Thanksgiving Trivia

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Across
  1. 1. Orange root vegetable often candied
  2. 6. Bread that sets a good example
  3. 10. Dessert that leads the way
  4. 13. Traditional pastime watched after the meal
  5. 15. Sweet nut-filled dessert
  6. 16. Tart sauce served alongside turkey
  7. 18. First Thanksgiving football game was started in 1934 by this team
  8. 19. April showers bring May flowers, but what do May flowers bring?
  9. 21. Fresh uncooked version of a tart side
  10. 22. Longest running balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
  11. 24. Chief of the Wampanoag tribe who were the Indians invited to the Thanksgiving feast
  12. 25. Soft bread served warm with butter
  13. 29. Where leftover sauces go to rest
  14. 30. Centerpiece of many Thanksgiving tables
  15. 31. Creamy side dish whipped with butter
  16. 32. Dangling skin under a turkey's neck
  17. 34. First balloon in the 1927 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
  18. 36. Soaking a turkey in seasoned saltwater
  19. 37. Most cranberries produced in this state
  20. 39. Classic dessert flavored with autumn spices
  21. 40. Ms. Lexi never serves —- for Thanksgiving dinner.
  22. 41. Innards sometimes simmered for stock
  23. 44. Dish made with beans and crispy onions
  24. 45. Most turkeys produced in this state
  25. 47. Name of the famous rock credited to where the pilgrims first landed
  26. 48. Theme associated with the holiday feast
Down
  1. 2. Name of the ship the pilgrims came over on
  2. 3. First department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade
  3. 4. Traditional spiced fall beverage
  4. 5. Bone snapped for luck after carving
  5. 7. Month Thanksgiving is celebrated in Canada
  6. 8. Famous NYC event featuring giant balloons
  7. 9. Horn of Plenty
  8. 11. What is Ms. Lexi’s favorite side dish at Thanksgiving?
  9. 12. Talkative sweet potato
  10. 13. This President moved Thanksgiving up one week to help stimulate the Christmas shopping economy
  11. 14. Sauce often poured over mashed potatoes
  12. 17. Colony in Virginia founded by Captain John Smith
  13. 20. Holiday-themed morning fun run
  14. 21. Southern bread made with a golden meal
  15. 23. Baby turkeys
  16. 26. Brown onions slowly for deeper flavor
  17. 27. What fills the fridge the day after
  18. 28. Part of the turkey that is saved and snapped as a superstitious good luck custom
  19. 33. Captain of the Mayflower
  20. 35. Greek Goddess of Corn
  21. 38. Amino acid blamed for post-meal sleepiness
  22. 42. Famously campaigned for the creation of the American holiday known as Thanksgiving
  23. 43. Another name for the pilgrims
  24. 46. Bread-based side cooked in or outside the turkey