From delicious food to quality family time, football games, and the floats in the Thanksgiving Day Parade, we’ve compiled 50 Thanksgiving trivia questions and answers to wow your guests while you indulge in all the holiday treats. And don’t forget, having some Thanksgiving activities for kids is essential to keep everyone entertained! Answers to questions are below.
1. Question: How long was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
2. Question: What meats were served at the first Thanksgiving celebration?
3. Question: What seafood was served at the first Thanksgiving feast?
4. Question: Who was the first President to pardon a turkey?
5. Question: Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?
6. Question: How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner?
7. Question: How much did the world's most expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record cost?
8. Question: When was the first Thanksgiving football game?
9. Question: When was the first Thanksgiving NFL game?
10. Question: Who was the first President to receive a ceremonial Thanksgiving Turkey?
11. Question: How many women were at the very first Thanksgiving celebration?
12. Question: Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?
13. Question: Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?
14. Question: Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?
15. Question: Which President declared two Thanksgivings in one year?
16. Question: Which President tried to make Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November to help boost the economy for the holiday season?
17. Question: Which President officially made Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of every November?
18. Question: Which President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present?
Answer: Calvin Coolidge
19. Question: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
20. Question: Which Native American friend to the settlers acted as an interpreter?
21. Question: In what month did the very first Thanksgiving celebration likely take place?
22. Question: How many turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year?
23. Question: What percent of Americans skip turkey on Thanksgiving?
24. Question: When was the first Turkey Trot?
25. Question: Where was the first Turkey Trot?
Answers:
1. Answer: Three days
2. Answer: Venison, swan, duck and goose were likely—not turkey!
3. Answer: Lobster, oysters, fish and possibly eel
4. Answer: John F. Kennedy
5. Answer: George H.W. Bush
6. Answer: 3,000 to 4,500
7. Answer: $181,000 at New York City's Old Homestead Steakhouse, per Yahoo!.
8. Answer: 1876
9. Answer: 1920
10. Answer: Harry S. Truman
11. Answer: Five
12. Answer: Abraham Lincoln
13. Answer: George Washington
14. Answer: Thomas Jefferson
15. Answer: James Madison
16. Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
17. Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
18. Answer: Calvin Coolidge
19. Answer: The Wampanoag
20. Answer: Squanto
21. Answer: September
22. Answer: About 46 million
23. Answer: About 12 percent
24. Answer: 1896
25.Answer: Buffalo, New York
