Turkey Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What is the scientific name for the domesticated turkey?
Answer:
Meleagris gallopavo
2.
Where is the wild ancestor of the domesticated turkey found?
Answer:
North America
3.
What is the name of the male turkey?
Answer:
Tom
4.
What is the name of the female turkey?
Answer:
Hen
5.
What is the name of the young turkey?
Answer:
Poult
6.
What is the largest breed of turkey?
Answer:
Bronze
7.
What is the smallest breed of turkey?
Answer:
Beltsville Small White
8.
What is the lifespan of a domesticated turkey?
Answer:
510 years
9.
How many eggs can a turkey lay in a year?
Answer:
100150
10.
What is the incubation period for turkey eggs?
Answer:
28 days
11.
What is the most common color of a turkey?
Answer:
Bronze
12.
What is the name of the fleshy wattle over a turkey's beak?
Answer:
Snood
13.
What is the name of the fleshy appendage under a turkey's beak?
Answer:
Caruncle
14.
What is the name of the fleshy growth on a turkey's head?
Answer:
Beard
15.
What is the name of the sound a turkey makes?
Answer:
Gobble
16.
What is the name of the behavior where a turkey puffs up its feathers and struts?
Answer:
Strutting
17.
What is the name of the behavior where a turkey makes a hissing sound and spreads its wings?
Answer:
Threat display
18.
What is the name of the disease that can affect turkeys and is characterized by swollen sinuses and eyes?
Answer:
Newcastle disease
19.
What is the name of the disease that can affect turkeys and is characterized by respiratory problems and diarrhea?
Answer:
Avian influenza
20.
When is National Turkey Day celebrated?
Answer:
The fourth Thursday of November
21.
What is the name of the football game televised on Thanksgiving Day?
Answer:
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
22.
What is the most common type of turkey used for Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer:
Tom Turkey
23.
What is the name of the traditional stuffing used for Thanksgiving turkey?
Answer:
Dressing
24.
What is the name of the sauce often served with Thanksgiving turkey?
Answer:
Gravy
25.
What is the name of the traditional side dish served with Thanksgiving turkey?
Answer:
Cranberry sauce
26.
What is the name of the dessert traditionally served after Thanksgiving dinner?
Answer:
Pumpkin pie
27.
What is the name of the famous Thanksgiving turkey that was pardoned by President Harry Truman in 1947?
Answer:
Honest Abe
28.
What is the name of the famous Thanksgiving turkey that was pardoned by President George H.W. Bush in 1989?
Answer:
P.T. Barnum
29.
What is the name of the famous Thanksgiving turkey that was pardoned by President Barack Obama in 2009?
Answer:
Mac and Cheese
30.
What is the name of the first Thanksgiving turkey pardoned by a President?
Answer:
Gobbles
31.
Which president first pardoned a turkey?
Answer:
Harry S. Truman
32.
What is the name of the organization that raises turkeys for the Presidential Turkey Pardon?
Answer:
National Turkey Federation
33.
What is the name of the turkey that was chosen as the President's Turkey in 2023?
Answer:
Snowflake and Pie
34.
What is the name of the turkey that was not chosen as the President's Turkey in 2023?
Answer:
Sunrise and Morning
35.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with ground turkey and stuffing?
Answer:
Turkey dressing
36.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey legs and drumsticks?
Answer:
Turkey legs
37.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey meat and gravy?
Answer:
Turkey pot pie
38.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with leftover turkey meat and stuffing?
Answer:
Turkey salad
39.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey meat and cranberry sauce?
Answer:
Turkey cranberry salad
40.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey broth and vegetables?
Answer:
Turkey soup
41.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey meat and mashed potatoes?
Answer:
Turkey shepherd's pie
42.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey meat and rice?
Answer:
Turkey rice casserole
43.
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dish that is made with turkey meat and gravy?
Answer:
Turkey gravy
44.
What is the name of the first book ever published about turkeys?
Answer:
The Turkie by Edward Topsell in 1607.
45.
What is the name of the first Thanksgiving turkey pardoned by a woman?
Answer:
Cobb and Gobbler in 1989 by President George H.W. Bush’s wife, Barbara Bush.
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