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  •  True or False: Turkeys can see behind themselves.
    True - They can see 270 degrees.
  • What is a baby turkey called?
    a nestling
    a turklet
    a chick
    a poult
  • The first Thanksgiving lasted how many days:
    4 days
    7 days
    5 days
    3 days
  • A full grown turkey has about how many feathers? 
    3,500
    too many to count
    a million
    7,500
  • Which Indian tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal? 
    Wampanoag
    Cherokee
    Iroquois
    Apache
  • Which southern state was the first to adopt a Thanksgiving Day in 1855? 
    South Carolina
    Virginia
    Maryland
    Georgia
  • What utensil was not used by the Pilgrims to eat Thanksgiving dinner?
    spoon
    fork
    knife
  •  True or False: The first department store to hold a Thanksgiving parade was Macy’s. 
    False. It was Gimbel’s.
  • It has been estimated that how many Americans eat turkey at Thanksgiving.
    72%
    50%
    75%
    88%
  • The best place to put the meat thermometer in the turkey is:
    the breast
    the middle of the back
    the thigh
  • What state consumes the most Turkey?
    California
    Georgia
    Texas
    Illinois
  • 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 is a snood?
    The loose skin under a male turkey’s neck.
  •  True or False: All turkeys gobble. 
    False. Only male turkeys gobble. They do so to attract female turkeys.
  • Thanksgiving occurs on the:
    fourth Thursday in November
  • Approximately how many turkeys are eaten each year on Thanksgiving in the United States? 
    280 million
    370 million
    500 million
    100 million
  • Which president is believed to be the first to pardon a turkey and start this annual tradition? 
    President Harry Truman in 1947
    President Lincoln in 1863
    President Roosevelt in 1939