Thanksgiving food trivia

Thanksgiving food trivia questions and answers

20 questions. Tap a question’s answer line to see it.

1. Green bean casserole was created in 1955 by the home economics team at which soup company?

   1. Campbell's
   2. Heinz
   3. Progresso
   4. Knorr
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   A. Campbell's Campbell later called the recipe 'the mother of all comfort foods.'

2. Home economist Ruth Siems is credited with inventing Stove Top stuffing while working at which company?

   1. Pepperidge Farm
   2. General Foods
   3. General Mills
   4. Pillsbury
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   B. General Foods Siems, a 1953 Purdue home economics graduate, spent almost 35 years at General Foods.

3. The canned 'yams' sold in US grocery stores are almost always really what?

   1. Sweet potatoes
   2. White potatoes
   3. Cassava roots
   4. Parsnips
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   A. Sweet potatoes True yams are a tropical tuber grown mostly in Africa.

4. In a wet harvest, what do cranberry growers do to their bogs so the berries can be collected?

   1. Drain them dry
   2. Spread hay over them
   3. Flood them with water
   4. Plow them under
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   C. Flood them with water Machines loosen the berries from the vines, and the floating fruit is corralled on the water's surface.

5. Dickinson pumpkins, the variety Libby's began canning in Morton, Illinois, in the 1920s, have what color skin?

   1. Blue-gray
   2. Dark green
   3. Bright orange
   4. Cream-colored
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   D. Cream-colored The oblong Dickinson became a widely used pie variety thanks to the Libby's pumpkin cannery in Morton, Illinois, which opened in the 1920s.

6. A roast turkey is safe to serve once a food thermometer shows what internal temperature?

   1. 200°F
   2. 165°F
   3. 145°F
   4. 125°F
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   B. 165°F The same 165°F rule applies to the center of the stuffing if you cook it inside the bird.

7. When it was introduced, green bean casserole went by what name?

   1. Harvest Bean Bake
   2. Green Bean Supreme
   3. Green Bean Bake
   4. Green Bean Royale
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   C. Green Bean Bake Inventor Dorcas Reilly built it from two things most American kitchens already had on hand in 1955.

8. The pecan is the only major tree nut crop that originated on which continent?

   1. Asia
   2. South America
   3. Africa
   4. North America
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   D. North America Settlers in the 1800s carried pecan trees westward, and New Mexico's valleys proved well suited to them.

9. In Baltimore, Thanksgiving tables traditionally include which tangy side dish?

   1. Pickled beets
   2. Chowchow
   3. Kimchi
   4. Sauerkraut
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   D. Sauerkraut Baltimore's holiday sauerkraut stems from the region's German and eastern European immigrant communities.

10. The Ocean Spray cooperative, famous for cranberry sauce, was started in 1930 by how many growers?

    1. Three
    2. Seven
    3. Forty
    4. Twelve
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    A. Three Ocean Spray calls itself a company 'built on the maverick mindset of three bold farmers.'

11. In Southern-style Thanksgiving dressing, which bread is the most common base?

    1. Sourdough
    2. Rye bread
    3. Cornbread
    4. Brioche
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    C. Cornbread In the South, cooks use the word 'dressing' for the dish other regions call stuffing.

12. According to the CDC, which prep step should you skip because it can spread germs around your kitchen?

    1. Brining it overnight
    2. Patting the skin dry
    3. Washing the raw turkey
    4. Thawing it in the refrigerator
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    C. Washing the raw turkey Federal agencies have recommended not washing turkey or chicken since 2005.

13. Per CDC guidance, thawing a frozen turkey in the refrigerator takes about 24 hours for each how many pounds?

    1. 1 to 2 pounds
    2. 4 to 5 pounds
    3. 15 to 20 pounds
    4. 8 to 10 pounds
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    B. 4 to 5 pounds The CDC adds that it's safest to cook stuffing in a casserole dish instead of inside the turkey.

14. To a botanist, what kind of plant part is a pumpkin?

    1. A stem
    2. A tuber
    3. A fruit
    4. A root
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    C. A fruit Commercially, pumpkins are treated as a vegetable even though botanists label them a fruit.

15. Which bird gave the cranberry its name?

    1. The crane
    2. The stork
    3. The swan
    4. The heron
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    A. The crane Settlers called the fruit 'crane-berry' — some say cranes loved to eat them, others that the blossom resembles a crane's head and neck.

16. Which condensed soup is the classic binder in green bean casserole?

    1. Cream of celery
    2. Cream of chicken
    3. Cream of mushroom
    4. Cream of broccoli
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    C. Cream of mushroom In 2002, Campbell donated the original recipe card, written by Dorcas Reilly, to the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

17. In 2013, Texas lawmakers gave which dessert the title of official State Pie of Texas?

    1. Buttermilk pie
    2. Sweet potato pie
    3. Pumpkin pie
    4. Pecan pie
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    D. Pecan pie The Texas Senate had approved a similar pecan pie resolution a month before the House acted.

18. Cranberries grow on which type of plant?

    1. Low-lying vines
    2. Underground tubers
    3. Thorny bushes
    4. Tall shade trees
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    A. Low-lying vines The vines grow in beds layered with sand, peat, gravel, and clay, known as bogs or marshes.

19. Which turkey brand's Turkey Talk-Line began answering home cooks' holiday questions in 1981?

    1. Perdue
    2. Tyson
    3. Butterball
    4. Jennie-O
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    C. Butterball In its first season in 1981, six home economists worked the Talk-Line's phones and fielded about 11,000 turkey questions.

20. Fresh cranberries headed for grocery stores are screened partly by their ability to do what?

    1. Bounce
    2. Sink
    3. Spin
    4. Shrink
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    A. Bounce Soft, spoiled berries fail the test because they will not bounce.