Can you smell the turkey in the air? Yes, it’s that time of the year again when you eat lots of food, are thankful for what you have in life, and have awkward family gatherings with your extended family. Happy Thanksgiving!
You may have the best relationship with your family members, but differences in opinion can still occur, and when it all happens at a dinner table, tensions may grow. What you need at a moment like this are Thanksgiving jokes and riddles to defuse that tension. And even if you are having a very peaceful evening, funny riddles for the entire family will be a fresh topic at the table that can gradually grow into a Thanksgiving tradition.
You don’t need to be well-versed in the history of Thanksgiving to have some fun. Most riddles for adults are based more on Thanksgiving puns than actual facts, and that’s the beauty of them.
If the idea seems great but you don’t know where to look for Thanksgiving riddles with answers, fear not — we have prepared a bunch of those for you. All you have to do is read this article, pick your favorite riddles (or use all of them!), and get your entire family to participate in the game. After Thanksgiving, when there is no more food left and everyone goes back home, definitely let us know in the comments which riddle was the most popular one.
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When does Christmas come before Thanksgiving?
Which side of the turkey has more feathers?
What should you say when your family begs you to stop making Thanksgiving jokes?
Why didn’t the cook season the Thanksgiving turkey?
What sound does a space turkey make?
If you feel scared on Halloween, jolly on Christmas, how do feel on Thanksgiving?
What do you get when a turkey lays an egg on top of a barn?
What is red and has feathers all over?
What did the farmer say to the green pumpkin in his garden?
I am frequently at Thanksgiving dinner. I have ears, but I cannot hear. My outside is good, but my inside gets thrown away. What am I?
I can be crushed, baked, carved and you can see me everywhere on Thanksgiving. What am I?
I can be baked, mashed, or candied. Even put in a pie. What am I?
What do you call a turkey on the day after Thanksgiving?
Where do turkeys go to dance?
What do grateful, thankful, wonderful and joyful have all in common?
If you call a big turkey a gobbler, what do you call a small one?
What did the turkey say to the turkey hunter on Thanksgiving Day?
What’s the best song to play while cooking a turkey?
Why don’t people like eating fish on Thanksgiving?
Which of the Thanksgiving drinks is thought to be sad?
If you want to picture fall, then my image would be best. I am a horn that is filled with all the season’s harvest. What am I?
I'm always on the Thanksgiving dinner table, but you don't get to eat me. What am I?
Which is heavier - a ton of potatoes or a ton of turkey feathers?
What has feathers, is the star of a November feast and goes up and down?
Why did the turkey cross the road?
What can never be eaten at Thanksgiving dinner?
If April showers bring May flowers, what do May flowers bring?
If it took 3 women 4 hours to roast a turkey, how long would it take 4 women to roast the same turkey?
Why do pilgrims’ pants always fall down?
What’s the best thing to put into a pumpkin pie?
What sound does a turkey’s phone make?
What’s the favorite food of mathematicians for Thanksgiving?
What would you get if you crossed a turkey with a ghost?
Why did the turkey sit on the tomahawk?
What did the salad say to the butter who kept making jokes?
What is a scarecrow’s favorite fruit?
What do vampires celebrate in the fall?
When the Pilgrims walked off their boat into the new world, on what did they stand?
Why did Johnny get bad grades after Thanksgiving?
Answer: Because everything is marked down after the holidays.
What do you wear to Thanksgiving dinner?
If the Pilgrims were alive today, what would they be most famous for?
What did the stock boy tell the woman when she asked, “Do these turkeys get any bigger?”
What’s the difference between a pirate and a cranberry farmer?
Answer: A pirate buries his treasure, but a cranberry farmer treasures his berries.
What did the turkey say to the man who tried to shoot it?
Why didn’t the pilgrim want to make the bread?
What do you a call the age of a pilgrim?
I am the smallest unit of measurement in the pilgrim cookbook. Who Am I?
What did the turkeys sing on Thanksgiving Day?
Where did the first corn come from?
Where do turkeys come from if apples and pears come from a tree?
You reap what you sow because of me, remove the first three letters, and I become an object you can wear. What am I?
You see this festive event along the street on this very special day, from Felix to Mickey to Dora and Bugs Bunny, all of the people will make way. What is it?
Grandma and Grandpa had a total of six children. Each of those children grew up and had four children of their own. Those children grew up and had two children each. Everyone will join the Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. How many people will be at the table?
Why did mom put the leftover turkey in the fridge instead of throwing it away?
If four women can bake four pumpkin pies in four hours, how many pies can eight women bake in eight hours?
Two moms and two daughters are at the Thanksgiving table, yet there are only three people at the table — how is that possible?
Grandma is trying to figure out some math while cooking Thanksgiving dinner. She adds five to eleven and gets 4. How could this be?
Answer: It is 11 a.m., and she has five hours until the food needs to be ready at 4 p.m.
One pie gets in a fight with another pie. What does it say?
What would Shakespeare have said on Thanksgiving?
If a tur-key has a key, and a don-key also has a key, what would you expect a monkey to have?
What do you call a running turkey?
What always comes at the end of Thanksgiving?
What is that favorite sport of pumpkins and gourds?
What part of the turkey does a drummer love the most?
What key won’t open any door?
What do the Pilgrims, Indians and Puritans have in common?
I can be hot or cold, I can be made with fruit, vegetable, or meat, but either way you see it, on a Thanksgiving table I will be a treat. What am I?
If the turkey says. “Gobble, gobble, gobble,” and a peach says, “Cobbler, cobbler, cobbler,” what would a computer say?
What do you call it when it rains turkeys?
What kind of music did the Pilgrims listen to at the first Thanksgiving feast?
What would you get if you crossed a turkey with an octopus?
What’s a turkey’s favorite Thanksgiving food?
What is a baby turkey called?
What is hard, oddly-shaped, and brings you good fortune on Thanksgiving?
Why was the Thanksgiving soup so expensive?
Why did the farmer run a steamroller over his potato field on Thanksgiving Day?
What did her daughter say when her mom wanted her help fixing Thanksgiving dinner?
Why did the scarecrow win the Nobel Prize?
What would you call a pet squash?
Why did the Pilgrims want to sail to America in the spring?
The Spring was a seaworthy vessel tried and true. It's previous endeavors include Jamaica the Virgin Islands all of South America and Hawaii
What did the turkey say before it was roasted?
Alright alright take it easy you guys. We all know I gobbled a few times
What does an English turkey say to another English turkey on Thanksgiving morning?
What happened to the turkey whose feathers were all pointing the wrong way?
What is something that describes both political talk and filling up your plate of food?
I am a kitchen appliance, but I am not trying to boast, in November at Thanksgiving, your delicious turkey is what I roast.
What’s the difference between April Fools and Thanksgiving?
What do you use to make bread on Thanksgiving?
The annual tradition each and every Thanksgiving Day is watching the great team sport the Lions and Cowboys play. What is it?
If you will be carving the turkey with an electric cutter, what kind of battery will it need when it runs out of power?
I get stuffed and I get dressed on Thanksgiving. What am I?
How do you make a Pilgrim and turkey float?
How can you tell the difference between a male and female turkey?
Which of the following does not belong at the Thanksgiving table: sweet potato, apples, carrots or onions?
What’s always in the middle of every Thanksgiving table?
Most people eat me, and that is no surprise. I taste great as chips and also as fries. What am I?
There were ten pairs of hands in the dining room on Thanksgiving, but only eight people eating. How?
Our great uncle Herbert has extremely long arms and eats sitting on the commode due to incontinence
I'm extra helpful after Thanksgiving dinner, I'm full of holes but still hold water. What am I?
I'm tall and dark with a big gold buckle, but if you saw me today I might make you chuckle. What am I?
I am a 12-letter word, 2 compound words, and people celebrate me in the fall. What am I?
How is it possible that a turkey can end up with 3 legs even though it has only 2 legs?
What is a turkey’s favorite dessert?
I am soft but not a feather, I am sweet but not sugar. What am I?
