Food Trivia Quiz FoodReference.com 1) Identify the following parts of a turkey: * a) Caruncle. * b) Snood. * c) Wattle. * d) Beard.
2) Turkey Production: * A) How many turkeys were raised in the U.S. in 2007? * B) What State raised the most turkeys? 3) What president proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day, and when was it celebrated? 4) What president made Thanksgiving an annual holiday (to be commemorated on the LAST Thursday in November)? 5) In 1939 President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed Thanksgiving from the LAST Thursday in November. Three years later, in December 1941, a joint session of Congress changed it again (in part because not all states complied with Roosevelt's choice). * A) To what day did Roosevelt change Thanksgiving? * B) Why did he change it? * C) To what day did Congress change Thanksgiving? 6) True or False? All of the following celebrate annual Thanksgiving holidays: Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Laos, Canada, Liberia, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Guam, Grenada & the Virgin Islands. 7) Cranberry counts: * A) How many cranberries does it take to make one can of cranberry sauce? * B) How many cranberries does it take to make one gallon of cranberry juice? 8) True or False? A) The Sweet Potato is the 6th principal world food crop. B) Louisiana produces more sweet potatoes than any other state. 9) The frozen TV Dinner was introduced by Swanson in 1954. It consisted of Turkey, Stuffing, Gravy, Sweet Potatoes and Peas. Why was Turkey chosen for the first TV Dinner? 10) How fast can a turkey fly? Answers 1) Turkey parts: * a) The red/pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck. * b) The long, red flesh growth from the base of the beak that hangs down over the neck. * c) The bright red appendage at the neck. * d) The black lock of hair on the chest of the male turkey. 2) Turkey production: * A) An estimated 271 million turkeys were raised in the United States in 2007. The estimate for 2008 is about the same. * B) Minnesota raised 49 million turkeys, followed by North Carolina (39 million), Arkansas (31 million), Virginia (21 million), Missouri (20 million) and Indiana (15.9 million). These six states together account for nearly 2 of every 3 turkeys produced in 2007 & 2008. 3) The first national Thanksgiving Day, proclaimed by President George Washington, was celebrated on Nov. 26, 1789, the LAST Thursday of the month. 4) In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving an annual holiday to be commemorated on the LAST Thursday in November. 5) Thanksgiving Day: * A) Franklin D. Roosevelt changed the official Thanksgiving Day from the LAST Thursday to the THIRD Thursday in November. * B) Roosevelt felt the last Thursday was too close to Christmas (especially when the last Thursday fell on November 30, as it did in 1939) * C) Congress specified the FOURTH Thursday in November (which is not always the LAST). 6) False. All except Mexico celebrate an annual Thanksgiving holiday. 7) Cranberry counts: * A) It takes about 200 cranberries to make one can of cranberry sauce. * B) There are approximately 3,333 cranberries in one gallon of juice. 8) Sweet Potato production: * A) True. The sweet potato is the 6th principal world food crop, and approximately 90 percent of the worlds' crop is grown in Asia. * B) False. North Carolina (667 million pounds) produced more sweet potatoes than any other state. It was followed by California (426 million pounds). Mississippi and Louisiana also produced large amounts: at least 300 million pounds each. 9) In 1954 C.A. Swanson & Sons introduced the first TV dinner, it was roast turkey with stuffing and gravy, sweet potatoes and peas. It sold for 98 cents and came in an aluminum tray, so you could just open the box and heat the dinner in the oven. (No microwave ovens back then). Supposedly executive Gerald Thomas came up with the idea when the company had tons of leftover turkey from Thanksgiving. The idea for the aluminum trays came from the trays used by airlines. They were an immediate success, and Turkey dinners are still the most popular Swanson frozen dinner. Swanson stopped calling them TV dinners in 1962. 10) Domesticated turkeys cannot fly, but Wild turkeys can fly up to 55 miles per hour for short distances (about 1/4 mile). Courtesy of FoodReference.com. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
