Q 01/05

Commentators often tie Friendsgiving's rise to which idea of kinship, long common in LGBTQ+ communities?

A) Extended family

B) Chosen family

C) Blended family

D) Nuclear family

Answer · why

B) Chosen family

Chosen family means friends who fill a relative's place, which is why the meal caught on with LGBTQ+ people estranged from parents and with city trans...

Q 02/05

Which reality show's 2011 episode 'Gobblefellas' helped carry the word 'Friendsgiving' to a national audience?

A) Jersey Shore

B) The Real Housewives of Atlanta

C) The Real Housewives of New Jersey

D) Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Answer · why

C) The Real Housewives of New Jersey

The Real Housewives of New Jersey made a Friendsgiving dinner a plot point in the same year an ad campaign took up the word, and dictionary editors sa...

Q 03/05

A Friendsgiving meal is usually organised as which kind of get-together?

A) A cookout

B) A catered dinner

C) A potluck

D) A progressive dinner

Answer · why

C) A potluck

A potluck spreads the cooking across the guests, which is why the host of a Friendsgiving rarely has to roast everything alone.

Q 04/05

Which dictionary added 'Friendsgiving' in January 2020, dating its first known use to 2007?

A) Collins

B) Merriam-Webster

C) Oxford English Dictionary

D) Cambridge Dictionary

Answer · why

B) Merriam-Webster

Merriam-Webster had tracked the word since it surfaced on Twitter and the message board Usenet, and added it 13 years later once it was clear the term...

Q 05/05

According to NPR in 2025, roughly what share of Americans celebrate Friendsgiving?

A) About 5%

B) About 20%

C) About 45%

D) About 70%

Answer · why

B) About 20%

One in five is a big number for a holiday that only got its name in the late 2000s. The New York Times has called it 'more than just a riff on Thanksg...