a) Coca-Cola
b) Levi's jeans
c) McDonald's hamburgers
d) Pepsi

• A1) 1621. Although wild fowl was served, it is unknown but unlikely that turkey was eaten. There was no cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, or pumpkin pie either.
• A2) Abraham Lincoln. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Sarah Josepha Hale (yes, I just had this question last month; just wanted to see if you were paying attention).
• A3) Franklin Roosevelt. During the unofficial intermediate stage, the holiday was dubbed "Franksgiving", and Texas chose to celebrate on both the old and new dates.
• A4) James Pierpont. The song is better known as "Jingle Bells" now.
• A5) Columbus Day (the second Monday in October). The holiday originally celebrated a bountiful harvest.
• A6) Felix the Cat. In 1927, he was also the first large balloon in the event.
• A7) Turkey. Charles Schulz thought a little cannibirdism wasn't enough to overturn tradition.
• A8) Dallas and Detroit. The Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Denver Broncos in 2006, and the St. Louis Cardinals, who moved to Phoenix in 1988, hosted and lost to the Buffalo Bills in 1975 and the Miami Dolphins in 1977.
• A9) George Winston. The 1982 album helped establish the Windham Hill record label.
• A10) Judge Reinhold. The made-for-TV movie erred, I mean aired, in 2003.
• A11) Benjamin Franklin. He documented his preference in a letter to his daughter.
• A12) Four days. The bird should be kept in the back of the refrigerator where it is the coldest.

Thanksgiving Questions

• Q1) In what year did the Pilgrims celebrate the "First Thanksgiving"?
• Q2) Which U.S. President made Thanksgiving a national holiday?
• Q3) Which U.S. President moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the second to last Thursday and then to the fourth Thursday?
• Q4) Who wrote "One Horse Open Sleigh" in 1857 for Thanksgiving?
• Q5) On what U.S. holiday do Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving?
• Q6) Who was the first cartoon character to appear in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
• Q7) In "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving", what main course do Snoopy and Woodstock eat?
• Q8) Since 1970, what two cities have hosted NFL games on almost every Thanksgiving?
• Q9) What New Age musician's "December" album begins with a song titled "Thanksgiving"?
• Q10) What actor starred as Dr. Mitch Snider in National Lampoon's "Thanksgiving Family Reunion"?
• Q11) In 1784, what American statesman recommended that the turkey be the U.S. national bird?
• Q12) According to Martha Stewart, how many days before Thanksgiving should you begin to thaw a frozen turkey (20 pounds)?

Category Questions:

History & Government	Who was the first U.S. President born in June, the last month a President had not been born in?
Literature & Arts	What national Spanish museum of painting and sculpture is located in Madrid and was formerly known as the Royal Museum?
Sports & Games	In which state are the Preakness Stakes run?
Math & Science	What did Watson and Crick discover was shaped like a double helix in 1953?
Geography & Nature	What is the only type of tree from which koalas eat?
Entertainment & Food	What "Never Gonna Give You Up" singer did critics initially think was lip synching for a black man?

Literature & Arts	SARTRE	Jean Paul Sartre's The Devil and the Good Lord was published in 1951.
Entertainment & Food	LEO	The sign traditionally includes anyone born between July 23 to August 22, although that is no longer astronomically accurate.
Geography & Nature	ANT	Although their brains weigh only a hundredth of a gram on average, they are the heaviest of any insects and contain about 250,000 brain cells.
Math & Science	LACTOSE	In most mammals, this change occurs so the young will wean themselves.
History & Government	MEANY	Plumber George Meany became the head of the merged union on December 5, 1955.
Sports & Games	TIFFANY	American artist Louis Tiffany was best known for his art nouveau stained glass work.

Quiz Quilt Answer: FACTOR (Third letters going up)

Two and three are the prime factors of the number six.