{"id":1324,"date":"2011-11-17T19:51:59","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterpatedds.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2011-11-17T19:51:59","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T19:51:59","slug":"turkey-talk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/turkey-talk\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey Talk"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The turkey will probably be the main dish at your Thanksgiving feast. How much do you really know about the bird you\u2019re going to gobble?<\/p>\n

Test your turkey trivia.<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0 Who preferred the turkey as the national symbol of America, instead of the bald eagle?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Christopher Columbus
\nb. Benjamin Franklin
\nc. George Washington<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0 True or False? A female turkey is called a chicken.<\/strong><\/p>\n

3. What is a baby turkey called?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Poult
\nb. Pup
\nc. Turk<\/p>\n

4. \u00a0 What is a male turkey called?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Rooster
\nb. Chicken
\nc. Tom<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0\u00a0 Christopher Columbus believed the turkey was a member of what bird family?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Chicken
\nb. Peacock
\nc. Duck<\/p>\n

6. What is the turkey\u2019s collarbone called?<\/strong><\/p>\n

a. Lucky bone
\nb. Charm bone
\nc. Wishbone<\/p>\n

Answers:<\/strong><\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. B. Benjamin Franklin. <\/strong>Franklin believed the eagle was a coward, and the turkey was a much better representative symbol.<\/li>\n
  2. False. <\/strong>A female turkey is called a hen.<\/li>\n
  3. A. Poult. <\/strong>A baby turkey is called a \u201cpoult,\u201d short for \u201cpoultry.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. C. Tom. <\/strong>A male turkey is called a \u201ctom,\u201d or sometimes a \u201cgobbler.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. B. Peacock. <\/strong>Columbus thought the bird he discovered was a type of peacock.<\/li>\n
  6. C. Wishbone. <\/strong>The collarbone is called a wishbone, and many people break it in half as a Thanksgiving tradition. It is believed that the person with the bigger half will have a wish come true.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    After celebrating Turkey Day, make sure you floss afterwards for National Flossing Day. Also, remember to visit Dr. Pate<\/a> to remove turkey pieces stuck between your teeth, and keep your mouth healthy throughout all the holiday feasts<\/a>. Contact Dentistry in Buckhead<\/a> at 404-266-9424 to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    How much do you know about turkey? Take this quiz, then visit Dr. Pate to clean turkey pieces stuck between your teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[135,152,322,527,531,587,591,792,1018,1084,1085],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patedds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}