How much do you know about turkey pardons, football and the dangers of deep-frying a gigantic bird? Test your knowledge here.
How much do you know about turkey pardons, football and the dangers of deep-frying a gigantic bird? Test your knowledge here.
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Thanksgiving Quiz: Holidays Can Test Us. Will You Pass?
BySEAN PLAMBECKNOV. 27, 2019
How much do you know about turkey pardons, football and the dangers of deep-frying a gigantic bird? Test your knowledge here.
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Thanksgiving, a national day for expressions of gratitude, has also developed a reputation for being a holiday filled with arguments. Politics, culture wars, Popeyes vs. Chick-fil-A: Everyone is certain they are right, and we all know everyone else is wrong.
But what if there were a simple test that could offer you the definitive answers you seek — at least on holiday trivia, if not on the issues that cause divisions across the nation?
Well, here it is.
Consider this an opportunity to interrogate your knowledge, rather than others’ opinions, by answering these questions yourself.
Or, alternatively, gather friends and family around the table, tell each other what you're thankful for, then revel in the moment when that know-it-all relative who is testing your patience gets an answer wrong.
Which state produces more turkeys than any other?
California
North Carolina
Minnesota
Indiana
Which of these food items was certainly not on the menu at the meeting between the Pilgrims and the members of the Wampanoag tribe that is commemorated as the first Thanksgiving?
Seafood
Yams
Venison
Wildfowl
During which historic event did Thanksgiving become a recurring federal holiday?
The Constitutional Convention of 1787
The Civil War
World War I
The Great Depression
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a change to Thanksgiving. What did he do?
Allowed stores to open at midnight for Black Friday
Canceled the holiday because of World War II
Approved the playing of football games on federal holidays
Moved the holiday to the second-last Thursday of November
Unattended cooking is a major cause of kitchen fires on Thanksgiving. So, too, are failed attempts to deep fry turkeys. On a typical day, the National Fire Protection Association records about 470 home cooking fires. How many were reported on Thanksgiving 2017?
800
1,000
1,200
1,600
Which of these combinations includes only real locations in the United States?
Turkey, Minn.; Corn, Kansas; Roll, Ariz.; Pumpkin, Ohio
Green, Ohio; Bean, Ga.; Casserole, N.D.; Yum Yum, Tenn.
Stuffing, Ala.; Dessert, Maine; Bread, Mass.; Thanksgiving, Idaho
Turkey, Texas; Cranberry Township, Pa.; Spuds, Fla.; Pie Town, N.M
Which of these Pacific islands celebrates its own version of Thanksgiving?
Kiribati
Norfolk Island
Fiji
Solomon Islands
Which president, when presented with a live Thanksgiving turkey, responded, "Let's keep him going" — a moment that served as an inspiration for the ritual of presidential turkey pardons?
George Bush
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Among current NFL franchises, which is the only one to have never played a game on Thanksgiving?
Los Angeles Rams
Jacksonville Jaguars
Cleveland Browns
Tennessee Titans
And finally, which character has more appearances than any other as a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon?
Snoopy
Woody Woodpecker
Mickey Mouse
Ronald McDonald
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