Turkey Heidi America Random Riddles Movies
100
What is the internal cooking temperature of a fully cooked Turkey?
165 degrees F (+-5 degrees)
100
Over the course of high school, Heidi worked three jobs. What were all three? (1/3 points each)
Hostess at Texas Road House; life guard; Bruster’s ice cream scooper. (1/3 points each)
100
In 1963, what is the thanksgiving tradition that President John F. Kennedy began at the White House?
Pardoning turkeys
100
I’m tall when I’m young. I’m short when I’m old.
Candle
100
In Harry Potter, Harry looks just like his dad except for what feature? (Hint: this is true for pasha too!)
He has his mothers eyes
200
Ben Franklin wished that the turkey was chosen as the national bird. He is known to have said the quote below. What is the national
Bird?
“I wish the ______ had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly…like those among men who live by sharping and robbing…he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district…For in truth, the turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America.”
Bald Eagle
200
What was Heidi’s biggest fear when she was young?
The dark (will take someone in backseat of car for full credit also)
200
What famous document, preserved in the national archives, begins with: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
Declaration of Independence
200
What is always in front of you but can’t be seen?
The Future
200
What movie features a lawyer whose opening argument was “Uh, everything that guy just said is bullshit. Thank you”
My cousin vinny
300
Which turkeys actually say “gobble gobble”? (Male or female?)
Male
300
What is Heidi’s favorite Persian khoresht?
Baghali ghotogh with peeled kidney beans (the way Mimi made it)
300
The first thanksgiving was in 1621 in the form of a 3 day long festival between the pilgrims and Native Americans. Turkey was not served. Name one meat that was served.
Duck, geese, swan, fish
300
What is something you can break even if you never touch it?
A promise
300
In the movie Christmas Vacation, what did the Griswalds forget to bring when they went Christmas tree hunting?
A saw
400
True or False: Wild turkeys cannot fly
False
400
What was her first car?
Acura (sorry, dad!)
400
The $20 bill features Andrew Jackson, President # 7, on one side. What structure is on the others side?
The White House
400
David’s parents have three sons: snap, crackle and what’s the name of the third son?
David
400
Name one of the final two horcruxes in the Harry Potter movies?
Harry Potter; Voldemort’s snake (nagini)
500
Of the 8 countries that border Turkey, what countries are farthest east and west?
Iran and Greece
500
Heidi founded an employee network at BlackRock- of which she now serves as the Global Co-Chair. What is it called?
The Asian and Middle Eastern &Allies Professionals Network (AMP) (Will take without & Allies; just amp is half credit)
500
What President in 1861 issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared slaves within the Confederacy are forever free.
Abe Lincoln
500
What has many keys but cannot open a single lock?
Piano
500
In which film did Robin Williams play a divorced man who took an unusual approach to maintaining contact with his children?
Mrs. Doubtfire (he won a golden globe for his performance, 1993)






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