Turkey Day Trivia

Here's the answers to our Thanksgiving Trivia! How did you do? 

 

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1. How long was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
   Answer: 3 days
   
   
2. How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner?
   Answer: 4,500  -- yikes!
   
   
3. What year did Adam Sandler release “The Thanksgiving Song?”
   Answer: 1992  (Turkey for me, turkey for you...)
   
   
4. How much did the world’s most expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record cost?
   Answer: $150,000 at New York City’s Old Homestead Steakhouse
   
   
5. What city has the oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade?
   Answer: Philadelphia
   
   
6. When was the first Thanksgiving NFL game?
   Answer: 1920. The first ever Thanksgiving football game was in 1876
   
   
7. Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?
   Answer: Apple pie.
   
   
8. In what month did the very first Thanksgiving celebration likely take place?
   Answer: September
   
   
9. What turkeys actually gobble?
   Answer: The males
   
   
10. How many Americans prefer Thanksgiving leftovers to Thanksgiving dinner?
    Answer: About 80%
    
    
11. Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?
    Answer: Abraham Lincoln
    
    
12. What state consumes the most turkey every Thanksgiving?
    Answer: California
    
    
13. Which President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present?
    Answer: Calvin Coolidge
    
    
14. Statistically, what is Americans’ favorite Thanksgiving side dish?
    Answer: Stuffing
    
    
15. Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for what trade profession?
    Answer: Plumbers (c'mon, you know you laughed too!)