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	Corn		No votes (0%)
	Cob		1 vote (100%)
	Both (Didn't Obama pardon both Tater and Tot?)		No votes (0%)
	Neither		No votes (0%)
	I demand a recount!		No votes (0%)
	The Democrats stole the election for Corn.		No votes (0%)
	I saw a Hefty bag full of Corn votes.		No votes (0%)
	Somebody do a Benford test on the results.		No votes (0%)
	I requested an absentee ballot and never got it.		No votes (0%)
	I miss Shrek.		No votes (0%)

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November 26th, 2020 at 2:17:38 PM permalink

Wizard

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I would like to wish each and every DT member a happy thanksgiving!

In celebration, here is some Thanksgiving trivia for you.

Who was the first president to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey?
What was the main course at the first Thanksgiving celebration?
Which president made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
What native American tribe celebrated the original Thanksgiving with the pilgrims?
When is Thanksgiving celebrated in Canada?
Which gender of turkeys gobble?
Not counting “Black Friday,” what is officially celebrated the day after Thanksgiving?
Who led the cause to make Thanksgiving a national holiday and what else is he/she famous for?
Thanksgiving used to be celebrated on the last Thursday of October. Which president changed it to the fourth Thursday?
Many countries have some kind of harvest celebration in late autumn. What is it called in the UK?

Please post your answers.

I didn't know this until today, but the White House Twitter page let members vote on which turkey to pardon. Here were the choices.

Note that Cob likes pickleball, puzzles, and bicycling, much like me. I'd have voted to pardon Cob easily.

The question for the poll is who would you vote to pardon?

Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber

November 26th, 2020 at 3:08:28 PM permalink

Gandler

Member since: Aug 15, 2019
Threads: 30
Posts: 5257

Happy Thanksgiving!

I will guess at some of them.

1. I think it had something to do with WWII so I would think, FDR, Truman, or Eisenhower. I would say Eisenhower as a total guess as it sounds like something he would do.

6. Male.

7. I am not sure, but everywhere I have worked that this has been a holiday it is coded as "Day After Thanksgiving" on the official holiday chart and payroll. I don't know if this is the actual answer.

November 26th, 2020 at 4:27:00 PM permalink
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108	Quote: Gandler 6. Male. This is correct! Still looking for correct answers to the other 9. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber

November 26th, 2020 at 5:45:14 PM permalink
gamerfreak Member since: Feb 19, 2018 Threads: 4 Posts: 527	Wasn’t Obama the first president to pardon the White House turkey?

November 26th, 2020 at 6:30:46 PM permalink

Gandler

Member since: Aug 15, 2019
Threads: 30
Posts: 5257

Quote: gamerfreak
Wasn’t Obama the first president to pardon the White House turkey?

No it's been going back to at least W. Bush, because I remeber after 9/11 it was a big thing because he pardoned two turkey named "liberty" and "freedom".
I am pretty sure he did every other year as well.

[spoiler] (Here is the only YouTube clip I can find of it, but I am pretty sure he answers the original question in the clip)
https://youtu.be/p-2FvqGkgAo

November 27th, 2020 at 4:38:58 AM permalink
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 137 Posts: 21195	At least one bright spot from this china virus Thanksgiving is there should be little to any Black Friday silliness. War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength

November 27th, 2020 at 4:59:42 AM permalink
FrGamble Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 67 Posts: 7596	I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving! There is always plenty to give thanks for, even this year. Thank you Wizard for this site and for your trivia, even though I don't know any answers. “It is with the smallest brushes that the artist paints the most exquisitely beautiful pictures.” (

November 27th, 2020 at 8:29:00 AM permalink
Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 241 Posts: 6108	Quote: FrGamble I hope everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving! There is always plenty to give thanks for, even this year. Amen! Quote: Thank you Wizard for this site and for your trivia, even though I don't know any answers. You're welcome. :-) Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber

November 27th, 2020 at 8:59:46 AM permalink
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 217 Posts: 22939	I went to a restaurant which normally serves pretty good food, but they served pressed turkey. Blah! "Trumpsplain (def.) explaining absolute nonsense said by TRUMP.