Q 01/05

Which Wampanoag dish of boiled cornmeal with vegetables and meat had the Pilgrims adopted by 1621?

A) Succotash

B) Nasaump

C) Pemmican

D) Hominy

Answer · why

B) Nasaump

Nasaump is a Wampanoag porridge of boiled cornmeal with berries, nuts, vegetables or meat; the Plymouth colonists learned it from their Wampanoag neig...

Q 02/05

The domesticated turkey, a staple of many holiday meals, has its origins on which continent?

A) Europe

B) North America

C) Asia

D) South America

Answer · why

B) North America

North America: today's domestic varieties descend from birds domesticated in central Mexico at least 2,000 years ago and carried to Europe by the Span...

Q 03/05

By maximum recorded mass, the domestic turkey ranks where among living bird species?

A) Third

B) Fifth

C) Eighth

D) Twelfth

Answer · why

C) Eighth

Eighth: the heaviest domestic turkeys reach about 39 kg (86 lb), behind only the two ostriches, two cassowaries, the emu, the emperor penguin and the ...

Q 04/05

To kill bacteria, what minimum internal temperature must every part of a cooked turkey, and any reheated leftovers, reach?

A) 145°F (63°C)

B) 165°F (74°C)

C) 175°F (79°C)

D) 155°F (68°C)

Answer · why

B) 165°F (74°C)

165°F (74°C) is the USDA bar for all poultry, measured with a thermometer, and reheated leftovers must hit the same mark.

Q 05/05

Which part of a cooked turkey is traditionally broken by two people to make a wish?

A) Drumstick bone

B) Wishbone

C) Thigh bone

D) Breastbone

Answer · why

B) Wishbone

Anatomically the furcula, it was called the 'merrythought' when the pulling custom arose in the early 17th century; the name wishbone is only recorded...