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Duplicate of Awesome Thanksgiving Fun Facts
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Thanksgiving trivia
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1
How can you tell if cranberries are
ripe
?
Only if they're green.
If you drop them................they bounce.
If you bite into them and they ooze juice.
If you bite into them, they crunch.
2
Which giant balloon in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has appeared the most?
Sponge Bob
Santa Claus
Thanksgiving Turkey
Snoopy
3
Which of the following foods was primarily served at the feast?
ALL OF THE ABOVE
SEAL
SWAN
LOBSTER
4
According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the largest _______ ever, weighed in at 1 ton.
Grandma
ham
pumpkin pie
turkey
5
About ____________ turkeys are cooked for Thanksgiving each year in the US.
101 million
46 million
1 billion
14 million
6
Yes, it's true, turkeys can actually fly. But which ones?
domesticated
baked
wild
frozen
7
Some turkeys "
cackle
". Which are the turkeys that "
gobble"?
NONE OF THE ABOVE
MALE
FEMALE
BABY
8
Which of the following is the most popular way to serve leftover turkey?
SANDWICH
CHILLI
BURGER
STEW
9
The average person consumes an average of ________ calories at Thanksgiving.
2 thousand
3 thousand
10 thousand
1 thousand
10
Which of these towns take their name from the traditional Thanksgiving bird?
Turkey, Texas
Turkey Creek, Lousiana
All the above
Turkey, North Carolina
11
Who actually wanted our national bird to be the
turkey
instead of the
bald eagle
?
Abraham Lincoln
Benjamin Franklin
President Barack Obama
President George Washington
12
The very first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featured which balloon character?
Spiderman
Mickey Mouse
Tom Turkey
Trick question.........there were none.
13
What presidential tradition is taking place here?
President Trump choosing his next meal.
President Trump adopting a pet.
President Trump pardoning a turkey.
A wild turkey landed during one of the president's speeches.
14
The National Turkey Foundation says that around ____% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
100
50
88
95
15
According to the Census Bureau, which state is the top in turkey producing in the country?
California
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Minnesota
16
Black Friday
has always been the busiest day of the year for:
Shop owners
Police Officers
Firemen
Plumbers
17
Which of the following is used in a good luck/make a wish ritual on Thanksgiving?
Breaking the wishbone.
Which lady can sing a Thanksgiving song.
Whomever can eat the most squash among the men.
Getting to eat the first slice of turkey.
18
The food with the most calories eaten during Thanksgiving is none other than our beloved:
Beets
Ham
Mashed potatoes with butter.
Pecan Pie
19
Which president of the US officially declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Donald Trump
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
20
What is the main reason for people wanting to fall asleep after a Thanksgiving meal?
Consuming too much food.
L-Tryptophan (an amino acid in turkey that is a sleep aid).
Boring company.
Consuming too much milk.
21
A full grown turkey has about how many feathers?
1,000
3,500
1 million
It's actually fur, not feathers.
22
T or F: Since the birds were imported by Turkish merchants, this is why we call them
turkeys.
TRUE
FALSE
23
T or F: Neil Armstrong's first meal in space after walking on the moon was roasted turkey.
FALSE
TRUE
24
The Friday after Thanksgiving is traditionally called:
November 25th
Black Friday
the after Thanksgiving Day sale!!
a day to sleep in.
25
The very first Thanksgiving celebration actually lasted:
one hour
one day
three days
one week
26
Wild turkeys can run more than 20 miles per hour when they are:
being made fun of.
playing tag.
scared.
working out.
27
Traditionally, Thanksgiving is always celebrated on:
the very last Thursday in November
the third Thursday in November.
the fourth Thursday in November
the first Thursday in November.
28
The average weight of turkeys purchased for Thanksgiving is ______ pounds.
100
50
25
15
29
The tradition of football games on Thanksgiving began in 1934 when the Detroit Lions played:
Chicago Bears
Dallas Cowboys
Minnesota Vikings
Green Bay Packers
30
Swanson
frozen TV dinners and airline meals
were actually created back in 1953 because:
airplanes do not have kitchens to cook the meals.
TV's were fast coming into all homes back then.
families wanted something fast and easy to cook.
they had 260 tons of extra turkey they didn't sell that year
