Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Thanksgiving Trivia

Three Summy children brave the wind at a New Mexico truck stop (I took this shot on our drive out here a mere 3 days ago. How time flies when you're having fun!)

The mercury has dropped here in Oklahoma. No more flip-flops, we are all appropriately shod.

This morning, we're climbing back in our Kia and heading another 81-ish miles east to the grandparents'. We've had LOTS of fun playing around Oklahoma City with the aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, first-cousins-once-removed, second cousins...

And while we're loading up, you might want to click over to a fun post by the delightful Jennifer Bertman where she interviewed me about my "creative" writing space.

And...to keep the conversation flowing at your Thanksgiving dinner, here's some Thanksgiving trivia. I copied these from a post I did for the Class of 2k8's blog back in the day.

1. What do you call a female turkey?
2. What sound does she make?
3. How fast can a turkey run?
4. Which state produces the most turkeys?
5. How many feathers does a mature turkey have?
6. What drink did the puritans bring with them on the Mayflower?
7. What do you call a baby turkey?
8. Which vegetable did the Pilgrims decide not to eat for Thanksgiving because they thought it was poisonous?
9. Why is difficult to sneak up on a turkey?
10. What do you call a turkey under 16 weeks of age? How about if it's five to seven months old?





Answers:
1. A hen
2. She clucks.
3. 20 mph
4. Minnesota
5. 3,500
6. beer
7. a poult
8. potatoes
9. Turkeys have a wide field of vision (270 degrees) and a great sense of hearing. Not germane to this answer, but interesting nonetheless, turkeys see in color.
10. A fryer, a roaster

Happy Thanksgiving!

9 comments:

  1. I never knew...BEER!

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  2. Knowing all this won't keep me from eating turkey. :)

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  3. More fun!! I loved the quiz. Have fun with the grandparents.

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  4. Nothing like some trivia to help me feel like I know NOTHING!!!!!

    Happy Thanksgiving though.

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  5. What? No questions about jammies? Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

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  6. No turkey weekend here but we wish you a very happy thanksgiving dinner with the relatives. Drive safe!
    Love the quiz.

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  7. That's a fun post. We've had flying turkeys around, but they cleared out for your US Thanksgiving!

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  8. Hope your Thanksgiving was great! Can't believe it's over already. November went incredibly fast.

    Oh, and fun turkey trivia. I actually could have used some of that for a crossword puzzle hubby and I did the other day. One of the answers was "poult", and nobody we asked knew it. Guess I should have been checking blogs on Thanksgiving Day! :-D

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Comments are always welcome!