🦃 Thanksgiving trivia questions

1. Why are cranberry bogs flooded at harvest time?

   • To drown insect pests
   • For the Ocean Spray commercial
   • So the berries float up
   • To stop the ripening
   Answer

   So the berries float up · from Thanksgiving

2. America's first vice president, John Adams, famously grumbled that the job was what?

   • A gilded cage
   • The most insignificant office ever
   • The spare wheel of government
   • A royal waste of time
   Answer

   The most insignificant office ever · from American History

3. True or false: Kurt Warner stocked grocery shelves before becoming a Super Bowl MVP.

   Answer

   True · from NFL & Football

4. Which snack is NOT on the menu in 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving'?

   • Pumpkin pie
   • Popcorn
   • Toast
   • Jelly beans
   Answer

   Pumpkin pie · from Thanksgiving

5. The last Confederate general to surrender, in June 1865, was a leader of which Native nation?

   • Cherokee
   • Comanche
   • Sioux
   • Apache
   Answer

   Cherokee · from American History

6. True or false: 49ers Hall of Famer Steve Young threw right-handed.

   Answer

   False · from NFL & Football

7. The first Macy's Thanksgiving parade, in 1924, was actually billed as what?

   • Macy's Harvest Festival
   • Macy's Christmas Parade
   • The Pilgrims' March
   • Macy's Turkey Day Walk
   Answer

   Macy's Christmas Parade · from Thanksgiving

8. True or false: Sherman offered Lincoln the captured city of Savannah as a Christmas present.

   Answer

   True · from American History

9. What nickname did Seattle's hard-hitting secondary of the early 2010s go by?

   Answer

   Legion of Boom · from NFL & Football

10. True or false: Most US canned pumpkin comes from a tan, butternut-like variety called the Dickinson, not jack-o'-lantern pumpkins.

    Answer

    True · from Thanksgiving

11. What did Depression-era Americans sarcastically call the newspapers they slept under?

    • Hoover blankets
    • Coolidge covers
    • Wall Street sheets
    • Roosevelt rugs
    Answer

    Hoover blankets · from American History

12. Tom Brady was famously drafted in which round in 2000?

    • 3rd
    • 4th
    • 7th
    • 6th
    Answer

    6th · from NFL & Football

13. Why could Squanto already speak English when he met the Pilgrims?

    • He'd been kidnapped and taken to Europe
    • He'd traded for years with French fur trappers
    • He'd grown up near Jamestown, Virginia
    • He'd learned it from Pilgrim scouts that winter
    Answer

    He'd been kidnapped and taken to Europe · from Thanksgiving

14. True or false: The Articles of Confederation took effect before the British surrender at Yorktown.

    Answer

    True · from American History

15. Which receiver was famous for Sharpie and popcorn touchdown celebrations?

    • Chad Johnson
    • Terrell Owens
    • Randy Moss
    • Keyshawn Johnson
    Answer

    Terrell Owens · from NFL & Football

16. Which modern Thanksgiving star was almost certainly NOT served at the 1621 Plymouth harvest feast?

    • Venison
    • Wild fowl
    • Pumpkin pie
    • Corn
    Answer

    Pumpkin pie · from Thanksgiving

17. In 1864, Lincoln beat the general he had fired two years earlier. Who was his opponent?

    • George McClellan
    • Ambrose Burnside
    • Joseph Hooker
    • John Breckinridge
    Answer

    George McClellan · from American History

18. Randy Moss's name became slang for catching a pass over a defender. What's the verb?

    Answer

    Moss'd · from NFL & Football

19. US Thanksgiving is the fourth Thursday in November. What's the latest date it can ever fall on?

    • November 27
    • November 28
    • November 29
    • November 30
    Answer

    November 28 · from Thanksgiving

20. Which future president co-starred with a chimpanzee in the 1951 comedy Bedtime for Bonzo?

    Answer

    Ronald Reagan · from American History

21. Which broadcaster created the Pittsburgh Steelers' Terrible Towel in 1975?

    • Myron Cope
    • Curt Gowdy
    • Pat Summerall
    • Howard Cosell
    Answer

    Myron Cope · from NFL & Football

22. True or false: The wishbone you snap after Thanksgiving dinner is actually the turkey's two collarbones fused together.

    Answer

    True · from Thanksgiving

23. Which pianist famously claimed that he invented jazz?

    • Fats Waller
    • Duke Ellington
    • Jelly Roll Morton
    • Scott Joplin
    Answer

    Jelly Roll Morton · from American History

24. Brett Favre was originally drafted by which team?

    • Green Bay Packers
    • Atlanta Falcons
    • New Orleans Saints
    • Minnesota Vikings
    Answer

    Atlanta Falcons · from NFL & Football

25. Why did FDR move Thanksgiving earlier in 1939?

    • To avoid a war anniversary
    • To lengthen the holiday shopping season
    • To match Canada's date
    • To end before deer season
    Answer

    To lengthen the holiday shopping season · from Thanksgiving

26. San Francisco's 'Summer of Love' in 1967 centered on which neighborhood?

    • Fisherman's Wharf
    • Nob Hill
    • Haight-Ashbury
    • Chinatown
    Answer

    Haight-Ashbury · from American History

27. Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Roger Staubach and Tom Brady all wore which jersey number?

    Answer

    12 · from NFL & Football

28. The word 'fall' for autumn comes from 'the fall of the' what?

    Answer

    Leaf · from Thanksgiving

29. Ulysses S. Grant was born with which first name?

    • Hiram
    • Ulysses
    • Samuel
    • Simpson
    Answer

    Hiram · from American History

30. Browns legend Jim Brown retired in his prime in 1966 while filming which WWII movie?

    • The Great Escape
    • Where Eagles Dare
    • The Dirty Dozen
    • Kelly's Heroes
    Answer

    The Dirty Dozen · from NFL & Football

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