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Thanksgiving Trivia

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What year did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade begin?
1924
What state is the largest producer of sweet potatoes?
North Carolina
Name of the Emily Post book about good table manners?
Etiquette
First game of College Football was between these 2 universities
Rutgers and Princeton
President who made Thanksgiving a holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
Company with a Turkey Talk-Line
Butterball
Spice in Eggnog, Mulled Cider, and Mulled Wine
Nutmeg
Most prominent protein at the first Thanksgiving
Venison
Which state is the largest producer of cranberries?
Wisconsin
When does Canada celebrate Thanksgiving?
2nd Monday of October
A container that is shaped like a horn and is full of fruits and flowers
Cornucopia
First department store to hold a Thanksgiving Parade
Gimbels in Philadelphia, 1920
What tribe was at the first Thanksgiving? And who was their chief?
Wampanoag, Chief Massasoit
Who was the captain of the Mayflower?
Christopher Jones
What does Cornucopia mean?
Horn of Plenty
What was the original name for the pilgrims?
Separatists (or Brownists)
Where did the pilgrims initially flee to?
Leyden, Holland. But it was too easy going and comopolitan for their liking. So they regrouped in London before heading to the New World.
Which President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy?
FDR, but the move was not received well, and Congress declared that it always be the 4th Thursday.
What is the name of the book that Governor (2nd) William Bradford wrote telling of the troubles and experiences of the pilgrims?
Of Plimouth Plantation
Captain John Smith founded what colony in Virginia?
Jamestown
What is a male Turkey called?
Tom Turkey
How many pilgrim women survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
4 or 5
When was the first Thanksgiving? And how many days did it last?
1621, 3 days
What is the busiest travel day of the year?
The day after Thanksgiving
First balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade
Felix the Cat
Longest Macy's balloon
Superman, over 100 feet long
How many pilgrims on the Mayflower?
102 (50 men, 19 women, and younger ones)
How long was the voyage from England to the New World?
66 days
Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday. But, before he did, when was Thanksgiving celebrated?
Whenever the Governor of a State said so.
What 2 NFL teams play every Thanksgiving?
Detroit and Dallas
Baby Turkeys are called what?
Poults
What is the flap of skin on top of a Turkey's beak called?
Snood
What is a Turkey's throat called?
Wattle
Top NFL teams on Thanksgiving
Detroit, Dallas, Green Bay, Chicago, and Arizona
State that grows the most pumpkin?
Illinois
Which country has the largest turkey population?
USA
Which country eats the most turkey, per capita?
Israel
What 1900's dance is named after Turkeys?
Turkey Trot
Who ate turkey on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Highest selling brand of turkey?
Butterball
Where did the Pilgrims actually land?
On Cape Cod, near Provincetown
Name of the other ship, that was left behind.
Speedwell. It started leaking almost right of way and they went back and crammed into the Mayflower.
Where did the name Plymouth come from?
It was the name of the English Port from which they embarked.
Who was the Native American who first befriended the pilgrims? What tribe?
Samoset, from the Pawtuxet tribe. He helped them befriend the Wampanoag.
Samoset brought back what fellow Pawtuxet to help the Pilgrims?
Squanto (Tisquantum)
What year was the first Thanksgiving?
1621
Who was the first Governor of the pilgrims?
John Carver
Who was the military officer hire by the pilgrims?
Myles Standish
How many attended Thanksgiving?
90 Wampanoag and 50 Pilgrims
What balloon has appeared in the most Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parades?
Snoopy
How fast can a wild turkey run? Fly?
25mph, 55mph
Adult turkeys have this many feathers?
3500
According to the Old Wive's Tale, eating pumpkin can cure this?
Freckles
How many years has Butterball been running its Turkey TalkLine?
35
What did Native Americans use cranberries for?
The berries were used as a dye and to heal wounds
Which utensile was not used at the first Thanksgiving meal: knife, fork, or spoon?
Fork
What percentage of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
88%
How many feathers are on an average male turkey?
3500
According to Guinness Book of Records, how much did the heaviest turkey weigh?
86 pounds
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