TRIVIA

Newsletter Trivia questions and answers

1. In what year was the harvest feast now called the first Thanksgiving?

Answer: 1621. The first Thanksgiving feast was a three-day harvest celebration at Plymouth Colony.

2. Which president issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation, in 1789?
Answer: George Washington. He declared Thursday, November 26, 1789, a day of public thanksgiving.

3. Which state was the first to adopt Thanksgiving as an annual holiday, in 1817?

Answer: New York.

4. When did the presidential turkey pardon become an official annual ceremony?

Answer: 1989, under George H. W. Bush.

5. How much did the world's largest pumpkin pie weigh?

Answer: 3,699 pounds, baked in New Bremen, Ohio, in 2010.

6. In what year was the first Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Answer: 1924

7. Which character has appeared as a parade balloon more times than any other?

Answer: Snoopy

8. In what year were the first NFL games played on Thanksgiving?
Answer: 1920, the league's first season.

9. When was the first college football game played on Thanksgiving?

Answer: 1876, between Princeton and Yale.