LITTLE ROCK — The table is set, the potatoes are mashed, and the gravy is congealing in its boat. You carve into the bird and - surprise! - it’s pink!
While you scramble to get that bird cooked all the way through, give your guests something else to chew on.
Check out this quiz on our favorite Thanksgiving TV episodes. It comes in two parts: Part A: Friends - Because the sitcom had a decade-long run, and every year put out a very memorable Thanksgiving episode. Part B: Everything else - because, we admit, there have been other shows on television, before and after Friends.
PART A: FRIENDS!
1. In the first season of Friends, which Thanksgiving parade balloon breaks free? (The gang goesto the roof to watch, but gets locked out!) A. Mickey Mouse B. Snoopy C. Underdog D. Bullwinkle 2. In the second season, what was the name of the synthetic chocolate substitute that Monica was creating Thanksgiving recipes for?
A. Mockolate
B. Fauxcholate
C. Coco-wonder
D. None of the above
3. In the third Thanksgiving on Friends, Monica and Ross compete for what football prize?
A. Joey’s Hat
B. Geller Cup
C. The wishbone
D. Bing Cup
4. In the fourth season, Chandler tries to make it up to Joey for stealing his girlfriend by spending Thanksgiving ...
A. In the coffee shop
B. With his head in a turkey
C. In a box D. With Joey’s sisters
5. Thanksgiving Season Five: The Friends crew tells tales of Thanksgivings past. Which of these things did not happen in the episode’s flashbacks?
A. Ross learns of Carol’s affair B. Chandler learns of his parents’ divorce C. Phoebe loses an arm D. Chandler loses a toe 6. In the sixth season of Friends, Rachel mixes up a recipe for English trifle with what otherdish?
A. Meatloaf
B. Shepherd’s pie
C. Pumpkin cake
D. Truffles 7. Season Seven: Rachel has the hots for her assistant. Joey asks if the assistant likes her, because if he doesn’t it is:
A. A mute point
B. Pointless
C. Time to go back to Ross
D. A moo point 8. On the eighth season’s Thanksgiving episode, Monica invites Will Colbert, an old high school classmate, to dinner. Who guest starred in the role?
A. Brad Pitt
B. Leonardo DiCaprio
C. Matt Damon
D. George Clooney
9. Season Nine brings another guest to the Friends Thanksgivingtable: Rachel’s sister Amy, who insults everyone and gets mad that Monica and Chandler would get baby Emma if Ross and Rachel die. Who plays Amy?
A. Reese Witherspoon
B. Christina Applegate
C. Meg Ryan
D. Jennifer Grey
10. In the final Friends Thanksgiving, Joey and Ross are late for dinner because they are ...
A. With Emma at a beauty pageant
B. Crashing the Thanksgiving parade
C. Playing football
D. At a hockey game
PART B: EVERYTHING ELSE 1. What does Snoopy make for Thanksgiving dinner in A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?
A. Toast B. Cereal C. Popcorn D. A and C
2. Norm’s wife Vera makes a cameo appearance in Cheers’ 1986 “Thanksgiving Orphans” episode, and she ...
A. Is wearing a veil B. Gets a pie in the face C. Is Cliff in drag D. Is heard but not seen
3. In the 1970 Brady Bunch episode “The Un-Underground Movie,” which Brady enlists the family to make a home movie about the Pilgrims?
A. Bobby B. Marsha C. Greg D. Jan 4. What is the famous line from the Thanksgiving episode of WKRP in Cincinnati?
A. “The turkeys have parachutes.” B. “They are falling like sandbags.” C. “With God as my witness I thought turkeys could fly.” D. “Free Turkeys for sale!” 5. In the 1967 Thanksgiving episode of Bewitched, the whole gang ends up back at the first Thanksgiving, including nosey neighbor ... A. Kimmy Gibler B. Ethel Mertz C. Patty Poole D. Gladys Kravitz
6. Bob Newhart famously orders what dish in The Bob Newhart Show’s “Over the River and Through the Woods” episode(1975)?
A. Moo goo gai pan B. Beef Wellington C. Kung pao chicken D. Peking duck
7. In the 2001 “The Indians in the Lobby” episode of The West Wing, President Bartlet discovers ...
A. A carving knife from Thomas Jefferson B. An Iranian plot C. The true landing spot of the Pilgrims D. The Butterball hot line
8. In Happy Days’ 1978 “The First Thanksgiving” episode, Fonzie (Henry Winkler) dresses as a Pilgrim with a ...
A. leather-jacketed turkey B. primitive jukebox C. wooden motorcycle D. comb in his pocket
9. Which comedy had a “Slapsgiving” episode in 2007?
A. Scrubs B. How I Met Your Mother C. The Office D. Family Guy 10. Christmas special favorites Rankin-Bass produced what 1968 Thanksgiving special?
A. Mouse on the Mayflower B. Frosty’s Feast C. Plymouth Rock D. A Garfield Thanksgiving PART A ANSWERS: 1. C; 2. A; 3. B;
4. C; 5. A; 6. B; 7. D (it’s a cow’s opinion); 8. A; 9. B. Reese Witherspoon played Rachel’s other sister Jill; 10. D PART B ANSWERS: 1. D; 2. B; 3.
C; 4. C; 5. D; 6. A; 7. D; 8. C; 9.
B; 10. A
Weekend, Pages 49 on 11/26/2009
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