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1When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
Answer 1621.
2Who attended the first Thanksgiving feast?
Answer About 53 Pilgrims and 90 Native Americans.
3How long did the first Thanksgiving last?
Answer Three days.
4Where was the first Thanksgiving held?
Answer Plymouth, Massachusetts.
5What was the first Thanksgiving feast mainly composed of?
Answer Venison, fish, and vegetables.
6What is the date of Thanksgiving in the United States?
Answer The fourth Thursday in November.
7Which president declared Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Answer Abraham Lincoln.
8Which president first pardoned a turkey?
Answer Ronald Reagan — George H. W. Bush made it an annual tradition.
9What year did Congress make Thanksgiving a national holiday?
Answer 1941.
10Which U.S. state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday?
Answer New York.
11What is the most commonly served main dish at Thanksgiving?
Answer Turkey.
12When was the first collegiate Thanksgiving football game played?
Answer 1876, between Princeton and Yale.
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13What Thanksgiving vegetable was grown in space?
Answer Potatoes and sweet potatoes.
14Which state raises the most turkeys?
Answer Minnesota.
15What is the busiest day of the year for plumbers?
Answer Black Friday.
16How much did the world's biggest pumpkin pie weigh?
Answer 3,699 pounds.
17What food did the colonists and Native Americans NOT have at the first Thanksgiving?
Answer Turkey, cranberries, pies, and mashed potatoes.
18Which U.S. state consumes the most turkey on Thanksgiving?
Answer California.
19What popular Thanksgiving dish was created by the Campbell Soup Company?
Answer Green bean casserole.
20How many turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving in the United States?
Answer Around 46 million.
21What inspired the creation of frozen TV dinners?
Answer An excess of leftover turkeys.
22Which country celebrates a version of Thanksgiving in October?
Answer Canada.
23What percentage of Americans prefer Thanksgiving leftovers to the actual meal?
Answer 73%.
Balloons, floats, and Felix the Cat.
24When did the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade start?
Answer 1924.
25What was featured in the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Answer Live animals from the Central Park Zoo, puppets, and floats.
26Who was the first video-game character in the Macy's Parade?
Answer Sonic the Hedgehog.
27How long is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade route?
Answer 2.5 miles.
28What balloon character has appeared most often in the Macy's Parade?
Answer Snoopy.
29How many balloons are typically in the Macy's Parade each year?
Answer About 30.
30What year did the Macy's Parade first broadcast on television?
Answer 1948.
31Which store hosts the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City?
Answer Macy's.
32What was the first character balloon in the Macy's Parade?
Answer Felix the Cat.
33Which beloved character debuted in the parade as an astronaut in 1972?
Answer Snoopy.
Raccoons, tofurkey, and turkey trots.
34What town canceled Thanksgiving because they couldn't make pumpkin pies?
Answer Colchester, Connecticut, in 1705.
35What's the only area in Australia to celebrate Thanksgiving?
Answer Norfolk Island.
36What unusual pet did President Calvin Coolidge receive for Thanksgiving?
Answer A raccoon named Rebecca.
37Why do some Americans eat "tofurkey" on Thanksgiving?
Answer As a vegetarian or vegan alternative to turkey.
38What is "Blackout Wednesday"?
Answer The night before Thanksgiving — a famously busy night for going out.
39Which U.S. city is famous for its Turkey Trot races?
Answer Dallas, Texas.
40What unique event does the White House host every Thanksgiving?
Answer The Turkey Pardon.
41What do children in Japan do on Labor Thanksgiving Day?
Answer Give handmade drawings to community workers.
42Which Caribbean country celebrates a version of Thanksgiving?
Answer Grenada.
43Where does the U.S. president "pardon" a turkey?
Answer The White House Rose Garden.
Harvest festivals across the globe.
44When is Canadian Thanksgiving celebrated?
Answer The second Monday in October.
45What is Chuseok?
Answer A Korean harvest festival — families gather, honor ancestors, and share food.
46What is the focus of Thanksgiving in Liberia?
Answer Gratitude for freedom and good harvests.
47What European country celebrates a harvest festival similar to Thanksgiving?
Answer Germany.
48What is Erntedankfest?
Answer A German harvest festival similar to Thanksgiving.
49Which African country celebrates Homowo, a festival of thanksgiving?
Answer Ghana.
50Why do people on Norfolk Island celebrate Thanksgiving?
Answer American whalers introduced it in the 19th century.
51Which Asian country celebrates a harvest festival called Pongal?
Answer India.
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