Turkey Trot Trivia Quiz

Turkey Trot Trivia Quiz

1. Most people know that Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, but they’re not alone. What event is celebrated in Virgin Islands on October 25?

A. A Thanksgiving to rejoice at the end of hurricane season

B. A Thanksgiving Day to celebrate the end of the harvest season

C. A Thanksgiving Day to mark the beginning of the harvest season

D. There is no such event except in QuizQueen’s imagination.

A. A Thanksgiving to rejoice at the end of hurricane season

QQ: The Virgin Islands celebrate Thanksgiving on October 25 to celebrate the end of hurricane season. That is certainly something to celebrate well!

2. Where do turkeys come from?

A turkey

B Europe

C. South America

D. Antarctica

C. South America

QQ: Turkeys were not introduced to Europe from the Spanish colonies in South America until 1523. However, in 1524, turkeys, imported from South America, were eaten at the court of King Henry VIII of England.

3. Thanksgiving Day is also a legal holiday in Canada. When does it fall?

A. Second Monday in October

B. Second Thursday in October

C. Second Monday in November

D. Second Thursday in November

A. Second Monday in October

QQ: Because Canada is north of the United States, your harvest comes earlier in the year. Consequently, the Thanksgiving holiday falls earlier in Canada than in the United States. The Canadian parliament set aside November 6 for the annual Thanksgiving Day celebrations in 1879. In 1957, the date was changed one day even earlier, to the second Monday in October.

4. Who originally domesticated the turkey?

A. The Turks

B. Mexicans

C. The Chinese

D. The Vulcans

B. Mexicans

QQ: The turkey was originally domesticated in Mexico. The ocellated turkey is native to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico and the adjacent areas of Guatemala and Belize.

5. What month is National Turkey Lovers Month?

a. may

b june

C.November

D.December

b june

QQ: Ha, I bet a lot of people got that wrong! June is National Turkey Lovers Month, after all, June is lovers month, isn’t it?

6. Benjamin Franklin, who proposed the turkey as the official bird of the United States, was dismayed when the bald eagle was chosen over the turkey. Why?

A. He loved to eat turkey and wanted everyone to love it too.

B. I thought turkey was much more respectable.

C. He said that the bald eagle had a bad moral character.

D. The turkey was a true native of America.

E. They are all true

F. None is true

G. A, B and C are true

HB, C and D are true

HB, C and D are true

QQ: He may have loved to eat turkey, but after the selection was made, Franklin wrote to his daughter, referring to the eagle’s “bad moral character,” saying, “I wish the bald eagle hadn’t been chosen as the representative of our country! The turkey is a much more respectable bird, and, moreover, a true original native of America.”

7. Which image of Thanksgiving dates back to the old harvest festivals?

A candle

B. Cornucopia

C. Pilgrim hat

D.Turkey

B. Cornucopia

QQ: The cornucopia (a horn-shaped basket overflowing with fruits and vegetables) is a typical emblem of Thanksgiving bounty dating back to the old harvest festivals. Many of the images commonly associated with Thanksgiving stem from much older traditions of celebrating the fall harvest.

8. Can turkeys fly?

A. Domestic only

B. Only the wild

C. All turkeys can fly.

D. No turkey can fly

B. Only the wild

QQ: Domesticated turkeys can’t fly. Wild turkeys can fly short distances of up to 55 miles per hour and can run at 20 miles per hour.

9. Although the US is top when it comes to turkey consumption (who knows if it’s Thanksgiving that puts us on top), which country is second?

In France

B.Italy

C.Germany

D. United Kingdom

In France

QQ: This was a tough question, because according to the USDA, the French, Italians, Germans, and British follow American consumption of turkey (in that order).

10. Although often associated with Christmas, Kwanzaa is actually more closely associated with which holiday?

A. St. Patrick’s Day

b.Halloween

C. Thanksgiving

D. Valentine’s Day

C. Thanksgiving

QQ: Come on, even if you didn’t know that Kwanzaa means “firsts” in Swahili, this is a Thanksgiving-themed quiz! Kwanzaa has its roots in the ancient African celebrations of the harvest of the first fruits from which it takes its name. However, its modern history begins in 1966 when it was developed by the African-American scholar and activist Maulana Karenga.

11. When Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin sat down to eat their first meal on the moon, what was in their food packages?

A. Roast turkey and all trimmings

B. Spaghetti and meatballs

C. Hot dogs and beans

D. Peanut butter and jelly

A. Roast turkey and all trimmings

PQ: If you messed up, check out the test title!

12. What Jewish holiday might be associated with Thanksgiving?

a.shabuoth

B. Easter

C. Hanukkah

D. Yom Kippur

a.shabuoth

QQ: Shabuoth or Shavuoth, also Feast of Weeks or Pentecost, is celebrated in late spring during the Hebrew month of Sivan, seven weeks after Passover. In biblical times, the festival was a thanksgiving for the grain harvest. Later tradition associates the feast with the giving of the Law on Mount Sinai.

13. Who in the turkey family gobbles?

A. All

B. Adult turkeys only, no chicks

C. Tom turkeys only

D. Only female turkeys

C. Tom turkeys only

QQ: Only tom turkeys gobble. Chicken turkeys make a clicking noise. Click. Click.

14. The custom of watching football games on Thanksgiving Day also evolved during the first decades of the 20th century. Many Americans digest their holiday food while watching football games on television. Traditionally, which two teams in the National Football League (NFL) host games on Thanksgiving Day?

A. Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys

B. Carolina Panthers and Miami Dolphins

C. Jacksonville Jaguars and Cincinnati Bengals

D. Houston Oilers and Cleveland Browns

A. Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys

QQ: The high viewership of these Christmas games has made football an American Thanksgiving tradition. Yet another retail strike against America! And for your football trivia, the Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, and Houston Oilers couldn’t be part of any long-standing tradition, since the Panthers and Jaguars were part of the 1995 NFL expansion. and the Oilers moved to Tennessee in 1997 to become the Titans.

15. What is the turkey trot?

A. A ragtime dance

B. The joy of a horse

C. A card game

D. The way a turkey runs

A. A ragtime dance

QQ: The turkey trot ragtime dance is characterized by a springy gait with feet wide apart and an up-and-down oscillating movement of the shoulders.

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