Funny Thanksgiving Trivia Questions — 15 Hilarious Q&A

They don't — this is a myth! Turkeys do sometimes tilt their heads back in rain, but they do not drown from it. Domestic turkeys can be remarkably dim, but not that dim.

It's a chicken stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey. Because one bird simply wasn't enough. Football commentator John Madden popularized it on national TV in the 1990s.

Absolutely not. The iconic buckled Pilgrim outfit is a Victorian-era invention. Real Pilgrims wore normal English clothing in various colors — including red, green, and yellow.

Wine. The Mayflower was a merchant wine ship. Transporting 102 Pilgrims on a 66-day Atlantic crossing was arguably a career low.

3,000 to 4,500 calories in a single sitting — roughly double the recommended daily intake. Tryptophan gets the blame for drowsiness, but it's really just volume.

FDR in 1939. He moved it one week earlier, creating 'Franksgiving.' Half the states refused to comply, creating two simultaneous Thanksgivings. Congress permanently fixed it in 1941.

A Thanksgiving leftover sandwich with an extra gravy-soaked slice of bread in the middle. Ross invented it and was devastated when someone ate it at his office. It became a real recipe people actually make.

No. Pumpkin spice is cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger — no pumpkin. Real pumpkin has almost no flavor. The $500M+ industry built on this fact is either ironic or impressive depending on your perspective.

No — they called themselves Saints. Other colonists called them Separatists. The romantic term 'Pilgrim' wasn't widely used until the 1800s, when it was popularized by writers who wanted a better narrative.

About 100,000. The most common question: 'My turkey is still frozen.' Every year. A hundred thousand times.

About 50% — of the 102 passengers, roughly half died before spring. The fact that they threw a party the following fall is actually remarkable.

About 200 million pounds of turkey is thrown away — roughly 35% of all the birds cooked on Thanksgiving Day.

The night before Thanksgiving — reportedly the biggest bar night of the year as people return home and reunite with old friends. Also called 'Drinksgiving.' Bartenders earn it.

False. He praised the turkey in a private letter to his daughter, calling it 'a much more respectable bird' than the eagle. He never formally proposed anything. The misquote has been repeated for 200 years.

The tryptophan myth — that turkey makes you sleepy. Turkey does contain tryptophan, but so does chicken and cheese. The real reason you're drowsy is that you ate 4,000 calories, drank wine, and watched football.