I’ll admit it – I’m not the best when it comes to trivia. I can’t remember what I ate for breakfast so remembering little details about things is tough. I’m pretty good with movie and music trivia (like these Harry Potter trivia questions) but history and fats, nope. But it’s still fun and my husband and son have an amazing memory so we trivia questions a lot at our house. They have those remember everything they ate and talked about for the past month kind of memory. And I think trivia is fun, even if I personally don’t ever know the answers to questions. If you want something a little less factual based, you might like these Thanksgiving family feud questions or maybe one of these other Thanksgiving games. These Thanksgiving trivia questions were designed to work for both kids and adults. There are a bunch of questions including ones that kids can probably answer (hello a boat name The Mayflower) as well as ones they probably won’t be able to answer (Rachel’s trifle from Friends). So choose the Thanksgiving trivia questions that make the most sense for your group and skip the rest.
How to Play
I’ve created two different versions of the Thanksgiving trivia questions depending on how you want to use them. You can download both at the end of this post or get a copy in my shop here. One of the versions is cards with the question and card on them. The other is a printable Thanksgiving trivia page with all of the questions (no answers) listed on it The printable sheet with all of the questions on it is pretty self-explanatory but the basic idea is that you’d give everyone a printed sheet, a time limit, and some basic rules (no help or phones) and see who get the most answers correct. The Thanksgiving trivia cards are more versatile and can used in a number of ways!
Asking questions to an entire group and having people write down their answer on a sheet of paper. Go through all the questions and everyone gets one point for each correct answer.Asking questions to a large group and whoever can come up with the correct answer wins one point.Putting the cards on a table and letting people just ask questions to each other as kind of a conversation starter.Playing a team trivia game where you split the group into teams, ask the questions, and teams answer together. One point per answer and the team with the most points wins. Asking the entire group and the first person to run up and answer the question gets a small prize/treat (these chocolate turkey treats would be perfect!)
Thanksgiving Trivia Questions
If you don’t want to print out the questions and just want to test yourself, I’ve included the list of trivia questions here as well! Good luck!
Trivia Prize Ideas
Depending on how you are using these Thanksgiving trivia questions, it’s always fun to give out prizes to people who answer correctly or the person who gets the most total correct! Here are a few fun prize ideas to get you started! You can always do a gift card as well, but these are more fun!
Larger Prizes (for one individual winner)
A trivia board game of some sort (for more trivia at home!) Thanksgiving treat basketGold turkey trivia trophyThankful gift boxThanksgiving socksThanksgiving trivia medal (customize it!)
Small Prize Ideas (prize per question)
Mini footballsThanksgiving stickers (these ones are so fun!) Thanksgiving buttons Bag of Thanksgiving candy
Download the Printable
Enter your first name and email address in the form below to get the printable PDF. You will receive a link to download the PDF to your email within minutes. If you’d rather not fill out the form, you can buy a copy in my shop here. If you do not see the form below, click here to get to it. If you do not see the email immediately after you fill out the form, make sure to check your promotions, spam, and junk folders! The file will include:
30 Thanksgiving trivia cardsOne-page Thanksgiving trivia questions sheetOne-page answer sheetInstructions
