“Fight Against Stupidity And Bureaucracy”
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Hello and welcome to another week at the fasab blog.
This week, for obvious reason, I’m on a Thanksgiving theme, so this week’s quiz is not the usual random mixture, but all about Thanksgiving and, of course, turkeys.
As usual, if you get stuck, you can find the answers waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay down below, but please NO cheating!
Enjoy and good luck.
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Q. 1: When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) 1535 b) 1598 c) 1621 d) 1686 e) 1751
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Q. 2: What are the respective names of a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 3: Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the last Thursday of November?
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Q. 4: Which U.S. President attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
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Q. 5: What are the respective sounds made by a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 6: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a) Lakota b) Apache c) Wampanoag d) Blackfoot
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Q. 7: Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on a) Thanksgiving and b) Christmas? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 8: A three part, and possibly three point question, a) is Thanksgiving celebrated in any country other than the United States, and b) if so where, and c) when? (A point for each correct answer.)
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Q. 9: Which US state produces the most turkeys annually?
a) Ohio b) Indiana c) Minnesota d) Arkansas
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Q. 10: The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed?
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Q. 11: Where was the turkey first domesticated?
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Q. 12: The original Thanksgiving lasted for how long?
a) 1 day b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 7 days
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Q. 13: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
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Q. 14: What American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
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Q. 15: What was the first departmental store that held a Thanksgiving parade?
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Q. 16: What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
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Q. 17: What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
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Q. 18: The inhabitants of which state are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States?
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Q. 19: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower and how long was the voyage from England to the New World? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
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Q. 20: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
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ANSWERS
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Q. 1: When was the first Thanksgiving celebration?
a) 1535 b) 1598 c) 1621 d) 1686 e) 1751
A. 1: The correct answer is c) 1621.
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Q. 2: What are the respective names of a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 2: A female turkey is a ‘hen’ and a male is a ‘tom’.
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Q. 3: Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the last Thursday of November?
A. 3: Abraham Lincoln.
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Q. 4: Which U.S. President attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the fourth Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
A. 4: Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Q. 5: What are the respective sounds made by a female and a male turkey? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 5: A female turkey says ‘cluck’ and a male turkey says ‘gobble’.
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Q. 6: What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists?
a) Lakota b) Apache c) Wampanoag d) Blackfoot
A. 6: the Wampanoag tribe.
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Q. 7: Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on a) Thanksgiving and b) Christmas? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 7: a) 90% of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving and b) 50% at Christmas.
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Q. 8: A three part, and possibly three point question, a) is Thanksgiving celebrated in any country other than the United States and b) if so where and c) when? (A point for each correct answer.)
A. 8: Correct answers are, a) Yes b) in Canada, and c) on the second Monday of October.
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Q. 9: Which US state produces the most turkeys annually?
a) Ohio b) Indiana c) Minnesota d) Arkansas
A. 9: The correct answer is c) Minnesota.
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Q. 10: The name of the famous rock where the pilgrims landed?
A. 10: Plymouth Rock.
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Q. 11: Where was the turkey first domesticated?
A. 11: Mexico and Central America. (A point for either answer.)
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Q. 12: The original Thanksgiving lasted for how long?
a) 1 day b) 3 days c) 5 days d) 7 days
A. 12: The correct answer is b) 3 days.
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Q. 13: Which vegetable did the pilgrims have available for Thanksgiving but did not use because they thought it was poisonous?
A. 13: Potatoes.
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Q. 14: What American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
A. 14: Benjamin Franklin.
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Q. 15: What was the first departmental store that held a Thanksgiving parade?
A. 15: It was Gimbel’s Department Store in Philadelphia, in 1920.
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Q. 16: What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey’s neck?
A. 16: It is called a ‘wattle’.
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Q. 17: What do you call the day after Thanksgiving?
A. 17: It is known as ‘Black Friday’.
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Q. 18: The inhabitants of which state are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States?
A. 18: Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
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Q. 19: How many pilgrims were on the Mayflower and how long was the voyage from England to the New World? (A point for each correct answer, and a bonus point if you get them both right.)
A. 19: 102 Pilgrims made the journey and it took them 66 days.
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Q. 20: Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
A. 20: Israel.
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