Turkey Parts
The part of the turkey that is on the forehead of a turkey.
What is a snood?
A male turkey is called this.
What is a Tom?
The name of the settlers who came to Plymouth, Massachusetts
Who are the Pilgrims?
The harvest feast held by the settlers and Wampanoag Indians lasted this long.
What is 3 days?
This President made Thanksgiving a National Holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This is the part of the turkey that is pulled apart to bring good luck.
What is a wishbone?
What is a gobble?
The name of the boat that carried settlers to Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What is the Mayflower?
This ocean food was served at the feast.
What is cod? (Fish)
This Sesame Street character has a costume made of 4000 turkey feathers dyed yellow.
Who is Big Bird?
Bumpy, warty looking, red skin that dangles below a turkey's chin.
What is a wattle?
A female turkey is called this.
What is a hen?
The name of the Native Americans who were in Plymouth when the Pilgrims arrived.
Who are the Wampanoag Indians?
This is a type of fruit that settlers may have eaten at the feast ( but it wasn't in a pie back then).
What is pumpkin?
This founding father of America thought that the turkey would have been a better symbol of the U.S. than the Bald Eagle.
Who was Ben Franklin?
According to the Guinness Book of Records the largest turkey was over ______pounds.
a. 20-30 b.31-50
c. 51-75 d. over 75
What is d, over 75? The largest turkey was 86 pounds or about the size of a small dog.
Baby turkey are called this.
What are poults?
The name of the Native American who helped the settlers plant crops.
Who is Squanto?
This is a type of berry used to make a jelly like sauce.
What is a cranberry?
The famous Thanksgiving parade in New York City that features large balloon characters.
What is the Macy's Day Parade?
A turkey has this many bones.
a. 1-50 b. 51-100
c. 100-150 d. Over 150
What is d, over 150? A turkey has 157 bones.
An adult human has 206 bones.
Amount of time a turkey egg takes to hatch.
a. 4 weeks b. 2 weeks
c. 3 weeks d. 1 week
What is a, 4 weeks?
It takes 28 days for a turkey egg to hatch. Turkey hens lay 110-115 eggs during a 28-30 period.
This is why settlers left their homeland and came to Plymouth.
What is for religious freedom?
This is how we traditionally serve potatoes at Thanksgiving today.
What is mashed?
The sport most viewed on TV on Thanksgiving Day.
What is football?