Tom Turkey
A male turkey is called?
A) Garrant
B) Rambler
C) Gobbler
D) Roaster
C) Gobbler
How many seeds do most pumpkins contain?
A) 6
B) 120
C) 500
D) 1,000
C) 500
What country's Thanksgiving is the Full Moon Festival?
A) Finland
B) Grenada
C) China
D) Netherlands
C) China
Where did the first Thanksgiving take place?
A) Boise, Idaho
B) Plymouth Massachusetts
C) Portland, Maine
D) Newport, Rhode Island
B) Plymouth, Mass 1621 with the English Settler and the Wampanoag Indians.
What is the substance in turkey that is said to make you feel sleepy?
A) Melatonin
B) Carbohydrates
C) Serotonin
D) Tryptophan
D) Tryptophan - although you need to eat about 8 pounds of turkey to actually have enough to make you feel sleepy!!!!
DOUBLE JEOPARDY....
What percentage of pumpkin is water?
A) 5%
B) 30%
C) 75%
D) 90%
D) 90%
This countries Thanksgiving is called the Homowo Festival and stretches for 3 months from May until August. ?
A) Ghana
B) Liberia
C) Kenya
D) Guinea
A) Ghana
What were the original name for the pilgrims?
A) Wampanoag Indians
B) Puritans
C) Coopers
D) Voyagers
B) Puritans
All of the following are TRUE about turkeys EXCEPT?
A) Males are significantly larger than females
B) All turkeys gobble
C) They have two stomachs
D) The largest turkey on record was 86 pounds.
B) Males turkeys Gobble and females make a clucking sound
How much did the largest pumpkin grown in the US weigh?
A) 160 pounds
B) 578 pounds
C) 1,810 pounds
D) 2,420 pounds
C) 1,810 pounds. It was in 2010, and it weighed as much as a dairy cow or about half the weight of a small car!! That was one biiiiig pumpkin.
This country hosts a 4 day harvest festival celebration called Pongal ?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Canada
C) The Netherlands
D) South India
D) South India
MAJOR BONUS
How many times has Auntie Betsy made Mac - n - cheese for Thanksgiving?
A) FIVE TIMES
B) EVERY YEAR
C) ONCE
D) NEVER
D) NEVER
The red flap of skin under the turkeys chin is called the?
A) Snood
B) Wattle
C) Caruncle
D) Spur
B) Wattle
In what state are most pumpkins grown in the US?
A) Illinois
B) Wisconsin
C) Louisiana
D)South Carolina
A) Illinois at 90% of pumpkins
This Country celebrates "National Harvest Day."
A) St. Lucia
B) Rwanda
C) Canada
D) India
B) Rwanda - also called Umuganura Day
DAILY DOUBLE!!!!!
In what year did Thanksgiving become a holiday??
A) 1621
B) 1769
C) 1893
D) 1910
C) 1893 - as proclaimed by President Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War in an attempt to foster a sense of American unity
1621 - The first Thanksgiving was celebrated in Plymouth
How many feather do turkeys have on their bodies?
A) 200 - 300
B) 1,000 - 1,500
C) 3,000 - 4,000
D) 5,000 - 6,000
D) 5,000 - 6,000
Pumpkins are native to which area of the world?
A) the Amazon
B) Madagascar Island
C) Mexico and Central America
D) northern US and Canada
C) Mexico and Central America - but they're now grown on 6 of the 7 continents
How many countries celebrate a Thanksgiving?
A) 20
B) 6
C) 41
D) 11
A) 20
Canada, Brazil, Australia, Germany, UK, US, Liberia, Philippines, Netherlands, Rwanda, Grenada, China, Japan, Ghana, South India, Norfolk Island, South Korea, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia
In which state will you NOT find a town named Turkey?
A) Arizona
B) Louisina
C) Michigan
D) North Carolina
C) Michigan! The other state that has a town named Turkey is Texas