| The Meal | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Miscellaneous | Turkeys | History |
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What are apple and pumpkin?
The 2 most popular Thanksgiving pie types
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Who is Santa Claus?
He's grand finale of each year's parade.
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What is "Horn of Plenty"?
"Cornucopia" means this.
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What is fear?
The turkey's namesake is the noise "turk, turk!" it makes when it feels this emotion.
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Who were the Wampanoag?
This Native American tribe had the first thanksgiving feast with the Pilgrims.
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What are Gatorade and Salad?
these two items had incomplete descriptions on the Fitzpatrick 2013 Thanksgiving menu.
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What is a Pumpkin?
The second and third balloon in the parade are in the shape of this plant.
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Who is Charles Schulz?
The author of "Happy Thanksgiving, Charlie Brown".
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What is a pheasant?
The turkey, contrary to Columbus' belief that it was a type of peacock, is actually a certain type of this small game bird.
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What is a fork?
Pilgrims did not use this piece of silverware.
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What are 525 million pounds of turkey?
Approximately this many pounds of turkey are consumed each Thanksgiving, rounded to the nearest 25 million.
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What were the 1920s?
The first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in this decade.
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What is October?
Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada during this month.
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What is the Western Hemisphere?
Turkeys are the only breed of poultry native to this area.
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What is lobster?
This stereotypically Mexican seafood dish was served at the first Thanksgiving feast.
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What is North Carolina?
This state is the largest producer of sweet potatoes.
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What is"The King of Kiddies"?
At the end of the parade, Santa is officially given this title at Herald Square.
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Who are the Chicago Bears?
On Thanksgiving Day, traditionally, the Detroit Lions play a football game. In the first Thanksgiving game, in 1934, this team defeated them in front of over 26,000 fans.
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What is 270 degrees wide?
Turkeys have a wide field of vision about this many degrees, rounded to the nearest ten.
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What are 200 pilgrims?
Approximately this many pilgrims were on the Mayflower, rounded to the nearest 100.
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What is "Convenience"?
This single "c" word states the main reason that turkeys are served at Thanksgiving.
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Who is Felix the Cat?
The first helium-filled balloon in the parade, first used in 1927, was of this cartoon character.
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Who was Sarah Josepha Hale?
This woman, also the author of "Mary had a Little Lamb", led a campaign to make Thanksgiving official.
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Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This famous man, opposed by Thomas Jefferson, thought that the turkey should have been the national bird, instead of the Bald Eagle.
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What was the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a notional holiday, partly to help Americans get over this catastrophic event.
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