Thanksgiving Football

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1. 1.Which league traditionally schedules games for Canadian Thanksgiving Monday?

   • A. The NHL
   • B. The NBA
   • C. The Canadian Football League
   • D. Major League Baseball
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   The Canadian Football League

   Did you know? The CFL stages its Thanksgiving Day Classic.

2. 2.Which team did Dallas host in its first Thanksgiving game, in 1966?

   • A. The Washington Redskins
   • B. The Green Bay Packers
   • C. The New York Giants
   • D. The Cleveland Browns
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   The Cleveland Browns

   Did you know? Dallas began its tradition against Cleveland in 1966.

3. 3.Which undefeated powerhouse did Detroit upset on Thanksgiving 1962?

   • A. The Green Bay Packers
   • B. The Cleveland Browns
   • C. The Baltimore Colts
   • D. The Dallas Cowboys
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   The Green Bay Packers

   Did you know? The 1962 Lions handed Green Bay its only loss.

4. 4.In addition to Detroit, which team hosts an NFL game every Thanksgiving since 1966?

   • A. The Green Bay Packers
   • B. The Miami Dolphins
   • C. The Dallas Cowboys
   • D. The Chicago Bears
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   The Dallas Cowboys

   Did you know? Dallas joins Detroit as the holiday's permanent hosts.

5. 5.Which two Ivy League teams played the first college football game on Thanksgiving, in 1876?

   • A. Brown and Dartmouth
   • B. Harvard and Yale
   • C. Penn and Cornell
   • D. Yale and Princeton
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   Yale and Princeton

   Did you know? Yale met Princeton in the 1876 Thanksgiving championship.

6. 6.Which Texas city is home to the Cowboys' current stadium?

   • A. Dallas downtown
   • B. El Paso
   • C. Irving
   • D. Arlington
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   Arlington

   Did you know? AT&T Stadium stands in Arlington, Texas.

7. 7.Which network airs the late-afternoon Thanksgiving window?

   • A. Fox
   • B. PBS
   • C. CBS
   • D. AMC
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   Fox

   Did you know? Fox follows CBS in the afternoon slot.

8. 8.The traditional Thanksgiving game between local high school rivals is commonly called what?

   • A. The Stuffing Stakes
   • B. The Gravy Game
   • C. The Gobbler Gala
   • D. The Turkey Bowl
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   The Turkey Bowl

   Did you know? High schools meet yearly in the "Turkey Bowl."

9. 9.In which year did the Cowboys join the NFL?

   • A. 1970
   • B. 1960
   • C. 1952
   • D. 1966
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   1960

   Did you know? Dallas entered the league as a 1960 expansion team.

10. 10.Which network airs the early Thanksgiving window?

    • A. CBS
    • B. Fox
    • C. TNT
    • D. ABC
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    CBS

    Did you know? CBS kicks off the NFL's Thanksgiving tripleheader.

11. 11.Which domed New Orleans stadium hosts the Bayou Classic?

    • A. The Caesars Superdome's predecessor
    • B. The Superdome
    • C. Yulman Stadium
    • D. Tiger Stadium
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    The Superdome

    Did you know? The Superdome hosts the holiday classic.

12. 12.In which year did the NFL add a third, prime-time Thanksgiving game?

    • A. 1994
    • B. 1998
    • C. 2012
    • D. 2006
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    2006

    Did you know? A night game joined the slate in 2006.

13. 13.In which city does the Bayou Classic kickoff?

    • A. New Orleans
    • B. Baton Rouge
    • C. Houston
    • D. Shreveport
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    New Orleans

    Did you know? The classic plays in New Orleans each holiday weekend.

14. 14.What time (Eastern) does the Thanksgiving slate traditionally kick off?

    • A. Around 6 am
    • B. Around 12:30 pm
    • C. Midnight
    • D. Around 9 pm
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    Around 12:30 pm

    Did you know? The holiday opens around 12:30 pm Eastern.

15. 15.What official nickname does the NFL give its Thanksgiving slate?

    • A. The Gobbler Games
    • B. The Harvest Bowl
    • C. The Thanksgiving Classic
    • D. The Turkey Bowl
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    The Thanksgiving Classic

    Did you know? The NFL brands its holiday slate the Thanksgiving Classic.

16. 16.Thanksgiving games in the NFL's predecessor league date to which year?

    • A. 1920
    • B. 1934
    • C. 1958
    • D. 1946
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    1920

    Did you know? The APFA (soon the NFL) played Thanksgiving games in 1920.

17. 17.How many NFL games fill Thanksgiving Day today?

    • A. Ten
    • B. Six
    • C. One
    • D. Three
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    Three

    Did you know? The league now stages a Thanksgiving tripleheader.

18. 18.By the 1890s, college Thanksgiving championship games drew crowds of about how many?

    • A. About 4,000
    • B. About 140,000
    • C. About 400
    • D. About 40,000
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    About 40,000

    Did you know? Forty-thousand-strong crowds made Thanksgiving college football's biggest day.

19. 19.Which rookie receiver's Thanksgiving debut came against Dallas in 1998?

    • A. Terrell Owens
    • B. Chad Johnson
    • C. Jerry Rice
    • D. Randy Moss
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    Randy Moss

    Did you know? Moss's three-TD day came at Texas Stadium in 1998.

20. 20.Which legendary coach lost Detroit's 1962 Thanksgiving upset?

    • A. George Halas
    • B. Vince Lombardi
    • C. Tom Landry
    • D. Don Shula
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    Vince Lombardi

    Did you know? Lombardi's Packers fell 26-14 in Detroit.

21. 21.The night Thanksgiving game moved from NFL Network to which network in 2012?

    • A. CBS
    • B. NBC
    • C. TBS
    • D. Hulu
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    NBC

    Did you know? NBC took over the prime-time holiday game in 2012.

22. 22.Which father of American football starred in the early Thanksgiving classics?

    • A. Walter Camp
    • B. Amos Alonzo Stagg
    • C. Bear Bryant
    • D. Knute Rockne
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    Walter Camp

    Did you know? Walter Camp played in Yale's Thanksgiving contests.

23. 23.Which team was Troy Aikman's five-touchdown Thanksgiving victim in 1998?

    • A. The Chicago Bears
    • B. The Philadelphia Eagles
    • C. The Minnesota Vikings
    • D. The Detroit Lions
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    The Minnesota Vikings

    Did you know? The Vikings fell 46-29 that holiday.

24. 24.In which year did the Lions upset the mighty Packers?

    • A. 1957
    • B. 1962
    • C. 1968
    • D. 1970
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    1962

    Did you know? The upset came on Thanksgiving Day 1962.

25. 25.Which network broadcast the AFL's early Thanksgiving games?

    • A. ABC
    • B. NBC
    • C. CBS
    • D. HBO
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    ABC

    Did you know? ABC carried the AFL's holiday slate.

26. 26.Which New York venue hosted the huge Thanksgiving championship crowds of the 1890s?

    • A. The Polo Grounds
    • B. Ebbets Field
    • C. Madison Square Garden
    • D. Yankee Stadium
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    The Polo Grounds

    Did you know? Yale-Princeton packed the Polo Grounds each holiday.

27. 27.Who won Dallas's first Thanksgiving game, in 1966?

    • A. Nobody played
    • B. The Dallas Cowboys
    • C. The Cleveland Browns
    • D. Tie game
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    The Dallas Cowboys

    Did you know? The Cowboys won 26-24 in their holiday debut.

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