Q 01/05

Which people's leader Massasoit brought some ninety men and five deer to Plymouth's 1621 harvest feast?

A) Narragansett

B) Wampanoag

C) Mohawk

D) Pequot

Answer · why

B) Wampanoag

Wampanoag. The one eyewitness letter mentions their venison and the colonists' 'fowl', which a Plimoth food historian suspects meant goose or duck, an...

Q 02/05

In his 1621 letter from Plymouth, Edward Winslow wrote that the bay was 'full of' which shellfish all summer?

A) Oysters

B) Scallops

C) Lobsters

D) Crabs

Answer · why

C) Lobsters

Lobsters. He added that a hogshead of eels could be taken in one September night and that mussels lay 'at our doors', which is why food historians thi...

Q 03/05

The 1621 harvest feast had no pies because the colonists lacked butter and what else?

A) Fresh eggs

B) Sea salt

C) Wheat flour

D) Pork lard

Answer · why

C) Wheat flour

Wheat flour. With no pastry, pies and tarts were out; a Plimoth food historian thinks the gaps on the table were filled with 'meat, meat and more meat...

Q 04/05

Which amino acid in turkey is popularly blamed for the sleepy feeling after Thanksgiving dinner?

A) Tryptophan

B) Glutamine

C) Tyrosine

D) Lysine

Answer · why

A) Tryptophan

Tryptophan. Turkey has no more of it than chicken does; researchers point instead to the carbohydrate-heavy sides and desserts eaten alongside.

Q 05/05

Which Founding Father called the turkey 'a much more respectable bird' than the bald eagle?

A) Thomas Jefferson

B) John Adams

C) Alexander Hamilton

D) Benjamin Franklin

Answer · why

D) Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin. He never proposed the turkey as the national bird: the line comes from a letter to his daughter mocking an eagle design that looked...