Question 1

How many minutes per pound should you cook an unstuffed turkey  at 350 degrees F?

Accepted Answer

13 minutes

Question 2

What is the name of the amino acid in turkey that people blame  ‘being sleepy’ on?

Accepted Answer

Trypotophan

Question 3

The turkeys we eat for Thanksgiving all had the same color  feathers. What color feathers did they have?

Accepted Answer

White

Question 4

What is the name of the “fleshy protuberance above a male  turkey's bill that can, in some cases, hang down and cover the bill?

Accepted Answer

Snood

Question 5

Which founding father wanted the turkey to be the national bird,  and not the bald eagle?

Accepted Answer

Benjamin Franklin

Question 6

How many calories does the average American take in during their  Thanksgiving celebration?

Accepted Answer

3000-4500

Question 7

Female turkeys are called hens. What are male turkeys called?

Accepted Answer

Toms

Question 8

How many million turkeys are on eaten on Thanksgiving?

Accepted Answer

46

Question 9

Which two NFL teams play a football game on Thanksgiving every  year?

Accepted Answer

Lions and Cowboys

Question 10

Which of the following tunes was originally written for  Thanksgiving?

Accepted Answer

Jingle Bells

Question 11

The ‘wishbone’ is which part of the turkey?

Accepted Answer

Breastbone/Sternum

Question 12

In what US city is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held in each  year?

Accepted Answer

New York City

Question 13

Thanksgiving leftovers birthed which of the following ideas?

Accepted Answer

TV Dinners

Question 14

Which US President made Thanksgiving into an official National  Holiday?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 15

Which piece of common cutlery was most likely not found at the  first Thanksgiving feast? (It was not common until the time of the Industrial Revolution).

Accepted Answer

Fork

Thanksgiving Health Trivia Quiz

2) What is the name of the amino acid in turkey that people blame ‘being sleepy’ on?

3) The turkeys we eat for Thanksgiving all had the same color feathers. What color feathers did they have?

4) What is the name of the “fleshy protuberance above a male turkey's bill that can, in some cases, hang down and cover the bill?

5) Which founding father wanted the turkey to be the national bird, and not the bald eagle?

6) How many calories does the average American take in during their Thanksgiving celebration?

7) Female turkeys are called hens. What are male turkeys called?

8) How many million turkeys are on eaten on Thanksgiving?

9) Which two NFL teams play a football game on Thanksgiving every year?

10) Which of the following tunes was originally written for Thanksgiving?

11) The ‘wishbone’ is which part of the turkey?

12) In what US city is the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade held in each year?

13) Thanksgiving leftovers birthed which of the following ideas?

14) Which US President made Thanksgiving into an official National Holiday?

15) Which piece of common cutlery was most likely not found at the first Thanksgiving feast? (It was not common until the time of the Industrial Revolution).