Thanksgiving Quiz

1.When was the first American Thanksgiving celebration?
The correct answer is: 1621

2.Where was the turkey first domesticated?
The correct answer is: Mexico and Central America

3.What is a female turkey called?
The correct answer is: a hen

4.What is a male turkey called?
The correct answer is: a tom

5.What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
The correct answer is: Benjamin Franklin

6.What sound does a female turkey make?
The correct answer is: click

7.What sound does a male turkey make?
The correct answer is: gobble

8.About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?
The correct answer is: 3,500

We found this great Thanksgiving quiz online, and after we all failed miserably, we were shocked when we saw the correct answers– specifically #19.

1.When was the first American Thanksgiving celebration?
The correct answer is: 1621

2.Where was the turkey first domesticated?
The correct answer is: Mexico and Central America

3.What is a female turkey called?
The correct answer is: a hen

4.What is a male turkey called?
The correct answer is: a tom

5.What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
The correct answer is: Benjamin Franklin

6.What sound does a female turkey make?
The correct answer is: click

7.What sound does a male turkey make?
The correct answer is: gobble

8.About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?
The correct answer is: 3,500

9.Which state produces the most turkeys annually?
The correct answer is: North Carolina

10.How fast can wild turkeys run?
The correct answer is: 25 mph

11.How does Arkansas rank among the other states in turkey production?
The correct answer is: third

12.What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
The correct answer is: the Wampanoag tribe

13.Can wild turkeys fly? If so, how fast?
The correct answer is: Yes, up to 55 mph

14.Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving?
The correct answer is: 90%

15.Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Christmas?
The correct answer is: 50%

16.What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
The correct answer is: wattle

17.Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the fourth Thursday of November?
The correct answer is: 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?
The correct answer is: Franklin D. Roosevelt”

19.Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
The correct answer is: Israel

20.What is the fastest way to defrost a turkey?
The correct answer is: in cold water