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