- Do you think you know these famous Thanksgiving facts?
Do you think you know your Thanksgiving trivia?
Question: How much does the average Thanksgiving turkey weigh?
Answer: Around 15 pounds
Question: Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?
Answer: Apple pie
Question: When was the first Thanksgiving football game?
Answer: 1876
Question: What meats were eaten at the first Thanksgiving celebration?
Answer: Venison, swan, duck and goose were likely consumed. Are you surprised that turkey didn’t make the list or did you know this Thanksgiving trivia?
Question: When is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
Answer: The second Monday in October
Question: How many Americans like Thanksgiving leftovers to Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer: About 80%
Question: How long did the first Thanksgiving celebration last?
Answer: Three days
Question: Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
Answer: George H. W. Bush
Question: Which President officially made
Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of every November?
Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Question: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
Answer: The Wampanoag
Question: What percent of Americans skip turkey on Thanksgiving?
Answer: About 12 %
Question: How many women were at the very first Thanksgiving celebration?
Answer: Five women
Question: How many turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year?
Answer: About 46 million
Question: Sarah Josepha Hale, who campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, wrote what famous song?
Answer: “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Question: How much did the world’s most
expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record cost?
Answer: $150,000 at New York City’s Old Homestead Steakhouse
Question: Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Question: Which President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present?
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
Question: How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer: 4,500 calories. Did you know this Thanksgiving trivia or that one meal was the equivalent of almost two full days of food for some people?
Question: Which President declared two Thanksgivings in one year?
Answer: James Madison
Question: Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for what trade profession?
Answer: Plumbers
Question: About how many pumpkin pies are
consumed every Thanksgiving?
Answer: About 50 million pumpkin pies
Question: When did canned cranberries first come about?
Answer: 1912
Question: During which Revolutionary War battle did troops have a day of Thanksgiving?
Answer: The Battle of Saratoga
Question: When was the first Thanksgiving NFL game?
Answer: 1920
Question: When was the first Turkey Trot?
Answer: 1896
Question: What state consumes the most turkey
every Thanksgiving?
Answer: California
Question: When was green bean casserole introduced to Thanksgiving dinners?
Answer: 1955
Question: Which Native American friend to the settlers acted as an interpreter?
Answer: Squanto
Question: What year did Adam Sandler release “The Thanksgiving Song?”
Answer: 1992
Question: What year did the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade first have balloons?
Answer: 1928
Question: What turkeys actually gobble?
Answer: Male turkeys
Question: Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Question: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, how much does the heaviest turkey on record weigh?
Answer: 86 pounds
Question: What city has the oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Answer: Philadelphia
Question: Where was the first Turkey Trot held?
Answer: Buffalo, New York
Question: Who was the first President to pardon a turkey?
Answer: John F. Kennedy
Question: Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
Answer: George Washington
Question: How many people participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade each year?
Answer: About 8,000
Question: Black Friday isn’t the only holiday the day after Thanksgiving. What’s the other?
Answer: Native American Heritage Day
So, how did you do throughout this Thanksgiving trivia? Let me know in the comments!