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By ALAN G. LUKE
For The Daily Gleaner

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Johnny Carson once whimsically stated that "I am thankful that I eat only one thing that falls out of a turkey." Be that as it may, once you have finished your fowl food feast, give thanks for what you are about to receive ... hopefully a perfect score on this Thanksgiving Day trivia quiz.

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1. A boy becomes attached to a Thanksgiving turkey he raised from a chick. His resolve falters when it is time to prepare the bird for dinner. What family of actors starred in the Disney feature, The Thanksgiving Promise (1986)?:

a) Sheen

b) Fonda

c) Bridges

d) Baldwin

2. The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper (1981), starring Robert Duvall and Treat Williams, was based on a true incident. On Thanksgiving Eve of what year did D.B. Cooper skyjack an airplane and parachute with $200,000 never to be seen again?:

a) 1966

b) 1971

c) 1976

d) 1981

3. Most of us are familiar with that flabby chin known as the turkey's wattle; but what do you call the reddish growths at the base of their throat?:

a) applecods

b) boingers

c) caruncles

d) dingle balls

4. North Americans traditionally eat turkey on Thanksgiving because the Indian guests of the Plymouth Pilgrims brought wild turkeys to the first feast. But today, what kind of liquor is Wild Turkey?:

a) rum

b) vodka

c) scotch

d) bourbon

5. When Cinderella's coach turned into a pumpkin at the stroke of midnight, what did her coachman become?:

a) a rat

b) a cat

c) a hog

d) a dog

6. In an episode of the sitcom, WKRP, the radio station proceeded to throw live turkeys to a shopping plaza crowd from a helicopter as a promotional gimmick. Who gave a live commentary reminiscent of the one at the time of the Hindenburg explosion during this fatal fowl folly?:

a) Johnny Fever

b) Les Nessman

c) Bailey Quarters

d) Andy Travis

7. Match the "thankful" song titles to the performing artists:

a) Thank You Girl (1964)

b) Thank the Lord for the Night Time (1967)

c) Thank You (1969)

d) Thank You for Letting me be Myself, Again (1970)

e) Thank God I'm a Country Boy (1975)

A) Led Zeppelin

B) Beatles

C) Sly & the Family Stone

D) John Denver

E) Neil Diamond

8. "Now, it all started two Thanksgivings ago; it was on two years ago on Thanksgiving when..." what musical comedy tale occurred?

a) The Point

b) Godspell

c) Alice's Restaurant

d) The Grinch that Stole Turkeys

9. Donna Summer won an Oscar for her hit song in the monotonously uninventive disco comedy flick called Thank God It's Friday (1978). Select the Academy award-winning tune:

a) Last Chance

b) Last Dance

c) Disco Duck Dirge

d) Disco Sucks Serenade

10. Two misfortunate men leave New York en route to celebrate Thanksgiving at home. They encounter a series of mishaps via various modes of transportation. Who played Del Griffith, the shower curtain ring salesman in the 1987 comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles?:

a) Chevy Chase

b) Bill Murray

c) John Candy

d) Steve Martin

11. Which artist wrote and performed the song Cold Turkey (1969)?:

a) Elton John

b) Donovan

c) Joe Cocker

d) John Lennon

12. Dick Van Dyke initiates a crusade for an entire town to stop smoking in order to win a major contest. Who directed this 1971 comedy, Cold Turkey?:

a) Alan Alda

b) Norman Lear

c) Peter Bogdanovich

d) Dick Van Dyke

13. Edward G. Robinson plays a pugilistic promoter while Humphrey Bogart plays Turkey Morgan, a crooked manager of a naïve boxer in which film?:

a) Kid Galahad

b) The Harder They Fall

c) The Fighter

d) Raging Rocky

14. Following the death of a female passenger (Gene Tierney), a repentent sea captain gets the Mayflower Pilgrims to Massachusetts in time for the first Thanksgiving. Who portrayed Captain Jones in the 1952 film, Plymouth Adventure?:

a) Stewart Granger

b) Jeff Chandler

c) Spencer Tracy

d) Clark Gable

15. The Oscar-winning tune, Thanks for the Memory, has been a theme song associated with that inveterate comedic actor Bob Hope. In what year did he first sing it in a duet with Shirley Ross during his premiere feature film?:

a) 1935

b) 1938

c) 1941

d) 1944

16. In the Oscar-winning film Annie Hall (1977), comedian Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) endures a Thanksgiving dinner with Annie's (Diane Keaton) family. Who played the matriarch of the Hall clan?:

a) Jessica Tandy

b) Glenda Jackson

c) Colleen Dewhurst

d) Maggie Smith

17. Which one of the following was not a film feature released in the 1930s?: (Hint: it starred Eddie Cantor)

a) Thanks a Million

b) Thank Your Lucky Stars

c) Thank You, Jeeves

d) Thank You, Mr. Moto

18. Who stars as the unwed mother who decides to have her baby in the touching tale, Thank You All Very Much (1969)?:

a) Sandra Durand

b) Sandy Duncan

c) Sandra Dee

d) Sandy Dennis

19. In Thanksgiving Day (1990), a devoted wife's husband dies suddenly falling face-first into the family's holiday turkey dinner. Who starred with Mary Tyler Moore in this black comedy?:

a) Dick Van Patten

b) Dick Van Dyke

c) Tony Curtis

d) Tony Randall

20. Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter), a single mother, returns to Baltimore to spend Thanksgiving weekend at her parent's home amid a handful of bizarre relatives. What Oscar-winning actress directed the raucous family comedy, Home for the Holidays (1995)?:

a) Susan Sarandon

b) Jodie Foster

c) Anne Bancroft

d) Diane Keaton

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Answers to quiz

1. c) Bridges

2. b) 1971

3. c) caruncles

4. d) bourbon

5. a) a rat

6. b) Les Nessman

7. a) B b) E c) A d) C e) D

8. c) Alice's Restaurant

9. b) Last Dance

10. c) John Candy

11. d) John Lennon

12. b) Norman Lear

13. a) Kid Galahad

14. c) Spencer Tracy

15. b) 1938; in The Big Broadcast

of 1938

16. c) Colleen Dewhurst

17. a) 1935

b) Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)

c) 1936

d) 1937

18. d) Sandy Dennis

19. c) Tony Curtis

20. b) Jodie Foster