Friendsgiving deserves its own trivia night.
Friendsgiving is the feast you share with your chosen family, usually on the weekend before Thanksgiving or on the Wednesday night before the holiday. In 2026, the most popular Friendsgiving dates are Saturday, November 21 and the weekend of November 20-22, right before Thanksgiving Day on Thursday, November 26.
The food comes from a potluck, the guest list comes from your group chat, and the entertainment is up to the host. A short trivia game solves the entertainment problem in about 30 minutes. Here are 12 ready-to-play Friendsgiving trivia questions in three themed rounds, plus the simple format that makes them work at a dinner table.
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- Teams: Split 6-12 guests into teams of 2-4. Couples on opposite teams keeps it lively.
- Rounds: Play the three rounds below between courses. Four questions per round keeps each round under 10 minutes.
- Scoring: One point per correct answer. Phones stay face down; the honor system breaks at Friendsgiving.
- Prize: Winners pick the first slice of pie. Last place washes the first round of dishes.
Round 1: History at the Table
1. In what year did the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag share the harvest feast we now call the first Thanksgiving?
Answer: 1621
2. What ship carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic in 1620?
Answer: The Mayflower
3. Which President proclaimed Thanksgiving a national holiday in 1863?
Answer: Abraham Lincoln
4. What horn-shaped basket, a symbol of a plentiful harvest, still decorates Thanksgiving tables?
Answer: The cornucopia
Round 2: From the Kitchen
5. What bird sits at the center of most Thanksgiving tables?
Answer: Turkey
6. What tart red berry becomes the sauce served beside the turkey?
Answer: The cranberry
7. What is the most popular pie on Thanksgiving tables?
Answer: Pumpkin pie
8. What part of the turkey do two people pull apart, with the longer piece granting a wish?
Answer: The wishbone
Round 3: Parade, Football, and Pop Culture
9. Which department store's Thanksgiving Day parade has run since 1924?
Answer: Macy's
10. Giant character balloons first floated in the Macy's parade in what year?
Answer: 1927
11. Which two NFL teams traditionally host Thanksgiving Day games?
Answer: The Detroit Lions and the Dallas Cowboys
12. In the sitcom Friends, which character gets a raw turkey stuck on his head?
Answer: Joey Tribbiani
Tie-Breaker
Question: Roughly how many turkeys are eaten in the United States each Thanksgiving?
Answer: About 46 million, the figure industry groups cite most often. Closest guess takes the round.
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