Thanksgiving Fun Facts

Question 1

True or False? The turkey was proposed to be the National Bird.

Accepted Answer

True Benjamin Franklin thought it was majestic

Question 2

Which food was not on the first Thanksgiving menu?

Accepted Answer

cranberries, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie, corn on the cob

Question 3

How much did the biggest turkey ever raised weigh?

Accepted Answer

86 lbs

Question 4

Which profession has its busiest day on Thanksgiving?

Accepted Answer

plumber

Question 5

How many people travel 50 miles or more over Thanksgiving weekend?

Accepted Answer

42.2 million

Question 6

How many pounds of pumpkins are produced in the U.S. annually?

Accepted Answer

1.1 billion

Question 7

What year was Thanksgiving made an official holiday?

Accepted Answer

Congress made it official in 1941, Abraham Lincoln did it

Question 8

What year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?

Accepted Answer

1924

Question 9

Which state eats the most turkeys?

Accepted Answer

California

Question 10

How long ago did Turkeys roam North America?

Accepted Answer

10,000,000 years ago

Question 11

True or False? Fields of turkeys would drop dead when the Air Force was testing breaking sound.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

About how many turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving?

Accepted Answer

46 million

Question 13

According to the Guiness Book of World Records, what is the largest Pumpkin Pie ever baked?

Accepted Answer

It weighed 2,020 pounds and measured just over 12 feet long.

Question 14

Where was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?

Accepted Answer

Plymouth, MA

Question 15

What is a Turducken?

Accepted Answer

Chicken in a Duck in a Turkey

Question 16

Which state is the top turkey producing state?

Accepted Answer

Minnesota

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