Thanksgiving Trivia
Gather the whole crew for Thanksgiving trivia and silly challenges—turkey sculptures, hand-turkeys, trivia questions, and group photos.
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Gobble Gobble, Say Cheese!
Welcome to Thanksgiving Trivia — it's time to kick things off with a bang! 🦃 Gather every single person on your team together and snap a group photo showing off your best Thanksgiving smiles, silliest faces, or most epic team pose. The more the merrier — grandparents, kids, cousins, and all! Get everyone in the frame and let's see that holiday spirit!
Mark Your Calendar
An easy one to warm up the brain! Since 1941, U.S. law has set Thanksgiving on the same Thursday of November every year. Which Thursday is it: first, second, third, fourth or last? Type your answer!
The Official Hand-Turkey Challenge
A classic Thanksgiving craft. Create a hand turkey with household items. The only rule: There must be at least one (human) hand used in the photo. https://www.pinterest.com/erikaag06/hand-turkey/
All Aboard the History Boat!
Every Thanksgiving story has to start somewhere — and for the Pilgrims, it started on a very famous ship! 🚢 What was the name of the vessel that carried the Pilgrims from England to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620? Type your answer below!
Snoopy's Sidekick
Pop culture time! In the classic TV special 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,' Snoopy whips up a Thanksgiving feast of toast, popcorn, pretzel sticks and jelly beans. Which little yellow bird helps him? Type the bird's name!
Thanksgiving, Eh?
Our neighbors to the north celebrate Thanksgiving too, but not in November! Canadian Thanksgiving falls on the second Monday of a different month. Which month is it? Type the month!
The Turkey Bowl Regulars
Football and Thanksgiving go together like turkey and gravy! One NFL team has hosted a home game on Thanksgiving Day almost every year since 1934. Which team is it? Type the team name!
Turkey Sculptor Supreme
Time to get creative with your feast! 🦃 Use food, utensils, napkins, or anything else on the table to arrange a turkey shape on a plate or flat surface — no craft supplies needed, just imagination and whatever's within reach. Snap a photo of your masterpiece and show the world what your table is made of!
Who Shared the First Feast?
The Pilgrims didn't celebrate that first harvest feast in 1621 alone. Around 90 men from a Native American nation joined them, and the celebration lasted three days. Which Native nation shared the feast? Type its name below!
A More Respectable Bird
In a 1784 letter to his daughter, one Founding Father grumbled that the bald eagle was a bird of 'bad moral character' and called the turkey 'a much more respectable bird.' Which Founding Father wrote it? Type his name!
Making It Official
In 1863, in the middle of the Civil War, one U.S. president proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving to be held on the last Thursday of November, and the holiday has been celebrated nationwide every year since. Which president made it official? Type his last name!
Wattle we call it?
Time for some turkey anatomy! A turkey has a fleshy red flap of skin that dangles down over its beak, and it gets longer and redder when a male tom is showing off. What is that flap called? Hint: it's not the wattle, which hangs under the chin.
The First Big Balloon
Giant character balloons are the stars of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 1927, the very first character balloon floated down the parade route: a famous black cartoon cat. What was the cat's name?
The Great Thankful Chain
Thanksgiving is all about gratitude — so let's see how much your team has! Grab strips of napkin or paper and have every single person at the table write down one thing they're truly thankful for. Link or lay all the strips end to end on the table, then snap one photo of the full chain laid out flat so every entry is visible. The longer the chain, the bigger the thankfulness — let's see what your crew has got!
The Mother of Thanksgiving
This magazine editor wrote letters to five U.S. presidents over 17 years asking them to make Thanksgiving a national holiday, until Abraham Lincoln finally agreed in 1863. She's also the author of the nursery rhyme 'Mary Had a Little Lamb.' Who was she? Type her name!
Too early for turkey
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made a controversial move — he shifted Thanksgiving one week earlier to give holiday shoppers more time before Christmas. The public was outraged, and the calendar shake-up quickly earned a cheeky nickname that stuck in the history books. What was this nickname?
Turkey Bowl Lineup
The NFL has made Thanksgiving Day a football feast to match the dinner table! In the modern era, the league expanded its Thanksgiving schedule to give fans even more gridiron action. How many NFL games are typically played on Thanksgiving Day today? Type your answer as a number.
When Did the Parade Begin?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is one of America's most iconic holiday traditions — giant balloons, marching bands, and floats filling the streets of New York City! But do you know your parade history? In what year was the very first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade held? Type the year to claim your points!
Why Does Someone Have to Carve the Turkey?
Every Thanksgiving, one brave soul picks up the carving knife and takes center stage. But why? Type a one-sentence explanation of the tradition behind designating a host or head of the table to carve and serve the turkey — get creative or go historical!
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