From the food to the family time to the football to the floats at the Thanksgiving Day Parade, here are 50 Thanksgiving trivia questions and answers to impress your guests in between stuffing your faces with stuffing. Yes, you do need some Thanksgiving activities for kids to keep all guests entertained, after all!

50 Thanksgiving Trivia Questions and Answers

Question: How long was the first Thanksgiving celebration?Answer: Three days Question: What meats were served at the first Thanksgiving celebration?Answer: Venison, swan, duck and goose were likely—not turkey! Question: What seafood was served at the first Thanksgiving feast?Answer: Lobster, oysters, fish and possibly eel Question: Who was the first President to pardon a turkey?Answer: John F. Kennedy Question: Which President made turkey pardoning an annual event?Answer: George H.W. Bush Question: How many calories on average are consumed, per person, at Thanksgiving dinner?Answer: 4,500 Question: How much did the world’s most expensive Thanksgiving dinner on record cost?Answer: $150,000 at New York City’s Old Homestead Steakhouse Question: When was the first Thanksgiving football game?Answer: 1876 Question: When was the first Thanksgiving NFL game?Answer: 1920 Question: Who was the first President to receive a ceremonial Thanksgiving Turkey?Answer: Harry S. Truman Question: How many women were at the very first Thanksgiving celebration?Answer: Five Question: Which President made Thanksgiving a permanent national holiday?Answer: Abraham Lincoln Question: Which President first ordered a national day of Thanksgiving?Answer: George Washington Question: Which President refused to celebrate Thanksgiving as a national holiday?Answer: Thomas Jefferson Question: Which President declared two Thanksgivings in one year?Answer: James Madison Question: Which President tried to make Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November to help boost the economy for the holiday season?Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Question: Which President officially made Thanksgiving the fourth Thursday of every November?Answer: Franklin Delano Roosevelt Question: Which President received a live raccoon as a Thanksgiving present?Answer: Calvin Coolidge Question: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?Answer: The Wampanoag Question: Which Native American friend to the settlers acted as an interpreter?Answer: Squanto Question: In what month did the very first Thanksgiving celebration likely take place?Answer: September Question: How many turkeys are prepared for Thanksgiving in America each year?Answer: About 46 million Question: What percent of Americans skip turkey on Thanksgiving?Answer: About 12 percent Question: When was the first Turkey Trot?Answer: 1896 Question: Where was the first Turkey Trot?Answer: Buffalo, New York Question: How many Americans prefer Thanksgiving leftovers to Thanksgiving dinner?Answer: About 80 percent Question: When is Thanksgiving in Canada?Answer: The second Monday in October Question: About how many pumpkin pies are consumed every Thanksgiving?Answer: About 50 million Question: What happens at Cole’s Hill in Plymouth, Massachusetts every Thanksgiving?Answer: A “National Day of Mourning” for Native Americans who died at the hand or plague of European settlers Question: Black Friday is the biggest day of the year for what trade profession?Answer: Plumbers Question: Do Americans prefer apple pie or pumpkin pie?Answer: Apple pie Question: What turkeys actually gobble?Answer: Male turkeys Question: Sarah Josepha Hale, who campaigned for Thanksgiving to be a national holiday, wrote what famous song?Answer: “Mary Had a Little Lamb” Question: When was green bean casserole introduced to Thanksgiving dinners?Answer: 1955 Question: During which Revolutionary War battle did troops have a day of Thanksgiving?Answer: The Battle of Saratoga Question: What city has the oldest Thanksgiving Day Parade?Answer: Philadelphia Question: Which city’s Thanksgiving Day Parade ends with Santa Claus getting a key to the city?Answer: Detroit Question: What 18-minute monologue is performed on many rock and classic rock stations every Thanksgiving?Answer: Arlo Guthrie’s “Alice’s Restaurant” Question: What year did Adam Sandler release “The Thanksgiving Song?“Answer: 1992 Question: What year did the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade first have balloons?Answer: 1928 Question: On average, how many people attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade each year?Answer: About 3.5 million Question: How many people participate in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade each year?Answer: About 8,000 Question: Black Friday isn’t the only holiday the day after Thanksgiving. What’s the other?Answer: Native American Heritage Day Question: What popular song’s real title is “The New England Boy’s Song About Thanksgiving Day”?Answer: “Over the River and Through the Woods” Question: According to the Guinness Book of World Records, how much does the heaviest turkey on record weigh?Answer: 86 pounds Question: How much does the average Thanksgiving turkey weigh?Answer: About 15 pounds Question: What state consumes the most turkey every Thanksgiving?Answer: California Question: When did canned cranberries first come about?Answer: 1912 Question: What meat is the most popular alternative to turkey on Thanksgiving?Answer: Ham Question: Statistically, what is Americans’ favorite Thanksgiving side dish?Answer: Stuffing Check out… 101 Trivia Questions for Kids101 Disney Trivia Questions100 Movie Trivia Questions