1. Who was the founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey? [half point]
2.. What is Turkey’s capital as well as its second-largest city? [half point]
3. Who made news on November 21, 2008, by giving an interview after a turkey-pardoning ceremony in which a turkey could be seen being slaughtered on camera?
4. Wild Turkey is a Kentucky-bottled brand of which corn-derived subcategory of alcoholic beverage?
5. In bowling, what is a turkey?
6. To what does the phrase “cold turkey” usually refer? [half point]
7. What does it mean to (figuratively) “talk turkey”? [half point]
8. Which Founding Father criticized the choice of the bald eagle as United States national bird by later writing (in 1784) that “the Turkey is in Comparison a much more respectable Bird, and withal a true original Native of America... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage….”
9. In a famous 1978 episode of which sitcom does an advertising stunt go horribly wrong, leading its mastermind to remark, “As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”
10. What’s that fleshy thing that hangs down below the beak of a turkey and similar birds called?
11. To what part(s) of a turkey (or other fowl) does the culinary term “giblets” refer?
12. What traditional folk tune is being played in this video clip?
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