Thanksgiving Trivia to Amaze Your Family
Thanksgiving is a day of tradition. Each Thanksgiving morning, I get the kids dressed in their Thanksgiving outfits, take the final fall picture by the pumpkins so we can compare how big they’ve gotten over the years, bake the side dish that my family assigned me, and pack up the car to begin a day of over-eating, laughter, and much needed relaxation. But before I do any of that, I have one additional step: I take the time to mentally prepare for a long day. I brainstorm topics of conversation that can engage family members that have little to say. I also enjoying finding ways to add knowledge or share facts with family members (and maybe make myself look a little bit smarter in the process). This list of Thanksgiving related questions will equip me for both. Enjoy reading and I hope that you are able to benefit from knowing a little more about Thanksgiving Day.
Q1- Who wanted the national bird to be a turkey?
Q2- What year was the first Thanksgiving?
Q3- Who declared the last Thursday in November a national day of Thanksgiving?
Q4- When did Congress make Thanksgiving Day an official national holiday?
Q5- Only male turnkeys, called toms, gobble. What sound do Female turkeys make?
Q6- What famous literary writer petitioned for 40 years to have Thanksgiving made a national holiday?
Q7- What year did the United States Postal Services issue a commemorative stamp for Thanksgiving?
Q8- How large was the largest pumpkin pie ever made?
Q9- How long was the first Thanksgiving?
Q10- What are 3 towns in the US named after the turkey?
Q11- What Thanksgiving dinner “must” was the first meal that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin ate on the moon?
Q12- What company held the first annual Thanksgiving Day parade?
Q13- What was the name of the first Macy’s Day parade? Why?
Q14- When was the first Macy’s Parade?
Q15- Why does turkey make people sleepy?
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A1- Benjamin Franklin
A2- 1621
A3- Abraham Lincoln
A4- 1941
A5- Cackle
A6- The author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, Sarah Josepha Hale
A7- 2001
A8- 2,020 pounds and over 12 feet long
A9- 3 days- now that is a lot of eating!
A10- Turkey, TX; Turkey Creek, LA; Turkey, NC
A11- Turkey
A12- Gimbels department store
A13- Macy’s Christmas Parade, to signify the launch of Christmas shopping
A14- 1924, 4 years after the parade started
A15- Against popular belief Turkey contains no more tryptophan than cheese or chicken and is not the cause of sleepiness on Thanksgiving
