June is National Turkey Lover’s Month which promotes eating turkey at times other than major holidays. Turkey’s meat is low in fat and high in protein, making it healthier than many types of meat. It is so large and more affordable for meat than many other available types of meat.
You have seen this feathered bird at Christmas and Thanksgiving but how much do you know about this creature? This trivia page is full of interesting facts about turkeys, their habitat, the foods they eat, and much more. Some facts might surprise you.
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Turkey trivia
1) The turkeys are relatively fast; at what speed they run?
Answer: They can run at speeds of up to 20 miles per hour.
2) Which two senses are highly found in turkeys?
Answer: Excellent eyesight, and a keen sense of hearing despite having no external ears.
3) What is the mating season for turkeys?
Answer: It occurs in the months of March and April.
4) How many eggs a female Turkey lay, and incubate them for a month?
Answer: Turkey lay 4 to 17 eggs.
5) What is the lifespan of a wild turkey?
Answer: It is 3 to 4 years.
6) What is wild turkeys habitat?
Answer: Middle and eastern portions of the United States and in limited areas in the west and in Mexico.
7) On which famous occasion, Americans sit around the table and enjoy a large meal, with turkey as the main course?
Answer: Thanksgiving
8) Why is it important to wear camouflage-patterned clothing while in the woods for hunting turkeys?
Answer: Because of a turkey’s keen eyesight
9) How many sounds are there that can be produced to draw turkeys in?
Answer: Over 10 different sounds
10) Which body part allows wild turkeys to run at speeds up to 25 miles per hour?
11) Male turkeys are called “toms” or “gobblers;” what the female turkeys are called?
Answer: Female turkeys are called “hens.”
12) What a turkey’s diet consists of?
Answer: Seeds, nuts, fruit, insects, and small lizards.
13) Which sense is not strongly presented in Turkeys?
Answer: They do not have a strong sense of smell, and the region of their brain that controls smell is very small compared to other animals.
14) Where Turkeys are usually found?
Answer: In forests
15) How many feathers a turkey have covered its body?
Answer: A turkey has between 5,000 and 6,000 feathers.
16) Most of the feathers of a turkey are iridescent with which varying colors?
Answer: Red, bronze, gold, and green.
17) After how much time a newly hatched turkeys leave the nest?
Answer: Within 12 to 24 hours leaves the nest to feed.
18) To stabilize what the native Americans used Turkey feathers?
Answer: To stabilize their arrows.
19) In which part of America wild Turkeys are one of the most popular game birds?
Answer: In North America.
20) Why Turkeys sleep in trees at night?
Answer: To stay safe from predators at night.
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Turkey trivia multiple choice
21) What are wild turkey babies called?
A: Eyas
B: poults
C: Owlet
Answer: B: poults
22) What is the normal lifespan of a turkey?
A: 3-5 years
B: 1-2 years
C: 7-9 years
Answer: A: 3-5 years
23) How frequently does a turkey lay an egg?
A: About 4 per week
B: About 6 per week
C: About 2 per week
Answer: C: About 2 per week
24) How far can a turkey listen to your call?
A: 200 yards
B: 400 yards
C: 800 yards
Answer: B: 400 yards
25) What color are turkey eggs?
A: A white colored egg with brown speckles
B: A white colored egg with green speckles
C: A white colored egg with black speckles
Answer: A: A white colored egg with brown speckles
26) what is the size of a turkey’s eggs?
A: Weigh approximately 20 to 50 grams.
B: Weigh approximately 40 to 60 grams.
C: Weigh approximately 80 to 90 grams.
Answer: C: Weigh approximately 80 to 90 grams.
27) How far away can a turkey see?
A: 4-5 miles
B: 2-3 miles
C: 7-9 miles
Answer: B: 2-3 miles
28) How long do turkey eggs stay fresh?
A: Three to five weeks
B: Seven to nine weeks
C: One to two weeks
Answer: A: Three to five weeks
29) Which Turkey can fly?
A: Domestic turkeys
B: Wild turkeys
C: Local turkeys
Answer: B: Wild turkeys
30) In which year presidential pardons for turkeys started?
A: In 1979
B: In 1989
C: In 1999
Answer: B: In 1989
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Christmas Turkey trivia
31) Which two English kings made eating turkeys a trend on Christmas?
Answer: Henry VIII and Edward VII
32) How many colors do the turkey’s skin on their head can change?
Answer: From red to blue to white
33) What is the most important use of turkey feathers?
Answer: Use to make blankets.
34) Turkeys do not have teeth, how they grind the foods?
Answer: They eat stones to help them grind their food.
35) How many turkeys are killed for Christmas in the US?
Answer: Around 14 million
36) How many turkeys are eaten at Christmas in the world?
Answer: About 22 million
37) In which century the turkey appeared on Christmas tables in England?
Answer: In the 16th century
38) How old should a female Christmas turkey be?
Answer: Hens are slaughtered at about 14–16 weeks on Christmas.
39) What was used before turkey at Christmas?
Answer: Geese, boars’ head, chicken, cow, and peacocks.
40) Where do turkeys sleep at night?
Answer: On trees
Turkey facts
41) How many stomachs does a turkey have?
Answer: Two stomachs
42) What kind of trees do turkeys sleep in?
Answer: Turkeys usually select the largest and hardwood trees.
43) How long is a wild turkey’s memory?
Answer: About 5 minutes
44) At what time turkeys have poor vision?
Answer: In the dark.
45) What time of day are turkeys most active?
Answer: In the morning.
46) What is the weird red bit on a turkey called?
Answer: Wattle
47) What is the purpose of turkey’s wattle?
Answer: Wattle helps release excess heat.
48) What is a flock of wild turkeys called?
Answer: A group of turkeys is called a rafter.
49) What are the Just hatched wild turkeys called?
Answer: Precocial
50) Other than turkeys which bird often bred for food in North American?
Answer: The Muscovy ducks.
Turkey Trot trivia
51) How many calories do the average American consume during his/her Thanksgiving dinner each year?
Answer: Approximately 3000 calories.
52) What is a turkey trot?
Answer: It is a footrace held each year for participants looking to burn calories before the Thanksgiving meals.
53) When does Turkey-trot held each year?
Answer: Mostly it occurs just before the Thanksgiving Day each year.
54) According to USA Track and Field, how far a Turkey Trot Race?
Answer: The distance is 3.1 to 26.2 miles.
55) What type of prizes are there for the winners of Turkey Trots?
Answer: Cash, “turkey” T-Shirts, hats even a live Turkey or the frozen Turkeys.
56) What was the oldest Turkey Trot Race?
Answer: The Buffalo Turkey trot.
57) What is the most popular and the biggest Turkey Trot Race?
Answer: Dallas Turkey Trot Race.
58) Who created the Turkey Trot?
Answer: John Jarrott
59) Which year was the first turkey trot?
Answer: In 1896
60) Thanksgiving Day turkey trots are older than which Marathon race?
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