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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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