Nov. 28, 2024
Thanksgiving Trivia
ourney Joe Mitchell serves up a feast of Thanksgiving knowledge. From the true origins of TV dinners to presidential turkey pardoning mishaps, this episode dishes out surprising holiday facts. Learn which department store started the Thanksgiving...
ourney Joe Mitchell serves up a feast of Thanksgiving knowledge. From the true origins of TV dinners to presidential turkey pardoning mishaps, this episode dishes out surprising holiday facts. Learn which department store started the Thanksgiving parade tradition and discover how football became a Turkey Day staple.
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Calarogus shark media Greeting's Turkey enthusiasts. I'm journey Joe Mitchell,
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and welcome to a festive edition of five daily trivia questions.
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On this Thanksgiving Day, let's carve into some holiday history.
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Question one. Which department store first staged a Thanksgiving parade
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in nineteen twenty three years before Macy's and what classic
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movie star began her career as one of its balloon handlers.
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Question two? What sparked the TV dinner industry when Swanson
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had two hundred and sixty tons of leftover turkey after
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Thanksgiving nineteen fifty three? Question three? When did football become
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a Thanksgiving tradition? And which two teams played in the
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first NFL Thanksgiving Game? Question four? Which president tried to
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move Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November nineteen thirty nine,
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causing a nationwide calendar crisis. Question five. What unusual turkey
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pardoning incident occurred in nineteen eighty four when the turkey
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escaped before the ceremony. We'll be right back with these
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festive answers after this break. Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's
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reveal today's answers. Question one asked which department store first
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staged a Thanksgiving parade in nineteen twenty three, years before
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Macy's and what classic movie star began her career as
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one of its balloon handlers. Answer. Philadelphia's Gimbals department store
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started the tradition, and Grace Kelly worked as a balloon
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handler there in nineteen forty seven. She later joked that
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controlling giant balloons prepared her for handling Hollywood egos. Question
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two asked what sparked the TV dinner industry when Swanson
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had two hundred and sixty tons of leftover turkey after
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Thanksgiving nineteen fifty three. Answer. A Swanson salesman suggested packaging
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the leftover turkey in aluminum trays like airline meals, creating
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the first TV dinner. They sold ten million turkey dinners
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in the first year. Question three asked when did football
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become a Thanksgiving tradition and which two teams played in
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the first NFL Thanksgiving Game. Answer. The first NFL Thanksgiving
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Game was in nineteen thirty four between the Detroit Lions
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and Chicago Bears. The Lion's owners scheduled it to compete
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with the Detroit Tigers. Popularity. Question four asked which president
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tried to move Thanksgiving to the third Thursday of November
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in nineteen thirty nine, causing a nationwide calendar crisis. Answer
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Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it to extend the Christmas shopping
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season during the depression. Some states refused to change, leading
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to Democratic Thanksgiving and Republican Thanksgiving. Question five asked what
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unusual turkey pardoning incident occurred in nineteen eighty four when
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the turkey escaped before the ceremony. Answer. The turkey fled
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to the Rose Garden, leading to a chased by Secret
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Service agents who finally caught it hiding in Nancy Reagan's
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prize roses. President Reagan quipped that the turkey pardoned itself.
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That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Journey Joe Mitchell,
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and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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Happy Thanksgiving and see you tomorrow.
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