First Response
P. Knobloch (0h 13m)
Last Response
J. Lute (7h 2m)
Standings
28 - K. Snook
28 - W. Trueax
25 - N. Gould
24 - S. Hibbard-Swanson
23 - H. Cornwall
21 - T. Dooms
20 - P. Knobloch
19 - C. Walker
18 - S. Webster
17 - J. Lute
16 - M. Chaubey
16 - M. Slattery
Total Possible Points (35+)
Average Score (-)
Friday, December 4, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Thanksgiving Trivia Answers
A gobblicious fun time, gobble-gobble.
Section One Questions (1 Point)
1) According to popular myth, what amino acid component of turkey causes Thanksgiving Day drowsiness?
Tryptophan
Beer - B. Hughes
Bourbon - C. Gottfried
Chardonney - S. Webster
Peptides - J. Lute
Tryptamine - M. Chaubey
2) What are the heart, liver, gizzard and other visceral organs of a turkey referred to culinarily?
The Giblets (In supermarket turkeys, the neck is often included too.) When I typed these answers out, I typed the nest instead of the neck! - Tom
Guts - B. Hughes
Gizzards - R. Lumpkins
Organ Meats - C. Walker
I Don't know, but I refer to them as disgusting. - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Stuffing - S. Webster
Disgusting - W. Trueax
Giblets... mmmm. - N. Gould
Is culinarily a word? I'm not sure of the real answer, but those things are surely scrumptious delicacies! - S. Field
The Neck - M. Chaubey
3) What is the name for the famous Cajun feast consisting of the chicken, in a duck, in a turkey?
The Turducken
Turkey Katrina... it happened during the hurricane when a strong wind blew a chicken into a duck and then into a turkey. It's sometimes referred to as chickduckturk or chidutu. - P. Knobloch
Ah, this hearkens back to a previous trivia, Turducken. - J. Gumm
Duckinturk - C. Walker
La Stomach Pumpé - C. Gottfried
The Circle of Life - S. Webster
I thought the turkducken was a John Madden thing. - N. Gould
Very tasty - H. Cornwall
Turducken, I haven't attempted this yet, but I swear some day I will. - M. Chaubey
4) French's French Fried Onions are the traditional topping for what popular Thanksgiving side dish?
Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole... which my family finally voted out last year. - T. Dooms
The Campbell's Soup Company duped us into liking this crap in the fifties so they could sell more cream of mushroom soup. It's disgusting. Let's take it off the menu. - J. Gumm
Porterhouse Steak - S. Webster
5) Which of the founding fathers believed that the turkey should be the national bird?
Benjamin Franklin
I agree - J. Gumm
Pat Knobloch - S. Webster
Either him or Michelle Kwan, but I'm pretty sure she's not a founding father! - S. Field
Is he considered a founding father, or just the guy who hung out with the founding fathers? - H. Cornwall
6) True or False: Tofurkey Jurkey Wishstix are included in the Tofurkey Vegetarian Feast.
True
True, because if they aren't, that means Maggie and Kevin sat around and came up with that idea. - T. Dooms
Vegetarians go wild for it! - J. Gumm
Sure! - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Maybe, but you have to pre-order one week in advance. - S. Webster
What?! - M. Chaubey
7) What piece of clothing did Joey have to don to finish his turkey in a famous Thanksgiving episode of Friends?
Stretchy Pants (Phoebe's maternity pants.)
A Pilgrim Hat - R. Lumpkins
A Chef's Hat - P. Knobloch
Rubber gloves? All I remember is somebody with the turkey on their end at the end. - T. Dooms
Is it considered normal to have never watched Friends? I don't think it is... - J. Gumm
'Coon skin cap - C. Walker
A Thong - S. Webster
A speedo? No, that can't be right, something of one the girls' I think. A bathrobe? - H. Cornwall
I never watched that show, once. - M. Chaubey
Section Two Questions (2 Points)
8) To what temperature does the Butterball hot-line recommend cooking a turkey?
180ºF
180 F in the thigh. - J. Gumm
It's going to be about 50 degrees here in State College regardless. - S. Wbster
Is there seriously a Butterbal hotline? - S. Field
375? That's what it is for a cake, anyway. - M. Chaubey
9) What is one of the two known--as documented in historical documents--menu items at the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth?
Venison and Wild Fowl (any kind).
Pocahontas and Rum - S. Webster
10) What is the origin of the name Black Friday for the Friday after Thanksgiving?
It is the first day that most retails stores stop operating in the red.
11) Name one of the two NFL football teams that play every Thanksgiving.
The Detroit Lions and The Dallas Cowboys
UCLA - R. Lumpkins
Haha, yeah right--like I would know this. - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Detroit, because they are turkeys. - S. Webster
Detroit whatever - J. Lute
12) What Native American tribe shared their food with the Pilgrims to celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
A) The Wampanoags B) The Iroquois C) Seneca D) Onondaga
It wasn't the first Thanksgiving, it was the first Thanksgiving in America. Autumn feasts have always been had in Europe. - M. Chaubey
13) Which character originally invited themselves over to Charlie Brown's home during the Peanuts Thanksgiving Special?
A) Snoopy B) Marcie C) Peppermint Patty D) Linus
All of them. - B. Hughes
Snoopy... and he brought hid friend Droopy, where they sang Hang on Sloopy with Betty Boopie and played with Hula Hoopies until they were loopy. - P. Knobloch
Peppermint Patty! Yay for toast and jellybeans! - T. Dooms
Peppermint Patty. Thanks, Chuck. But what's with the toast? - J. Gumm
Woodstock, but unfortunately they cooked and ate him. - S. Webster
I don't remember any of the Peanuts TV specials, but I do know that I ran out of the room during the Halloween Special every year, when Charlie Brown and Snoopy are discovered hiding in the cupboard, and then it cuts immediately to commercial. Never got past that part. - M. Chaubey
14) Name two countries, other than the United States, that celebrate their own Thanksgiving Day, there are seven.
Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Liberia and Switzerland
Turkey and Greece - S. Webster
15) In an interesting Presidential tradition, what does the President do to a turkey each Thanksgiving?
The President pardons the turkey.
Kill it. - R. Lumpkins
Pardons it... or invites Biden to be his running mate. - P. Knobloch
He spares the turkey. Afterward, the CIA bind and gag the turkey, throw it on a private jet, and fly it to a third-world country so that the turkey can be tortured, killed and eaten. - C. Gottfried
Play frozen turkey bowling. - S. Webster
...drinks coffee while doing an interview in front of workers slaughtering turkeys? Oh wait. That's right. Sarah Palin isn't President. (Thank goodness!) - W. Trueax
Eat it! I don't know, I'm probably already asleep because of the Tryptophan, when this tradition takes place. If it's televised, I've never seen it, let alone heard of it. - S. Field
The turkey then goes to live on a ranch for the rest of its life. This is actually true. - M. Chaubey
16) What US President established Thanksgiving as the forth Thursday in November?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Abe Lincoln. I'd like to take this moment to remind everyone that you have to wait for Thanksgiving to be over to put up your bloody Christmas decorations. You all are making my tasteful harvest decorations look out of season. But they're not! I'm right! Unplug your lights! - J. Gumm
Theodore Roosevelt, almost as good an answer as Benjamin Franklin, except that he never made President. Blame it on his turkey fetish... - C. Gottfried
Frank Perdue - S. Webster
17) How much does it cost for an adult to eat Thanksgiving dinner at Plymouth Plantation this year? (Answers should be within five dollars)
$60.95
$29.99 + tip - S. Webster
$3,000 - W. Trueax
18) What Turkey Day tradition started in 1924 featuring animals from the Central Park Zoo?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
They're the first on their block to walk around singing Christmas Carols. - C. Walker
Turkey Day Silliness Question (3 Points)
Why do Canadians have their own kind of bacon?
Because without it, we wouldn't have Egg McMuffins. - M. Slattery & K. Snook
Because they have Canadian pigs. - R. Lumpkins
Because news of the invention of bacon didn't reach them until after the spring thaw, eh! - P. Knobloch
Because our bacon isn't shaped like a hockey puck. - T. Dooms
Since the Canadians have a entirely government subsidized health care system, the diabolical powers that be decided to brainwash the Canadians into doing healthy things... such as eschewing the American tradition of liberally piling salted strips of fat with trace amounts of meat on top of already artery clogging foods, like fast food burgers, cheese laden baked potatoes, dressing coasted salads, and french toast. Instead, the Canadians daintily dine on thin slices of what appears to be ham at appropriate times, such as breakfast, unlike their infinitely freer neighbors to the south, who tend to view bacon as the ideal garnish to every meal. (This message was sponsored by the Republican Party, in an effort to scare Americans away from health care reform... 'cause here in America, you'll have to pry the bacon out of our cold, dead hands...) - J. Gumm
They hate Americans. - C. Walker
To have something to eat with their French Fries. - C. Gottfried
The silly animals only speak French. - T. Walker
It's thicker and fattier? - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Because it comes from Canada, duh! - S. Webster
Because they didn't have the big, dramatic Revolution and subsequent big grilling holiday stemming from it that we did... they had to compensate somehow. They chose bacon, wouldn't you? - W. Trueax
They were embarrassed that their only fatty/salty export was Celine Dion. - N. Gould
Because the pigs the bacon comes from are Canadian... eh? - S. Field
Because their pigs are tastier? Eh? - H. Cornwall
Because they don't know what's delicious. - M. Chaubey
Michelle Kwan-stions (3 Points)
1) What is Michelle Kwan's favorite food on Turkey Day?
Kwanberry Sauce or Turkeylipinsky. - M. Slattery & K. Snook
Turkey chow mein. - P. Knobloch
Kwanberry Sauce - T. Dooms
Don't tell me it's Green Bean Casserole. - J. Gumm
Sliced Carrots, but she refers to them as Gold Medals. - C. Walker
Silver Medal, err... Dollar pancakes. - T. Walker
Cat - S. Webster
She seems like a sweet potato girl. - W. Trueax
Rice - N. Gould
Something prepared by her friend Brian Boitano on his Food Network show What Would Brian Boitano Make? - S. Field
Triple salkow stuffing. - H. Cornwall
Shame and sarrow. - M. Chaubey
2) What is Michelle Kwan thankful for at her Thanksgiving Day Dinner?
All her silver medals. - M. Slattery & K. Snook
That she is not Nancy Kerrigan. - B. Hughes
Her skates. - R. Lumpkins
Susan Field's undying (and near maniacal) admiration. - P. Knobloch
The restraining order that keeps Susan Field away. - T. Dooms
Let's go for an easy one. A whole lot of silver medals? - J. Gumm
Her fan base of 1 located in State College, PA. - C. Walker
That the State College-based Trivia Contest is keeping her name alive. - C. Gottfried
Being far, far away from Susan Field during all hours of her day. - T. Walker
That she never has to see Tara Lipinski again. - S. Hibbard-Swasnon
Susan - S. Webster
That she got a cameo in that new movie about the blind figure skater. Since, you know, she can't be thankful for an Olympic Gold Medal. - W. Trueax
Not being Tonya Harding - N. Gould
Her Olympic silver and bronze medals. They remind her of all the great things she's already achieved and all the dreams she is yet to accomplish... - S. Field
Being able to skate. - J. Lute
Section One Questions (1 Point)
1) According to popular myth, what amino acid component of turkey causes Thanksgiving Day drowsiness?
Tryptophan
Beer - B. Hughes
Bourbon - C. Gottfried
Chardonney - S. Webster
Peptides - J. Lute
Tryptamine - M. Chaubey
2) What are the heart, liver, gizzard and other visceral organs of a turkey referred to culinarily?
The Giblets (In supermarket turkeys, the neck is often included too.) When I typed these answers out, I typed the nest instead of the neck! - Tom
Guts - B. Hughes
Gizzards - R. Lumpkins
Organ Meats - C. Walker
I Don't know, but I refer to them as disgusting. - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Stuffing - S. Webster
Disgusting - W. Trueax
Giblets... mmmm. - N. Gould
Is culinarily a word? I'm not sure of the real answer, but those things are surely scrumptious delicacies! - S. Field
The Neck - M. Chaubey
3) What is the name for the famous Cajun feast consisting of the chicken, in a duck, in a turkey?
The Turducken
Turkey Katrina... it happened during the hurricane when a strong wind blew a chicken into a duck and then into a turkey. It's sometimes referred to as chickduckturk or chidutu. - P. Knobloch
Ah, this hearkens back to a previous trivia, Turducken. - J. Gumm
Duckinturk - C. Walker
La Stomach Pumpé - C. Gottfried
The Circle of Life - S. Webster
I thought the turkducken was a John Madden thing. - N. Gould
Very tasty - H. Cornwall
Turducken, I haven't attempted this yet, but I swear some day I will. - M. Chaubey
4) French's French Fried Onions are the traditional topping for what popular Thanksgiving side dish?
Green Bean Casserole
Green Bean Casserole... which my family finally voted out last year. - T. Dooms
The Campbell's Soup Company duped us into liking this crap in the fifties so they could sell more cream of mushroom soup. It's disgusting. Let's take it off the menu. - J. Gumm
Porterhouse Steak - S. Webster
5) Which of the founding fathers believed that the turkey should be the national bird?
Benjamin Franklin
I agree - J. Gumm
Pat Knobloch - S. Webster
Either him or Michelle Kwan, but I'm pretty sure she's not a founding father! - S. Field
Is he considered a founding father, or just the guy who hung out with the founding fathers? - H. Cornwall
6) True or False: Tofurkey Jurkey Wishstix are included in the Tofurkey Vegetarian Feast.
True
True, because if they aren't, that means Maggie and Kevin sat around and came up with that idea. - T. Dooms
Vegetarians go wild for it! - J. Gumm
Sure! - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Maybe, but you have to pre-order one week in advance. - S. Webster
What?! - M. Chaubey
7) What piece of clothing did Joey have to don to finish his turkey in a famous Thanksgiving episode of Friends?
Stretchy Pants (Phoebe's maternity pants.)
A Pilgrim Hat - R. Lumpkins
A Chef's Hat - P. Knobloch
Rubber gloves? All I remember is somebody with the turkey on their end at the end. - T. Dooms
Is it considered normal to have never watched Friends? I don't think it is... - J. Gumm
'Coon skin cap - C. Walker
A Thong - S. Webster
A speedo? No, that can't be right, something of one the girls' I think. A bathrobe? - H. Cornwall
I never watched that show, once. - M. Chaubey
Section Two Questions (2 Points)
8) To what temperature does the Butterball hot-line recommend cooking a turkey?
180ºF
180 F in the thigh. - J. Gumm
It's going to be about 50 degrees here in State College regardless. - S. Wbster
Is there seriously a Butterbal hotline? - S. Field
375? That's what it is for a cake, anyway. - M. Chaubey
9) What is one of the two known--as documented in historical documents--menu items at the first Thanksgiving at Plymouth?
Venison and Wild Fowl (any kind).
Pocahontas and Rum - S. Webster
10) What is the origin of the name Black Friday for the Friday after Thanksgiving?
It is the first day that most retails stores stop operating in the red.
11) Name one of the two NFL football teams that play every Thanksgiving.
The Detroit Lions and The Dallas Cowboys
UCLA - R. Lumpkins
Haha, yeah right--like I would know this. - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Detroit, because they are turkeys. - S. Webster
Detroit whatever - J. Lute
12) What Native American tribe shared their food with the Pilgrims to celebrate the first Thanksgiving?
A) The Wampanoags B) The Iroquois C) Seneca D) Onondaga
It wasn't the first Thanksgiving, it was the first Thanksgiving in America. Autumn feasts have always been had in Europe. - M. Chaubey
13) Which character originally invited themselves over to Charlie Brown's home during the Peanuts Thanksgiving Special?
A) Snoopy B) Marcie C) Peppermint Patty D) Linus
All of them. - B. Hughes
Snoopy... and he brought hid friend Droopy, where they sang Hang on Sloopy with Betty Boopie and played with Hula Hoopies until they were loopy. - P. Knobloch
Peppermint Patty! Yay for toast and jellybeans! - T. Dooms
Peppermint Patty. Thanks, Chuck. But what's with the toast? - J. Gumm
Woodstock, but unfortunately they cooked and ate him. - S. Webster
I don't remember any of the Peanuts TV specials, but I do know that I ran out of the room during the Halloween Special every year, when Charlie Brown and Snoopy are discovered hiding in the cupboard, and then it cuts immediately to commercial. Never got past that part. - M. Chaubey
14) Name two countries, other than the United States, that celebrate their own Thanksgiving Day, there are seven.
Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Japan, Korea, Liberia and Switzerland
Turkey and Greece - S. Webster
15) In an interesting Presidential tradition, what does the President do to a turkey each Thanksgiving?
The President pardons the turkey.
Kill it. - R. Lumpkins
Pardons it... or invites Biden to be his running mate. - P. Knobloch
He spares the turkey. Afterward, the CIA bind and gag the turkey, throw it on a private jet, and fly it to a third-world country so that the turkey can be tortured, killed and eaten. - C. Gottfried
Play frozen turkey bowling. - S. Webster
...drinks coffee while doing an interview in front of workers slaughtering turkeys? Oh wait. That's right. Sarah Palin isn't President. (Thank goodness!) - W. Trueax
Eat it! I don't know, I'm probably already asleep because of the Tryptophan, when this tradition takes place. If it's televised, I've never seen it, let alone heard of it. - S. Field
The turkey then goes to live on a ranch for the rest of its life. This is actually true. - M. Chaubey
16) What US President established Thanksgiving as the forth Thursday in November?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Abe Lincoln. I'd like to take this moment to remind everyone that you have to wait for Thanksgiving to be over to put up your bloody Christmas decorations. You all are making my tasteful harvest decorations look out of season. But they're not! I'm right! Unplug your lights! - J. Gumm
Theodore Roosevelt, almost as good an answer as Benjamin Franklin, except that he never made President. Blame it on his turkey fetish... - C. Gottfried
Frank Perdue - S. Webster
17) How much does it cost for an adult to eat Thanksgiving dinner at Plymouth Plantation this year? (Answers should be within five dollars)
$60.95
$29.99 + tip - S. Webster
$3,000 - W. Trueax
18) What Turkey Day tradition started in 1924 featuring animals from the Central Park Zoo?
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
They're the first on their block to walk around singing Christmas Carols. - C. Walker
Turkey Day Silliness Question (3 Points)
Why do Canadians have their own kind of bacon?
Because without it, we wouldn't have Egg McMuffins. - M. Slattery & K. Snook
Because they have Canadian pigs. - R. Lumpkins
Because news of the invention of bacon didn't reach them until after the spring thaw, eh! - P. Knobloch
Because our bacon isn't shaped like a hockey puck. - T. Dooms
Since the Canadians have a entirely government subsidized health care system, the diabolical powers that be decided to brainwash the Canadians into doing healthy things... such as eschewing the American tradition of liberally piling salted strips of fat with trace amounts of meat on top of already artery clogging foods, like fast food burgers, cheese laden baked potatoes, dressing coasted salads, and french toast. Instead, the Canadians daintily dine on thin slices of what appears to be ham at appropriate times, such as breakfast, unlike their infinitely freer neighbors to the south, who tend to view bacon as the ideal garnish to every meal. (This message was sponsored by the Republican Party, in an effort to scare Americans away from health care reform... 'cause here in America, you'll have to pry the bacon out of our cold, dead hands...) - J. Gumm
They hate Americans. - C. Walker
To have something to eat with their French Fries. - C. Gottfried
The silly animals only speak French. - T. Walker
It's thicker and fattier? - S. Hibbard-Swanson
Because it comes from Canada, duh! - S. Webster
Because they didn't have the big, dramatic Revolution and subsequent big grilling holiday stemming from it that we did... they had to compensate somehow. They chose bacon, wouldn't you? - W. Trueax
They were embarrassed that their only fatty/salty export was Celine Dion. - N. Gould
Because the pigs the bacon comes from are Canadian... eh? - S. Field
Because their pigs are tastier? Eh? - H. Cornwall
Because they don't know what's delicious. - M. Chaubey
Michelle Kwan-stions (3 Points)
1) What is Michelle Kwan's favorite food on Turkey Day?
Kwanberry Sauce or Turkeylipinsky. - M. Slattery & K. Snook
Turkey chow mein. - P. Knobloch
Kwanberry Sauce - T. Dooms
Don't tell me it's Green Bean Casserole. - J. Gumm
Sliced Carrots, but she refers to them as Gold Medals. - C. Walker
Silver Medal, err... Dollar pancakes. - T. Walker
Cat - S. Webster
She seems like a sweet potato girl. - W. Trueax
Rice - N. Gould
Something prepared by her friend Brian Boitano on his Food Network show What Would Brian Boitano Make? - S. Field
Triple salkow stuffing. - H. Cornwall
Shame and sarrow. - M. Chaubey
2) What is Michelle Kwan thankful for at her Thanksgiving Day Dinner?
All her silver medals. - M. Slattery & K. Snook
That she is not Nancy Kerrigan. - B. Hughes
Her skates. - R. Lumpkins
Susan Field's undying (and near maniacal) admiration. - P. Knobloch
The restraining order that keeps Susan Field away. - T. Dooms
Let's go for an easy one. A whole lot of silver medals? - J. Gumm
Her fan base of 1 located in State College, PA. - C. Walker
That the State College-based Trivia Contest is keeping her name alive. - C. Gottfried
Being far, far away from Susan Field during all hours of her day. - T. Walker
That she never has to see Tara Lipinski again. - S. Hibbard-Swasnon
Susan - S. Webster
That she got a cameo in that new movie about the blind figure skater. Since, you know, she can't be thankful for an Olympic Gold Medal. - W. Trueax
Not being Tonya Harding - N. Gould
Her Olympic silver and bronze medals. They remind her of all the great things she's already achieved and all the dreams she is yet to accomplish... - S. Field
Being able to skate. - J. Lute
Thanksgiving Trivia Results
First Response
P. Knobloch (0h 12m)
Last Response
M. Chaubey (52h 18m)
Standings
32 - T. Dooms
29 - N. Gould
29 - J. Gumm
29 - P. Knobloch
28 - H. Cornwall
26 - W. Trueax
25 - S. Field
25 - B. Hughes
25 - R. Lumpkins
24 - C. Gottfried
23 - J. Lute
22 - T. Walker
21 - S. Hibbard-Swanson
20 - C. Walker
18 - M. Chaubey
11 - S. Webster
Total Possible Points (40)
Average Score (24.19)
P. Knobloch (0h 12m)
Last Response
M. Chaubey (52h 18m)
Standings
32 - T. Dooms
29 - N. Gould
29 - J. Gumm
29 - P. Knobloch
28 - H. Cornwall
26 - W. Trueax
25 - S. Field
25 - B. Hughes
25 - R. Lumpkins
24 - C. Gottfried
23 - J. Lute
22 - T. Walker
21 - S. Hibbard-Swanson
20 - C. Walker
18 - M. Chaubey
11 - S. Webster
Total Possible Points (40)
Average Score (24.19)
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