attending a Thanksgiving dinner when the Green Goblin begins to suspect his identity.  

Spider-Man

200

This savory food is traditionally melted on top of apple pie in parts of the Midwest and New England areas.  

Cheese

200

This popular Christmas song was originally a Thanksgiving song

Jingle Bells

200

Benjamin Franklin wanted the national bird to be the turkey, not the _______________.  

Bald Eagle

300

This President was the first to officially pardon a turkey on Thanksgiving Day in 1989.  

President George H.W. Bush

300

Name at least one food item that Charlie Brown and Snoopy prepare for their friends at Thanksgiving.  

Toast, popcorn, pretzels or jellybeans

300

This is considered to be the most popular side dish at Thanksgiving

Mashed potatoes

300

This is the term for the day after Thanksgiving, which is one of the busiest shopping days of the year.  

Black Friday

300

This is what the fleshy flap of skin that hangs over a male turkey's beak is called.  

A snood

400

This cartoon character has made the most appearances as a balloon float in the popular annual Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade.    

Snoopy

400

This NFL team has played a football game on Thanksgiving every year since 1934.  

Detroit Lions

400

What food item at Thanksgiving causes the famous "post-Thanksgiving nap" due to tryptophan?

Turkey

400

This US President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday

Abraham Lincoln

400

A group of turkeys is called this

A rafter

500

This is the year that the first Thanksgiving was celebrated

1621

500

This Charlie Brown Thanksgiving character gives a heartfelt speech about the meaning of Thanksgiving. 

Linus

500

This meat is what the Pilgrims actually ate more of than turkey at the first Thanksgiving

Venison

500

Name one of the four states that have a town called Turkey.

Arizona, Texas, Louisiana or North Carolina

500

Female turkeys are called this.  

Hens