IAS Thanksgiving

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1. Turkey tastes like

Spam

0.8%

Ostrich

27.1%

Chicken

72.2%

2. How fast can the wild turkey fly?

25 m.p.h.

40.3%

35 m.p.h.

44.0%

55 m.p.h.

15.7%

3. What is that long, fleshy protrusion above a male turkey’s beak called?

Caruncle

10.6%

Snood

34.9%

Wattle

54.5%

4. Why do male turkeys change the color of their head to a vibrant red color?

To attract a hen

72.9%

That is their default head color

4.1%

To show anger or aggression

23.0%

5. Male turkeys are called ‘toms’—after Thomas Jefferson—because Benjamin Franklin was upset it wasn’t declared the national bird.

True

40.3%

False

59.7%

6. How many sounds can wild turkeys make?

1–gobble!

5.6%

38.9%

55.5%

7. How many feathers does the average adult wild turkey have?

3,000 to 4,000

5.8%

5,000 to 6,000

30.8%

7,000 to 8,000

63.3%

8. You can tell the sex of a wild turkey by looking at its droppings.

True

60.7%

False

39.3%

9. What term is NOT used when referring to a group of turkeys?

Flock

29.4%

Gang

36.0%

Raffle

34.5%

10. Who was the first President to pardon a turkey at Thanksgiving?

Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1944

34.5%

Harry S. Truman in 1947

36.8%

Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953

28.6%

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