First I wanted to take the time to thank those that entered this contest (this was very close in scoring with only .5 separating.  It was interesting seeing the answers and I am fairly certain there will be some personal views on the answers.  As for the answers I had to stick with the sources I used.  While I did more research to determine the most correct answer I decided to stick with the original answers.
Winner will be notified so they will be sent a valuable prize.
Two new terms I learned while going through the answers- Ballonicle and Falloon



Thanksgiving day trivia answers.

1-The best way to see if a Cranberry is ripe is to? Bounce

2-What city does America eat the weight of the population of in turkey (the bird not the country)? Singapore

3-What popular item was developed due to tons of leftover turkey? TV Dinners

4-What was the first meal in Space? Turkey dinner

5-How many days did the first thanksgiving last? Three

6-What was the name of the first turkey pardoned and who pardoned it? Jack -Abraham Lincoln this question had some really good answers and I learned something from each of them.

7-What utensil was missing from the first thanksgiving? Spork, I mean Fork

8-What country did we(the US) steal the idea of Thanksgiving from? Canada

9-What Author was largely responsible for the establishment of the national holiday? How long did they campaign for and what are they known for authoring? Sara Joseph Hale - 17 years

10-What president wanted to change the date of Thanksgiving and why? FDR stimulate the economy

11-what state celebrated two days for Thanksgiving? (the original question was worded different a result of input between brain, fingers and keyboard so I disqualified this question). Had it been worded correctly the answer would have been Texas

12-Everything known about the "first" thanksgiving comes from what?  A letter from Edward Winslow

13-What state raises the most turkeys? -This was debatable, my source said North Carolina other sources Minnesota

14-What are baby turkeys called? Poults

15-What were the first three balloon animals in the Macy's day parade? When was the first Macy's day parade? Felix the cat, dragon and elephant



Sources used
http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2013/11/the-real-story-behind-the-presidential-turkey-pardon/
http://www.weirdworm.com/weird-thanksgiving-day-facts/
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/11/10-interesting-thanksgiving-facts/
http://www.policymic.com/articles/19477/happy-yanksgiving-how-the-us-stole-thanksgiving-from-canada
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/bill-kirby/2011-11-21/time-test-your-thanksgiving-trivia-skill



Cheers,



G




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