Turkey Facts 🦃
Thanksgiving History 🍽
Sotomayor Basics 🐾
Class Lessons 📝
Ms. G-isms
100
An adult turkey has up to _____ thousand many feathers.
6,000 feathers
100
According to The American Pie Council, pumpkin pie isn't actually Thanksgiving's favorite pie. According to its research, ______ pie is America's favorite, with pumpkin coming in second place.
Apple Pie
100
TRUE OR FALSE: There is a "B" building at Sotomayor
FALSE! Just "A" and "C".
No, I don't know why.
100
Would this photo be considered News or Feature Photography? 
News. It is reporting the winner in a candid way.
100
Finish the line: "[their name] are you serious rn?"
DJ
200
According to Smithsonian Magazine, there are ____ million wild turkeys in the United States.
seven million
200
The tradition of football on Thanksgiving began in 1876 with a game between these two Ivy League Schools: (100 points each)
Yale and Princeton
200
This year for the first time since our opening, we offer this fine arts elective that is unique to San Antonio culture.
Mariachi Band
200
Including Health Careers but no other magnet schools, how many NISD high schools are there?
13 total
200
Finish the line: "Hush you..."
Ghouls or Turkeys (depending on the season and mood) - 100 points each
300
Turkeys can run at speeds of up to ____ mph.
25 miles per hour!
300
______ has made the most appearances of any balloon in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Snoopy!
300
These two administrators were both teachers in 2023. One here at Soto, the other at Stevens. (150 points each)
Olivares and Utterback
300
Would this headline be considered News or Feature?
"Local Teacher Is In Fact Young and Hip, Despite What Her Mean Students Say"
Editorial
300
Finish the line: "Wow, well I guess I'll just go..."
jump off the school / bridge
400
This Founding Father never proposed the turkey as a symbol for America, but he did once praise it as being “a much more respectable bird” than the bald eagle.
Benjamin Franklin
400
There are four towns in the United States named “Turkey.” They can be found in ______ , ______ , ______ , and ______ . (Each state is 100 points)
Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina
400
This large, animal named neighborhood was previously zoned for O'Connor, but when Sotomayor opened, it changed for students.
Wild Horse
400
What three settings is The Triangle of Photography made up of? (100 points each)
Shutter Speed, Aperture, and ISO
400
As I close the door and take attendance: "Looks like..."
"...I'm missing some humans."
500
Baby turkeys are called what?
They are called poults.
500
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in _____ over a three day harvest festival. It included 50 Pilgrims, 90 Wampanoag Natives, and lasted three days. It is believed by historians that only five women were present.
1621
500
Streets that surround this school all have particular names...one would say that whoever named them is a big fan of this professional sports team.
Dallas Cowboys (Aikman, Irvin, Dak, Novacek, McFadden, Awuzie) to name a few 
500
What is the name of this level of the Hierarchy of Image? 
Intimate
500
Famously butched the phrase: "She ate" and changed it to:
"She consumed!"