The American Indian name for turkey
was:
A. FirkeeB. TumtumC. Flybird
A full grown turkey has how many feathers?
A. 500B. 1500C. 3500
A male turkey is called a what?
A. Tooster B. TomC. Jack
When a Tom turkey gobbles, it can be heard as far away as a mile.
TRUE OR FALSE?
Female turkeys don’t “gobble” like
the males.Female turkeys just make “clucking” or “clicking” noises.
TRUE OR FALSE?
The Pilgrims ate what kind of meat for their first Thanksgiving?
A.Turkey
B. Deer
C. Buffalo
Farmed turkeys, or domestic turkeys cannot do what?
A. Fly
B. Sleep at night
C. Lay eggs
Wild turkeys can fly as fast as :
A. 25 miles per hour
B. 40 miles per hour
C. 55 miles per hour
Turkeys have excellent hearing but poor vision.
TRUE OR FALSE?
They have excellent vision too!
Turkey meat contains an acid called Tryptophan which makes
you sleepy after eating.
TRUE OR FALSE?
What do you call a baby turkey?
A. Poult
B. Chicklet
C. Purkey
What do you call the flap of skin that hangs over the turkey’s beak?
A. Gobbler
B. Snood
C. Wugglet
What do you call the fleshy loose skin that hangs under the turkey’s chin?
A. Gobbler
B. Frapple
C. Wattle
Farm turkeys can drown, if they look up while it’s raining,
with their beaks open.
TRUE OR FALSE?
Christopher Columbus called the turkey a “tuka” which is an Indian word meaning
A. Feathers
B. Peacock
C. Fatty
Turkeys are known to sleep where?
A. in tall grass
B. in trees
C. in caves
Which state is the top producer of turkeys (61 million a year) ?
A. North Carolina
B. Minnesota
C. Arkansas
2nd state
3rd state
The largest turkey ever was about the size of a German Shepherd and weighed:
A. 37 pounds
B. 69 pounds
C. 86 pounds
BIG BIRD’s costume (from Sesame Street) is made
out of 4000 turkey feathers.
TRUE OR FALSE?
The 4000 white turkey feathers have been dyed a yellow color!
Turkey eggs are:
A. Tan in color
B. Speckled with brown
C. Twice as large as chicken eggs
D. All of the above