Happy Thanksgiving!

Wishing you all a lovely holiday, with family, good friends, delicious food and wonderful memories of Thanksgivings past.

John and Mojo are staying with me this week. We're going to dinner at Wendy's. I wish we could all be together...maybe some year down the road, but will be thinking of all of you today, as I do most every day :)

Here's a little turkey quiz to massage your brains.

1. When was the first American Thanksgiving celebration?
   The correct answer is: 1621

2. Where was the turkey first domesticated?
   The correct answer is: Mexico and Central America

3. What is a female turkey called?
   The correct answer is: a hen

4. What is a male turkey called?
   The correct answer is: a tom

5. What great American statesman lobbied to make the turkey the national symbol?
   The correct answer is: Benjamin Franklin

6. What sound does a female turkey make?
   The correct answer is: click

7. What sound does a male turkey make?
   The correct answer is: gobble

8. About how many feathers does a mature turkey have?
   The correct answer is: 3,500

9. Which state produces the most turkeys annually?
   The correct answer is: North Carolina

10. How fast can wild turkeys run?
    The correct answer is: 25 mph

11. How does Arkansas rank among the other states in turkey production?
    The correct answer is: third

12. What Native American tribe celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the colonists? The correct answer is: the Wampanoag tribe

13. Can wild turkeys fly? If so, how fast?
    The correct answer is: Yes, up to 55 mph

14. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Thanksgiving?
    The correct answer is: 90%

15. Approximately what percentage of American homes eats turkey on Christmas?
    The correct answer is: 50%

16. What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkey's neck?
    The correct answer is: wattle

17. Which U.S. president specified that Thanksgiving would fall on the fourth Thursday of November?
    The correct answer is: Abraham Lincoln

18. Which president attempted to move the Thanksgiving holiday to the next to last Thursday in November to create a longer Christmas shopping season?
    The correct answer is: Franklin D. Roosevelt"

19. Which country consumes the most turkey per year per capita?
    The correct answer is: Israel

20. What is the fastest way to defrost a turkey?
    You chose:
    The correct answer is: in cold water

    Your score:
    Gobble, gobble, good!
    

21. LOVE YOU ALL---HAVE A GREAT DAY