In honor of Thanksgiving I wanted to share with you all a Thanksgiving quiz I have been using for a few years now. Each year I select a few questions and put them on a post card and send it to my database. I hope you enjoy the quiz and let me know how well you did!
Turkey Trivia Quiz
1. When was the first American Thanksgiving celebration?
a. 1492
b. 1567
c. 1621
d. 1777
2. Where was the turkey first domesticated?
a. Canada
b. Mexico and Central America
c. New Zealand
d. India
3. What is a female turkey called?
a. a rooster
b. a cuckoo
c. a chick
d. a hen
4. What is a male turkey called?
a. a larry
b. a clark
c. a harry
d. a tom
5. What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
a. Benjamin Franklin
b. Thomas Jefferson
c. John Adams
d. Andrew Jackson
6. What sound does a female turkey make?
a. gobble
b. click
c. chirp
d. peep
7. What sound does a male turkey make?
a. gobble
b. click
c. chirp
d. peep
8. About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?
a. 1,500
b. 2,000
c. 3,500
d. 5,000
9. Which state produces the most turkeys annually?
a. Kansas
b. Ohio
c. Arkansas
d. North Carolina
10. How fast can wild turkeys run?
a. 5 mph
b. 15 mph
c. 25 mph
d. 45 mph
11. How does Arkansas rank among the other states in turkey production?
a. first
b. third
c. eighth
d. fourteenth
12. What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a. the Wampanoag tribe
b. the Sioux tribe
c. the Choctaw tribe
d. the Arapaho tribe
13. Can wild turkeys fly? If so, how fast?
a. No.
b. Yes, up to 25 mph
c. Yes, up to 40 mph
d. Yes, up to 55 mph
14. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving?
a. 49%
b. 67%
c. 82%
d. 90%
15. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Christmas?
a. 34%
b. 50%
c. 67%
d. 89%
16. What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?
a. snark
b. wattle
c. garble
d. swag
17. Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the fourth Thursday of November?
a. Martin Van Buren
b. Andrew Jackson
c. William H. Taft
d. Abraham Lincoln
18. Which president attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the next to last Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt
b. Dwight D. Eisenhower
c. Harry S. Truman
d. Gerald R. Ford
19. Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
a. The United States
b. Israel
c. Spain
d. The United Kingdom
20. What is the fastest way to defrost a turkey?
a. with a hair dryer
b. in the refrigerator
c. in cold water
d. in the microwave oven
Answers below....
Here are the results of the trivia quiz:
1. When was the first American Thanksgiving celebration?
c: 1621
2. Where was the turkey first domesticated?
b: Mexico and Central America
3. What is a female turkey called?
d: a hen
4. What is a male turkey called?
d: a tom
5. What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
a: Benjamin Franklin
6. What sound does a female turkey make?
b: click
7. What sound does a male turkey make?
a: gobble
8. About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?
c: 3,500
9. Which state produces the most turkeys annually?
d: North Carolina
10. How fast can wild turkeys run?
c: 25 mph
11. How does Arkansas rank among the other states in turkey production?
b: third
12. What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a: the Wampanoag tribe
13. Can wild turkeys fly? If so, how fast?
d Yes, up to 55 mph
14. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving?
d: 90%
15. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Christmas?
b: 50%
16. What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?
b: wattle
17. Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the fourth Thursday of November?
d: Abraham Lincoln
18. Which president attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the next to last Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
a: Franklin D. Roosevelt
19. Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
b: Israel
20. What is the fastest way to defrost a turkey?
c: in cold water
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