I give thanks for trivia. And turkey.
Thanksgiving is this Thursday, so it’s time to talk turkey. Or, you know, trivia about turkeys.
Fast facts: The state that produces the most turkeys annually is Minnesota. TV dinners were born out of a surplus of Thanksgiving turkeys that Swanson didn’t want to waste. Big Bird is canonically a canary, but the big bird costume uses turkey feathers.
Some of these questions are about the birds, some aren’t, but all of them would be perfect with a side of mashed potatoes and gravy.
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Questions:
- Though Istanbul is its largest city, what is the capital of Turkey?
- On “Friends,” two characters are shown to have once put an entire uncooked turkey on their heads. Which two?
- In order to score a turkey in bowling, what do you have to roll?
- “Jive Turkey” was a minor 1974 hit for what funk and R&B group named for their home state who had a huge hit a year later with “Love Rollercoaster”?
- Various presidents had all “spared the lives” of turkeys presented to them at the White House by — believe it or not — turkey lobbyists, but what president formalized the now annual tradition of pardoning a turkey for Thanksgiving?
Answers up after a compilation of the best “Friends” Thanksgiving moments. (Spoiler: Turkeys aren’t beautiful and intelligent, they are ugly and delicious.)
Answers:
- Ankara
- Joey and Monica
- Three strikes in a row
- Ohio Players
- George H.W. Bush
Happy Thanksgiving! Time to start Christmas and Hanukkah shopping. How about a trivia book for the “Friends” fan in your life?