Gobble, Gooble, It’s Thanksgiving Time

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1) What year was the wild turkey extirpated from Illinois?

A. 1875

11.9%

B. 1910

20.8%

C. 1935

14.1%

D. None of the above, there have always been turkey in Illinois.

53.2%

2) When were wild turkeys re-introduced into different parts of Illinois?

A. 1959

25.4%

B. 1967

30.3%

C. 2000

5.7%

D. All of the above

38.6%

3) Of the 102 counties in Illinois how many now have a wild turkey population?

A. 102

53.6%

B. 90

28.5%

C. 55

14.8%

D. 25

3.1%

4) How do you tell the difference between male and female turkeys?

A. Males have large beards that are usually visible from a distance.

11.3%

B. Females tend to be smaller, half the size.

4.5%

C. The shape of their poop: male scat is j-shaped, female scat is spiral shaped.

5.4%

D. All of the above.

78.7%

5) How can you tell the difference between a tom and jake?

A. Jakes have longer spurs.

10.6%

B. Tom’s tail feathers are uneven, not rounded.

12.7%

C. It’s all about the beard.

54.2%

D. Jake’s tend to have brighter red snoods.

22.5%

6) How many eggs will a hen turkey lay each year?

A. One

0.5%

B. Two or three

6.6%

C. Four to 17

74.4%

D. 20 or more

18.6%

7) The wild turkey was John James Audubon’s favorite bird.

True

73.0%

False

27.0%

8) Turkey eyesight is better than yours.

True

62.8%

False

37.2%

9) Which Native American culture revered the wild turkey as a trickster/god whom they celebrated twice a year believing the turkey was an embodiment of the god Tezcatlipoca?

A. Navajo

7.4%

B. Cherokee

8.8%

C. Aztec

69.1%

D. Iroquois

14.7%

10) Turkey was the main course at the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth Rock.

True

17.1%

False

82.9%

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