Thanksgiving Quiz

There are many smart people, but few are true Thanksgiving whizes. Take this quiz and find out how much you know about the great American Holiday, Thanksgiving! Good luck and have a great Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving is almost here and it's time to see how much you know. Take the quiz and find out if you are a dancing Tom Turkey! Good luck on this Thanksgiving quiz and have a great holiday with your loved ones.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. According to the US Department of Agriculture, how many turkeys are cooked and eaten each year in the US?
18,000,000
45,000,000
23,000,000
1,000,000,000
4. The amount of cranberries produced in the United States
6,000 pounds
649,000,000 pounds
10,000 pounds
100,000,000 pounds
5. What year was the first Thanksgiving celebrated?
1550
1642
1790
1621
6. In 1777, Thanksgiving was declared holiday in the States. Who declared it a holiday?
Ben Franklin
Abe Lincoln
George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
7. In 1941, a US President seeking to lengthen the Christmas shopping season, proclaimed Thanksgiving the third Thursday in November. Which president was it?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
George Bush
8. Each year one turkey is choosen to be pardoned. What does pardoned mean?
to be cook
to dress up
to have a picture taken
to exempt from penalty
9. In 2005, President Bush decided to pardon two turkeys named Marshmallow and Yam. This is the first time that the public has been able to:
see the two turkeys
vote on the turkeys names
dance with the turkeys
eat the turkeys
10. Which turkeys have the tastiest meat?
young females
old females
young males
old males
11. Turkeys have no external
eyes
ears
lips
nose
12. There is a difference between wild turkeys and domesticated turkeys. Domesticated turkeys can't:
dance
gobble
fly
be cooked
13. What is the name of the skin that hangs off the turkeys neck?
snark
wattle
gobbler
feather
14. Wild turkeys can fly at a speed of
25 mph
35 mph
44 mph
55 mph
15. How fast can a turkey trot?
15 mph
25 mph
30 mph
35 mph
16. What group of Americans formed an alliance with the arriving piligrims?
Mohegan
Wampanoag
Iroquois
17. Why do we eat turkey on Thanksgiving?
There is no special reason
Turkey It symbolizes good fortune for the Pilgrims.
At the first Thanksgiving feast, four wild turkeys were served.
Turkeys are the national bird.
18. According to the Butterball Company, how much turkey is consumed on Thanksgiving Day?
250,000 lbs.
500,000 lbs.
100 million lbs.
535 million lbs.
19. Why does eating turkey make you lethargic?
So you don't have to do the dishes after you eat
Because turkey is high in fat
Because it is overcooked
Because it contains L-tryptophan, an essential amino acid which causes sleepiness

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