What is a baby turkey called?
a chick
a turklet
a poult
a nestling
Which Native American tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal?
Iroquois
Cherokee
Wampanoag
Apache
Thanksgiving occurs on the:
fourth Thursday in November
A full grown turkey has about how many feathers?
3,500
1000
7,500
550
True or False: All turkeys gobble.
False. Only male turkeys gobble. They do so to attract female turkeys.
What state consumes the most Turkey?
Georgia
California
Texas
Illinois
True or False: Turkeys can see behind themselves.
True - They can see 270 degrees.
The first Thanksgiving lasted how many days:
7 days
5 days
4 days
3 days
What is a snood?
The loose skin under a male turkey’s neck.
True or False: The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was Macy’s.
False. It was Gimbel’s.
Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition?
President Harry Truman in 1947
President Roosevelt in 1939
President Lincoln in 1863
The best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is:
the breast
the thigh
the middle of the back
Approximately how much did Americans spend on turkeys for Thanksgiving in 2021?
500 million
985 million
300 million
700 million
Every year the President of the United States pardons a turkey, who spends the rest of its life on a historical farm.
False
True
What utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner?
knife
fork
spoon
It has been estimated that this percentage of Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving.
50%
88%
72%
75%