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Friday, November 27, 2015

2015[48]A -- Ins-Net As for Nov 27, 2015: "TorF -- Who's Dat Turkey?" [A-A-A]

Insomniac-Net ANSWERS -- Friday[48], Nov 27, 2015 [ A - A - A ]
Tonight's Topic: "It's TorF Trivia -- Who's Dat Turkey?"
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Happy Turkey Day + 1, Everybody!
    Good morning/evening, everybody! Thank you for joining us last night.
    We hope you discovered something interesting during the time we spent together on the Insomniac Net last night.
    Thanks to you all for playing along -- it was a lot of FUN for us. Hopefully, you had fun too!
        -- The ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] and just plain old LW [K7LWA] (email K7LWA.INS@gmail.com).
    (Please Note: The Net Controller's Answers are always CORRECT (even if they aren't every time!)
    Please check out Winsystem's Insomniac Trivia Net page.
    You can get these Questions & Answers at the Yahoo-groups' Messages Link.
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    It's that time again!
    We hope for those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday (or earlier), that you had a fun and belt-busting day.
    For everybody else who didn't celebrate, take the next week off -- no worries!
    For tonight's True-or-False ("TorF") questions -- hand-crafted by the ever-delightful Shelley [KF7TBA] -- please give us your best answers for each of the following 3 TRUE or FALSE questions, by using the (reuseable) answers of "A"=TRUE or "B"=FALSE.
    And as Shelley says: Good Luck and remember, regardless of your actual answers, YOU are always a TURKEY with us!
    OK, Let's get TorF-ing!
++ "It's TorF Trivia -- Who's Dat Turkey?" ++
Question #1: The turkey was Ben Franklin's choice for the United States' National Bird  -- True or False?
        A. True, or
        B. False.
    “For my own part I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen the Representative of our Country. He is a Bird of bad moral Character....
    ... I am on this account not displeased that the Figure [in the GREAT SEAL] is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey.
    For the Truth 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, and would not hesitate to attack a Grenadier of the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on.”
    [SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine -- American Myths: Benjamin Franklin’s Turkey and the Presidential Seal]
Question #2: When a turkey becomes distressed or excited, the bare skin on its throat and head can change color from a dull gray to striking shades of RED, WHITE, and/or BLUE -- True or False?
        A. True, or
        B. False.
 
"The domestic turkey is a large bird and descendent of the Wild Turkey native to the forests of North America.
Males have a distinctive fleshy wattle called a caruncle on the throat and a snood that hangs over their beak, this can change colour from grey to striking shades of red, white, and blue when the bird becomes distressed or excited.
During courtship or when the turkey is upset the caruncle turns bright red.
The male (called a tom or gobbler) is larger and much more colourful than the female (called a hen)...."

[SOURCE: American Turkey - Lancaster Park and Animal Farm]
Wild turkeys are covered with dark feathers that help them blend in with their woodland homes.
The bare skin on the throat and head can change color from flat gray to striking shades of red, white, and blue when the bird becomes distressed ro excited.

[SOURCE: Wild Turkey - Got Pests?]
Question #3: Wild turkeys forage primarily on forest floors. Besides eating nuts, seeds, fruits and insects, they also feed on salamanders  -- True or False?
        A. True, or
        B. False.
 "Wild Turkey — Meleagris gallopavo
    The wild turkey was a very important food animal to Native Americans, but it was eliminated from much of its range by the early 1900s by hunting and loss of habitat.
    Introduction programs have successfully established it in most of its original range.
    Turkeys are omnivores–they eat acorns, nuts, seeds, fruits, buds, berries, flowers, insects, snails, slugs, worms, small frogs and salamanders.
    They feed during the day and roost in trees at night.
    Wild turkeys travel in small flocks...
    They are beneficial because of the many pests they eat, including insects, slugs, and snails."
[SOURCE: Wild Turkey - Got Pests?]
Other References: Wildlife in Connecticut: Wild Turkey [PDF]
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    ++ TURKEY JOKES OF THE DAY ++
Q: Which side of the turkey has the most feathers?
    A: The outside
Q: Why did the police arrest the turkey?
    A: They suspected it of fowl play
Q: Why do turkeys always go, "gobble, gobble"?
    A: Because they never learned good table manners!
Q: Why did the turkey cross the road?
    A: It was the chicken's day off!

[Source: Turkey Jokes]
(Can you find tonight's answers in this picture of Shelley's Family -- during Thanksgiving dessert?)
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Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Next Week: Only The Shadow No-Nos?
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Thank you!
Shelley [KF7TBA] & LW [K7LWA]
K7LWA.INS@gmail.com
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Posted 2015-11-28 01:45PT
BLOGed 2015-11-28 01:45PT
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