Birds of a Feather
This is the largest game bird in North America.
What is the wild Turkey?
These birds can weigh around 20 pounds and have a wingspan of up to five feet.
It's not only a bog fruit associated with the holidays but also a shade of red
What is Cranberry?
It comes from the German word kraneberrie, which means "crane berry." It earned this name because the flower of the cranberry plant looks like a crane's head and neck
The first man to set foot on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to descend in the lunar module "Eagle" and set foot on the moon, "a giant leap for mankind," in his words. He was part of a three-man team on NASA's Apollo mission. He was accompanied in the lunar module by Buzz Aldrin, who joined him in planting the American flag on the moon. Michael Collins remained behind in the command module "Columbia"
This is the name of the fictional planet Superman calls home
What is Krypton?
Superman is brought to Earth shortly before Krypton is destroyed and is raised on a farm in Kansas.
Turkeys and squirrels both eat a diet high in these
What are acorns?
Squirrels' teeth never stop growing, so they must constantly chew to keep them filed down
Chickens are a subspecies of jungle fowl from this continent
What is Asia?
Domesticated chickens are descendants of the red jungle fowl, native to southern Asia.
This shade of tam is named for an animal that has a hump for storing fat and that you can ride at the Giza Pyramids in Egypt
The name for this hue of tan comes from the color of camel hair
The Century during which the first U.S. transcontinental railroad was finished.
What is the 19th century?
In 1869, the inauguration of the railroad led to the country's westward expansion.This bird is mentioned in the song "My Blue Heaven"
What is the Whippoorwill.
The song begins, "When whippoorwills call and evening is nigh, I hurry to my blue heaven." It was a No.1 hit for Gene Austin in 1928.
Turkey hunting is more popular in this state
Texas or Alabama
What is Alabama?
The state worked hard and succeeded in restoring the dwindling numbers of wild turkeys. Now there are two turkey hunting seasons in the state to manage population
This founding father once called the wild turkey "a respectable bird"
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Although he never really proposed the wild turkey as our national bird, a letter to his daughter indicated he approved of turkeys much more than bald eagles.
Chartreuse is a hue of this secondary color
What is green?
It derives its name from the herbal liqueur Chartreuse, first created by the Carthusian monks of the Grande Chartreuse monastery in the French Alps
The first American self-made businesswoman to become a millionaire
Who is Sarah Breedlove (Madam C.J. Walker)?
Breedlove had a problem with hair loss, so she started a hair-care company for Black Women that focused on healthy hair. Madam C.J. Walker was her business name and the name of her line of her products
This book features the characters Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanen
What is "The Great Gatsby"?
The F. Scott Fitzgerald novel is set in Long Island, New York, during the summer of 1922.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, has historically been credited as the site of the first Thanksgiving feast. Historians have found records of an earlier Thanksgiving in This Colony.
What is Jamestown? (Virginia)
John Rolfe smuggled tobacco seeds into Jamestown which later became their cash crop
True or False:
Chickens are Flightless
False
Chickens can fly short distances, enough to soar over a fence or make it to a tree's lower branches
A shade of this color is associated with Tiffany & Co
What is blue?
Tiffany has used the distinctive hue, also known as robin egg blue, since 1845. Tiffany Blue received a trademark in 1998 and is now Pantone standard color "1837 Blue", in commemoration of the year Tiffany was founded. Pantone colors are used by designers around the globe to ensure standardization and accuracy
First woman to win a Nobel Prize; did so for her work in the field of radioactivity and then again for her work in chemistry
In 1903, the Nobel committee awarded the prize to Curie, her husband Pierre, and the physicist Becquerel, "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint research on the radiation phenomena discovered by [Becquerel]."
This is the plural of hippopotamus
What is hippopotami?
Other plurals that end in "i" include alumni (alumnus), octopi (octopus), fungi (fungus), and cacti (cactus).
This American President declared Thanksgiving a holiday.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
He was so enthused to declare Thanksgiving a national holiday, he decided it should be celebrated twice a year
This was the first bird to have its genome sequenced
What are Chickens?
This scientific breakthrough came in 2004
This vibrant shade of pink is also the name of a plant with exquisite, delicate petals.
What is fuchsia?
It is a very bright purplish-pink color used in home furnishings as well as in fashion. It dates to the 16th century, when the fuchsia plant was discovered in Central America
Origin country of the first woman in space
What is the Soviet Union? (not Russia)
In 1963, Valentina Tereshkova orbited Earth for Three daysThis singer is known as the "King of Calypso"
Who is Harry Belafonte?
"Calypso" is also the name of one of his best-selling albums. He made Caribbean-style music popular in the 1950s, thus earning the nickname
These two months were originally earmarked for the Thanksgiving holiday
What are August and November?
Lincoln originally declared the holiday be twice-yearly but eventually the August Thanksgiving faded away