Turkey Dinner & Sides

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1.Cranberries sold fresh and whole are gathered by which method?
- A. Hand diving
- B. Tree shaking
- C. Net dragging
- D. Dry harvesting
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Dry harvesting
Did you know? Dry harvesting picks fruit for the fresh market.
2.Which Southern pie made with the orange tuber rivals pumpkin at holiday tables?
- A. Sweet potato pie
- B. Pumpkin roll
- C. Yam cake
- D. Carrot pie
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Sweet potato pie
Did you know? Sweet potato pie is the South's holiday answer to pumpkin.
3.Which warm spiced drink, brewed from orchard fruit, steams on many holiday stoves?
- A. Spiced apple cider
- B. Hot chocolate
- C. Green tea
- D. Tomato tea
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Spiced apple cider
Did you know? Spiced cider simmers with cinnamon and cloves.
4.Which parts of the turkey count as the white meat?
- A. The skin
- B. The breast and wings
- C. The legs and thighs
- D. The back and ribs
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The breast and wings
Did you know? Turkey breast and wings are the white meat.
5.Pumpkins are native to which continent?
- A. Asia
- B. Africa
- C. North America
- D. Europe
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North America
Did you know? Pumpkins grew in the Americas for thousands of years.
6.Southern dressing is most often based on which bread?
- A. Rye
- B. Cornbread
- C. Sourdough
- D. Brioche
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Cornbread
Did you know? Crumbled cornbread is the southern dressing base.
7.What does the plastic pop-up timer inside a turkey indicate?
- A. The oven's humidity
- B. The skin's crispness
- C. The breast meat's temperature
- D. The stuffing's saltiness
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The breast meat's temperature
Did you know? Pop-up timers trigger at breast temperature, if they trigger at all.
8.Which US state grows most of the nation's cranberries?
- A. Wisconsin
- B. Georgia
- C. California
- D. Florida
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Wisconsin
Did you know? Wisconsin leads national cranberry production.
9.Which famous cream-filled cake was invented at the same Boston hotel as Parker House rolls?
- A. Red velvet
- B. Black forest
- C. Tres leches
- D. Boston cream pie
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Boston cream pie
Did you know? The Parker House also birthed Boston cream pie.
10.Which slang term names the heavy post-meal lethargy after the big dinner?
- A. A sugar rush
- B. A midnight snack
- C. A kitchen dance
- D. A food coma
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A food coma
Did you know? The "food coma" follows the feast; tryptophan takes the blame.
11.Which small, sweet pumpkin variety is grown especially for pies?
- A. The green kabocha
- B. The jack-o'-lantern
- C. The giant Atlantic
- D. The sugar pumpkin
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The sugar pumpkin
Did you know? Sugar pumpkins are the classic pie pumpkin.
12.Which custardy corn side dish is a Southern holiday classic?
- A. Corn fritters
- B. Corn chowder
- C. Corn pudding
- D. Creamed corn
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Corn pudding
Did you know? Corn pudding bakes corn into a soft custard.
13.The packet of turkey organs tucked inside the bird is called what?
- A. The drippings
- B. The offcuts
- C. The giblets
- D. The trimmings
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The giblets
Did you know? Giblets include the heart, liver, gizzard and neck.
14.The ridged cylinder of jellied sauce comes from what?
- A. Cranberry skins
- B. A molds factory
- C. Ocean waves
- D. The shape of the can
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The shape of the can
Did you know? The sauce sets to the can's own contours.
15.Pecans are the only major tree nut native to which continent?
- A. Asia
- B. North America
- C. South America
- D. Europe
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North America
Did you know? Pecans grow wild across the American South.
16.Saying a short blessing before the Thanksgiving meal is commonly called saying what?
- A. Saying grace
- B. Saying grace notes
- C. Saying toast
- D. Saying amen rows
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Saying grace
Did you know? Many families open the meal by "saying grace."
17.What are roasted pumpkin seeds called in Spanish-influenced kitchens?
- A. Picadas
- B. Platanitos
- C. Pepitas
- D. Pilones
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Pepitas
Did you know? Pepitas are hulled, roasted pumpkin seeds.
18.Classic gravy starts with the flavorful juices left in the roasting pan, called what?
- A. Pan butter
- B. Pan drippings
- C. Pan luster
- D. Pan gravy
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Pan drippings
Did you know? Drippings plus flour make the gravy base.
19.USDA says refrigerator thawing a turkey takes about one day per how many pounds?
- A. Four to five
- B. Fifteen
- C. One
- D. Ten
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Four to five
Did you know? A 16-pound bird needs roughly four days in the fridge.
20.Which grower cooperative, formed in 1930, dominates the cranberry market?
- A. Knudsen
- B. Ocean Spray
- C. Seneca
- D. Welch's
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Ocean Spray
Did you know? Ocean Spray formed as a cranberry growers' cooperative in 1930.
21.Which bird's name doubles as a familiar nickname for Thanksgiving itself?
- A. Quail
- B. Duck
- C. Turkey
- D. Goose
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Turkey
Did you know? "Turkey Day" is a widespread nickname for the holiday.
22.Which coffee chain launched the Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003?
- A. Starbucks
- B. Peet's
- C. Caribou Coffee
- D. Dunkin'
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Starbucks
Did you know? Starbucks debuted the Pumpkin Spice Latte in 2003.
23.Which potato variety is prized for fluffy mashed potatoes?
- A. The new potato
- B. The red bliss
- C. The russet
- D. The fingerling
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The russet
Did you know? Russets' starch whips up cloudlike mash.
24.A turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with a chicken is called what?
- A. A three-bird roast
- B. A tricorner
- C. A ballotine
- D. A turducken
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A turducken
Did you know? The turducken nests three birds in one roast.
25.Which hand-cranked relish of raw cranberries and oranges is a holiday custom?
- A. Chow-chow
- B. Chutney
- C. Cranberry-orange relish
- D. Picalilli
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Cranberry-orange relish
Did you know? Cranberry-orange relish is ground fresh, never cooked.
26.Which dog show has aired on NBC right after the Macy's parade since 2002?
- A. The Crufts show
- B. The Westminster Kennel Club show
- C. The National Dog Show
- D. The AKC Nationals
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The National Dog Show
Did you know? The National Dog Show follows the parade every Thanksgiving since 2002.
27.Which brand dominates the US canned pumpkin market?
- A. Libby's
- B. Del Monte
- C. Hunt's
- D. Green Giant
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Libby's
Did you know? Libby's cans most of the nation's holiday pumpkin.
28.Which winter squash, halved and roasted, appears on modern holiday tables?
- A. Butternut squash
- B. Spaghetti melon
- C. Zucchini
- D. Pattypan
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Butternut squash
Did you know? Roasted butternut squash has joined the side-dish lineup.
29.Butterball's roasting charts allow roughly how many minutes per pound for an unstuffed turkey at 350 degrees?
- A. About 13
- B. About 3
- C. About 25
- D. About 40
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About 13
Did you know? Plan on roughly 13 minutes per pound, unstuffed, at 350 °F.
30.Which parts of the turkey are known as the dark meat?
- A. The breast and wings
- B. The legs and thighs
- C. The neck and giblets
- D. The tail fat
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The legs and thighs
Did you know? Turkey legs and thighs are the dark meat.
31.About what percentage of a pumpkin is water?
- A. About 90 percent
- B. About 60 percent
- C. About 5 percent
- D. About 30 percent
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About 90 percent
Did you know? Pumpkins run roughly 90 percent water.
32.Which chopped cabbage side dish, sweetened and dressed, also rides holiday buffets?
- A. Sauerkraut
- B. Chow-chow
- C. Kimchi
- D. Coleslaw
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Coleslaw
Did you know? Coleslaw fills out many holiday buffet spreads.
33.Soaking a turkey in salt water before roasting is called what?
- A. Curing
- B. Pickling
- C. Macerating
- D. Brining
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Brining
Did you know? A salt brine seasons the meat and helps it hold moisture.
34.About how many turkeys are eaten in the United States each Thanksgiving, by industry estimates?
- A. Around 12 million
- B. Around 46 million
- C. Around 5 million
- D. Around 90 million
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Around 46 million
Did you know? Industry estimates put Thanksgiving turkey consumption at about 46 million birds.
35.Which nut, roasted and peeled, stars in colonial-style stuffing?
- A. Walnuts
- B. Almonds
- C. Pistachios
- D. Chestnuts
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Chestnuts
Did you know? Chestnut stuffing descends from early American cooking.
36.A frozen turkey keeps well for about how long?
- A. About a week
- B. About a month
- C. About a decade
- D. About a year
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About a year
Did you know? A whole frozen turkey keeps about 12 months.
37.Which amino acid in turkey is famously blamed for post-dinner drowsiness?
- A. Lysine
- B. Tyrosine
- C. Tryptophan
- D. Glutamine
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Tryptophan
Did you know? Tryptophan is blamed for the "turkey coma," though the feast size matters more.
38.Which brand's crispy fried onions crown the classic green bean casserole?
- A. French's
- B. Pringles
- C. Heinz
- D. Kikkoman
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French's
Did you know? French's French Fried Onions finish the casserole.
39.Which breed dominates American supermarket turkeys?
- A. The Narragansett
- B. The Broad Breasted White
- C. The Royal Palm
- D. The Bourbon Red
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The Broad Breasted White
Did you know? Broad Breasted Whites dominate commercial turkey farming.
40.USDA guidance says cooked turkey keeps in the refrigerator for how long?
- A. One year
- B. Three to four weeks
- C. Three to four days
- D. One month
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Three to four days
Did you know? Leftover turkey is safe refrigerated for three to four days.

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