Happy Thanksgiving to all. All daring souls, I challenge you to take this Thanksgiving Trivia Exam. Don't cheat and look at the answers (following the test). You may even learn a little of information to share with those at the holiday table. You will need a piece of scrap paper numbered 1-25 to record your answers. Who is the Big Turkey with the most correct answers? Now, go ahead. Gobble these questions up.
1. ___ The religious group of Separatist Pilgrims were originally from
a. London, England,
b. Scrooby, England,
c. Liverpool, England,
d. parts unknown.
2. ___ When the Pilgrims left England to practice their religion freely, where did they go?
a. Leiden, Holland,
b. Boston, Massachusetts,
c. Jamestown, Virginia,
d. Timbuktu, Kentucky.
3. ___ In order to finance their journey to the New World, the Pilgrims promised to work together as a company for
a. 20 years,
b. 15 years,
c. 7 years,
d. minimum wage.
4. ___ The Pilgrims wrote an agreement signed by all the men on board-including the indentured servants-promising to abide by laws that would be drawn up and agreed upon by all male members of the community. This agreement is known as
a. the Mayflower Compact
b. the Articles of Confederation,
c. Pilgrim's Progress,
d. the “I'm All In” Post-It Note.
5. ___ How many Pilgrims were on the Mayflower?
a. 250,
b. 102,
c. 67,
d. 3 drunken sailors.
6. ___ Who was the captain of the ship?
a. Christopher Jones,
b. Miles Standish
c. William Bradford,
d. Louis Armstrong Hornblower.
7. ___ How long was the voyage from England to the New World?
a. 102 days,
b. 66 days,
c. 41 days,
d. a three hour tour.
8. ___ The Pilgrims arrived in North America in
a. January 1492,
b. November 1517,
c. December, 1620.
d. February, 2016.
9. ___ The original, intended destination of the Pilgrims was
a. the Hudson River,
b. Barbados, British Commonwealth,
c. Nantucket, Massachusetts,
d. Disneyworld, Florida.
10. ___ Five weeks before coming ashore in Plymouth, the Pilgrims docked in what is today
a. Newport, Rhode Island,
b. Provincetown, Massachusetts,
c. New York, New York,
d. the International Space Station.
11. ___ Of the original Pilgrims, how many survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
a. 162,
b. 53,
c. 28,
d. only Ben Franklin and Rutherford B. Hayes.
12. ___ What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
a. the Iroquis,
b. the Delaware,
c. the Wampanoag,
d. the Cleveland Indians.
13. ___ The Pilgrims were met by a Native American who had been kidnapped by a sea captain, sold into slavery, taken to London, then found his way back home on an exploratory expedition, learning English along the way. He became their savior by teaching the malnourished settlers how to cultivate corn, catch fish, forage, extract maple sap, and avoid poisonous plants. His name?
a. Sacagawea,
b. Hiawatha,
c. Squanto,
d. Me Pee on Moccasin.
14. ___ Why is the male turkey often referred to as "Tom Turkey”?
a. After Thomas Jefferson,
b. Because Indians would catch them by pounding on tom-tom drums to lure them in,
c. From an 18th century political cartoon,
d. After Tom Foolery and his trained turkey act.
15. ___ Under which president did Thanksgiving become an annual holiday?
a. George Washington,
b. John Quincy Adams,
c. Abraham Lincoln,
d. Alfred E. Newman.
16. ___ The woman who convinced the president to recognize Thanksgiving as a national holiday was Sarah Josepha Hale. She is also responsible for
a. writing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,”
b. designing the first U.S. postage stamp,
c. being the mother of Nathan Hale,
d. being the first to coin the term “Jumping Jehoshaphat.”
17. ___ Which president was the first to establish Thanksgiving as a legal national holiday to be held the 4th Thursday in November?
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Millard Fillmore,
d. Thursday Thor, the originator of Hammer Time.
18. ___ Roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings was the first meal to be eaten
a. in the original White House in Washington D.C.,
b. after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House,
c. by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren on the moon,
d. at the original Bob Evans Restaurant
19. ___ The first Thanksgiving parade (in 1920) was sponsored by what department store chain which shut down in the '80s (so nope, it's not Macy's)?
a. Neiman Marcus,
b. Sears and Roebuck,
c. Gimbels,
d. Lox, Stocks, and Bagels.
20. ___ James Pierpoint composed a song in 1857 for children celebrating Thanksgiving. What was it?
a. “Jingle Bells,”
b. “O Tannenbaum,”
c. “Let It Snow,”
d. “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.”
21. ___ In 1953, after Thanksgiving, Swanson had so much extra turkey (260 tons) that
a. they packaged the first TV dinners,
b. started producing turkey sausage,
c. stopped selling turkey for the next ten years,
d. developed the now-defunct turkey ice cream.
22. ___ What statement about turkeys is true?
a. Turkeys cannot fly.
b. The birds were named after turkey vultures.
c. Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain.
d. Turkeys are notorious drinkers of alcohol and have been known to smoke marijuana.
23. ___ What statement about turkeys is true?
a. Only male turkeys gobble. Female turkeys cackle instead.
b. Only female turkeys gobble. Male turkeys cackle instead.
c. Both male and female turkeys gobble and cackle.
d. Male and female turkeys sing in three octaves during mating season.
24. ___ What state raises the most turkeys?
a. Iowa,
b. Minnesota,
c. South Carolina,
d. the State of Confusion.
25. ___ What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?
a. a crown,
b. a caruncle
21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. C
b. Provincetown, Massachusetts,
c. New York, New York,
d. the International Space Station.
11. ___ Of the original Pilgrims, how many survived to celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
a. 162,
b. 53,
c. 28,
d. only Ben Franklin and Rutherford B. Hayes.
12. ___ What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims?
a. the Iroquis,
b. the Delaware,
c. the Wampanoag,
d. the Cleveland Indians.
13. ___ The Pilgrims were met by a Native American who had been kidnapped by a sea captain, sold into slavery, taken to London, then found his way back home on an exploratory expedition, learning English along the way. He became their savior by teaching the malnourished settlers how to cultivate corn, catch fish, forage, extract maple sap, and avoid poisonous plants. His name?
a. Sacagawea,
b. Hiawatha,
c. Squanto,
d. Me Pee on Moccasin.
14. ___ Why is the male turkey often referred to as "Tom Turkey”?
a. After Thomas Jefferson,
b. Because Indians would catch them by pounding on tom-tom drums to lure them in,
c. From an 18th century political cartoon,
d. After Tom Foolery and his trained turkey act.
15. ___ Under which president did Thanksgiving become an annual holiday?
a. George Washington,
b. John Quincy Adams,
c. Abraham Lincoln,
d. Alfred E. Newman.
16. ___ The woman who convinced the president to recognize Thanksgiving as a national holiday was Sarah Josepha Hale. She is also responsible for
a. writing “Mary Had a Little Lamb,”
b. designing the first U.S. postage stamp,
c. being the mother of Nathan Hale,
d. being the first to coin the term “Jumping Jehoshaphat.”
a. Abraham Lincoln
b. Franklin D. Roosevelt
c. Millard Fillmore,
d. Thursday Thor, the originator of Hammer Time.
18. ___ Roasted turkey dinner with all the trimmings was the first meal to be eaten
a. in the original White House in Washington D.C.,
b. after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House,
c. by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren on the moon,
d. at the original Bob Evans Restaurant
19. ___ The first Thanksgiving parade (in 1920) was sponsored by what department store chain which shut down in the '80s (so nope, it's not Macy's)?
a. Neiman Marcus,
b. Sears and Roebuck,
c. Gimbels,
d. Lox, Stocks, and Bagels.
20. ___ James Pierpoint composed a song in 1857 for children celebrating Thanksgiving. What was it?
a. “Jingle Bells,”
b. “O Tannenbaum,”
c. “Let It Snow,”
d. “Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer.”
21. ___ In 1953, after Thanksgiving, Swanson had so much extra turkey (260 tons) that
a. they packaged the first TV dinners,
b. started producing turkey sausage,
c. stopped selling turkey for the next ten years,
d. developed the now-defunct turkey ice cream.
22. ___ What statement about turkeys is true?
a. Turkeys cannot fly.
b. The birds were named after turkey vultures.
c. Turkeys can drown if they look up in the rain.
d. Turkeys are notorious drinkers of alcohol and have been known to smoke marijuana.
23. ___ What statement about turkeys is true?
a. Only male turkeys gobble. Female turkeys cackle instead.
b. Only female turkeys gobble. Male turkeys cackle instead.
c. Both male and female turkeys gobble and cackle.
d. Male and female turkeys sing in three octaves during mating season.
24. ___ What state raises the most turkeys?
a. Iowa,
b. Minnesota,
c. South Carolina,
d. the State of Confusion.
25. ___ What is the wobbly red piece of flesh on top of the beak of a turkey?
a. a crown,
b. a caruncle
c. a snood,
d. an extra nose so the bird can hear what it eats.
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ANSWERS:
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. A 10. B
11. B 12. C 13. C 14. *A 15. C 16. A 17. B 18. C 19. C 20. A21. A 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. C
(* Ben Franklin was angry that Thomas Jefferson
opposed his idea of making the turkey the National Bird, so Ben mockingly
called it "Tom Turkey.")
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