Fun facts about Thanksgiving

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Black Friday is the busiest day for

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plumbers

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What famous food item is famous because of the Thanksgiving of 1953 and 26 tons of extra turkey?

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frozen dinners

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Which state does NOT have a city named Turkey? Options: Idaho, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina

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Idaho

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When Abe Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, it was

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a strategic move during the Civil War to unify the nation.

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Only male turkeys, called toms, gobble. Females, called hens, what sound do they make? Options: scream, yell, cackle, holler

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cackle

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Ben Franklin wanted the turkey to be our national bird. An eagle, he wrote in a letter to his daughter, had ___________. A turkey, on the other hand, was a "much more respectable bird."

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bad moral character

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Thanksgiving is not just an American holiday. Canadians celebrate it too. Except they do it the second Monday in _________.

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October

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Break out the menurkeys: The first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving happened on the same day in ______ for the first time since 1888. Scientists say the confluence won't occur again for another 70,000 years, give or take a millennium.

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2013

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A turkey less than 12-weeks-old is called a ___________.

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fryer-roaster

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Why is it called a turkey? Back in the day, the Europeans took a liking to the guinea fowls imported to the continent. Since the birds were imported by ________ merchants, the English called them turkeys. Later, when the Spaniards came to America, they found a bird that tasted like those guinea fowls. When they were sent to Europe, the English called these birds "turkeys" as well.

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Turkish