Q 01/05

Despite the Kentucky in its name, the first KFC franchise was opened by restaurateur Pete Harman in which US state?

A) Ohio

B) Texas

C) Utah

D) Idaho

Answer · why

C) Utah

Utah got Kentucky Fried Chicken first, when Harland Sanders licensed his recipe to a friend in South Salt Lake. That friend later introduced the cardb...

Q 02/05

Which Founding Father wrote to his daughter that the turkey was a more respectable bird than the bald eagle?

A) Benjamin Franklin

B) Thomas Jefferson

C) John Adams

D) Alexander Hamilton

Answer · why

A) Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was criticising the eagle on the crest of the Society of the Cincinnati, and he never proposed the turkey as a national symbol. That...

Q 03/05

Domestic turkeys descend from birds first tamed in which country, before the Spanish took them to Europe?

A) Peru

B) Mexico

C) Canada

D) Brazil

Answer · why

B) Mexico

Mexico is where ancient Mesoamericans first domesticated the bird, prizing its feathers for decoration as well as its meat and eggs.

Q 04/05

Which amino acid is popularly, though wrongly, blamed for the drowsiness that follows a big Thanksgiving turkey dinner?

A) Tyrosine

B) Glutamine

C) Phenylalanine

D) Tryptophan

Answer · why

D) Tryptophan

Tryptophan is no more plentiful in turkey than in other poultry. The sleepiness is more likely caused by a heavy meal rich in carbohydrates.

Q 05/05

Mike the Headless Chicken, a Colorado rooster beheaded in 1945, survived for roughly how long afterwards?

A) 18 minutes

B) 18 hours

C) 18 days

D) 18 months

Answer · why

D) 18 months

18 months went by before Mike died, because the axe had left most of his brain stem intact. His owner fed him milk and water through an eyedropper and...