Thanksgiving Quiz 2025
The Annual Tradition Continues
Welcome to the 21st annual Thanksgiving Quiz. It’s the same format as always: 20 questions, Google/ChatGPT honesty policy. You can find the answers here.
What is the only fruit with seeds on the outside?
In 2023, what made up 93 of the 100 most-watched broadcasts on American television?
If you take the last name of Jordan Peele’s comedy collaborator, the last name of the artist behind the album “Yeezus” and the name of the rapper behind the song “Wild Ones”, you’ll get a popular holiday destination.
“Black: fight back, brown: lie down, white: good night.” What is this advice about?
This Caribbean island is the only nation named after a woman.
The name of this ~$500bn company comes from J. R. R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. It describes one of several indestructible crystal balls, and the name means ‘far’ and ‘watch over’ in Elvish.
What’s the only planet not named after a god?
What role links actors Robert Pattinson, Val Kilmer, Michael Keaton and George Clooney?
Two thirds of the world’s longest-lived businesses are in this country. I went to visit the world’s oldest hotel there this summer, founded in 718AD.
The most viewed series in Netflix history garnered over 265 million views and was recently surpassed by an animated film which became the most-watched original title in Netflix history with over 325 million views. Which country are they both set in?
According to legend, the name of this country comes from “For/through you the Grail.”
Despite being closed on Sundays, this chain generates more than twice the average revenue per restaurant of its competitors.
Which of these is the oldest: The Aztec Empire, Oxford University, The Mongol Empire or the printing press.
This city beginning with “C” is the most populous city in China, with a population of 32 million people.
What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?
During World War II, were the highest casualty rates among the Allies in the Army, Navy or Air Force?
This book with a 2 word title was published in 2018, has sold 25 million copies, was the best-selling book on Amazon in 2021, and spent 5 years on the NYT Bestseller list.
What is Psyche 16, estimated to contain up to $10 quintillion worth of metals?
This Pacific Island nation with the web domain .ki is the only country in the world in the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Which director connects: 1) a mountain in South Dakota with the faces of four presidents carved into it, 2) the capital of Hungary, 3) A town in India’s West Bengal state famous for its tea and 4) an ancient maritime civilization in the eastern Mediterranean, centered around modern-day Lebanon, Syria, and Israel.
10/20. These quiz questions were much better than the ones that come in our Christmas crackers!
12/20. Could be worse!