November Trivia
True or False?
November is one of five months with the length of 30 days.
False. November is one of four months (April, June, September, and November) with 30 days.
The elementary school in Galway is named after this person.
Joseph Henry
In a tradition that is said to have started 2,400 years ago, this part of the turkey is saved and snapped as a good luck custom.
Wishbone
Off the coast of Queensland, this is the world’s largest coral system.
Great Barrier Reef
Name two others ways to say "fart."
Flatulence, flatus, toot, pass gas, cut the cheese, break wind, poot, cut one, rip one, let one go, make a stink, vent one
This Hans Christian Andersen story featured a feathered animal was published in November of 1843.
The Ugly Duckling. In the story, the ugly duckling turns into a beautiful swan.
People from this country settled the area in 1774 and named it New Galloway.
Scotland
A male turkey is called this.
TOM
This Australian kingfisher bird, known for having a call that sounds like laughter, is the "merry, merry king of the bush" in an Australian nursery rhyme that dates to the 1930's.
Kookaburra
A whoopee cushion (also spelled whoopey cushion or whoopie cushion) is a practical joke device, which emulates the sound of flatulence. The modern whoopee cushion was invented in this decade.
The modern rubber whoopee cushion was invented in the 1930s by the JEM Rubber Co. of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by employees who were experimenting with scrap sheets of rubber.
True or False?
November gets its name from the Latin word novem, which means “nine.”
True. November was the ninth month in the Roman calendar. It is the eleventh month in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
This is the name of the theater group in town.
The Galway Players
What is the dangling skin under a turkey's neck called?
Wattle
The first Olympics in the Southern hemisphere were held here in 1956.
Melbourne
This gas that makes our farts smell awful.
The gas that primarily causes farts to smell bad is called hydrogen sulfide; it's a sulfur-containing gas that produces a rotten egg odor when released by gut bacteria breaking down certain foods in your digestive system
Robert Louis Stevenson was born on November 13, 1850. Which is NOT one of his literary characters?
A. Mr. Hyde
B. Dr. Jekyll
C. Long John Silver
D. Lemuel Gulliver
Lemuel Gulliver. Gulliver is one of Jonathan Swift’s characters from the novel Gulliver’s Travels.
Galway is bordered by four other towns. Name three of them.
Perth, Broadalbin, Milton, Charlton
This is where turkeys sleep.
Trees!
This medium to large sized owls can be found in Australia, New Zealand, and Flinders Island. Its dark colors, with little pockets of white, makes it look it was covered with some dark stuff, maybe from a chimney.
Sooty Owl
On average, how many times a day do humans fart?
The average person farts between 14 and 23 times per day, but the number can vary depending on factors like diet and lifestyle.
What is the birth flower for November?
Chrysanthemum
According to the 2020 census, this many people live in the Town of Galway (within 100).
3525
It's called the "Gopher" state, but maybe "Gobbler" state would be more appropriate because this state produces the most turkey each year.
Minnesota (46.5 million)
This “K” word is a nature reserve in Australia’s Northern territory, containing aboriginal sites such as Nourlangie and Ubirr. Its name is a tribute the Aboriginal language Gagudju.
Kakadu
Which type of fish communicate by farting?
Herring and other fish in the Clupeidae family, which also includes shads and sardines, communicate by expelling gas bubbles from their rear ends.