The president is presented with a live turkey for Thanksgiving. Then the turkey's life is spared by a presidential pardon, and the turkey is sent to live in a zoo, a farm or even as a honorary grand marshal in Disney's Thanksgiving parade.
The pardon is also used as a satirical roast on the scandals of the time.
Trump pardoned two turkeys this year by the names of Bread and Butter. Trump said they were then given subpoenas to appear in front of Schiff to testify in his basement like hundreds of others. Unlike those "witnesses" he's actually met Bread and Butter. Trump also noted, “In any event, I expect this pardon will be a very popular one with the media. After all, turkeys are closely related to vultures.”
It's really not hard to tell the when he's using a scripted line versus speaking off the cuff. If you trust your instinct, you will be right 99% of the time. Doesn't matter whether you like him or not.
It's hard to imagine when you look at a photo of a big bloated turkey displaying its feathers. But they don't seem that gigantic otherwise. They're looking almost vulture-like.
They are called turkeys because back in the day Europeans imported a similar bird from Turkey that actually came from India (which is why some countries call them Indian birds - including France) and some of them thought they originated in Turkey. The wild turkeys in North America resembled them, so they got called turkeys too.
I only know the snood as something that covers a woman's hair done up in a bun.
I learned today that the different names in different languages for a turkey are just one mistake after another. Their Latin name comes from a legend that refers to women being turned into guinea fowls. Which were the birds the Brits actually imported through Turkey not knowing they came from North Africa. So they called them Turkey. While the Turks saw a difference and of course knew that neither bird came from their country. They suspected the "other" bird to come from the "India" that the Spanish discovered aka America. While in other languages their name relates to the Indian city Kozhikode which was where Vasco da Gama started a colony. So they may have actually come through India.
You can also get a turkey in golf (and disc golf, and I imagine, other variants as well). It's called a turkey if you get three birdies (or better) in sequence.
Great quiz as always, but I must say the question about "where turkeys come from" is incorrect. There are two species of turkeys - the wild turkey and the ocellated turkey. The ocellated turkey is the obscure one and is native only to Mexico. The wild turkey (which could use a name change lol) is by far the more popular species that has been domesticated for consumption. These are native primarily to the United States, along with sparse parts of Canada and Mexico. Nevertheless, the vast majority of wild turkeys actually live in the US! Therefore, I think you should definitely also accept the United States for that question (or just ask for the continent).
That's the theory, anyway. Personally I think turkey tends to be dry and a little flavorless, and I'd much rather eat chicken, duck, or goose.
The pardon is also used as a satirical roast on the scandals of the time.
Here's the source.
In portuguese, the bird is also named after a country, but a different one: Peru
They are called turkeys because back in the day Europeans imported a similar bird from Turkey that actually came from India (which is why some countries call them Indian birds - including France) and some of them thought they originated in Turkey. The wild turkeys in North America resembled them, so they got called turkeys too.
I only know the snood as something that covers a woman's hair done up in a bun.
But you are correct that the United States and Canada should be accepted.