Post by Woody Williams on Nov 14, 2005 18:51:28 GMT -5
2005 Indiana Standardized Wild Turkey Test---------------------------------------
Take the new DNR wild turkey quiz and stun friends and family with your
rapid-fire, on-target flow of turkey facts at this year's Thanksgiving Day
dinner table.
Responsible hunters check their equipment and aim before they take to the
field. Likewise, the responsible Thanksgiving Day dinner-time
conversationalist/conservationist should brush up on the newest Hoosier wild
turkey trivia before the holidays.
As the centerpiece of early Thanksgiving celebrations, the wild turkey
symbolized the natural resource abundance of North America. But by the Great
Depression, the noble bird was veering toward extinction.
Today, turkeys represent one of the most successful wildlife restoration
stories on the planet. Abundant turkey populations in parts of Indiana have
even allowed a 2005 fall turkey hunting season in addition to the state's
spring turkey season.
The Standardized Hoosier Wild Turkey Test
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1) What percent of wild turkey hens have beards?
A: 1 to 2 percent
B: 5 to 8 percent
C: 10 to 20 percent
D: 25 to 30 percent
2) Which U.S. president created Thanksgiving as a holiday?
A: Abe Lincoln
B: Ben Franklin
C: Teddy Roosevelt
D: Calvin Coolidge
3) T or F - Prescribed burns and professionally managed timber harvesting
can improve turkey habitat as well as the health of a forest.
4) About how many turkeys were harvested during Indiana's 2005 spring wild
turkey season?
A:500
B:11,000
B:230,000
5) What does the word "turkey" mean?
A: A wild or domestic bird in North America
B: A failed theatrical production
C: Three successive strikes in bowling
D: All of the above
6) In what year did Indiana have its first modern turkey hunting season?
7) Which Indiana county has ranked first most often in turkeys harvested?
A: Harrison
B: Marion
C: Switzerland
D: Porter
8) T or F - When hunting during turkey season, never wear clothing that has
any red, white, blue or black, because they can be mistaken for colors found
on wild turkeys.
9) How many Indiana counties were open to turkey hunting during the first
spring season?
10) In 1930, there were about 30,000 wild turkeys across North America. How
many wild turkeys are in North America today?
A: 2 million
B: 4 million
C: 6 million
D: 8 million
11) The _________ subspecies of the wild turkey is the most abundant in
total numbers and states in which it is found.
A: Eastern
B: Gould's
C: Merriam's
D: Rio Grande
12) What is the spring wild turkey season bag limit in Indiana?
A: One bearded or male turkey
B: As many as you can carry
13) T or F - By the time of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521),
turkeys accounted for 10 percent of the meat in the diet of the Aztecs and
other Central Mexican people.
14) L.J.P. Vieillot first described and named the eastern subspecies of the
wild turkey in 1817 as "silvestris," meaning ______ turkey.
A: Coastal
B: Silver
C: Forest
D: Crazy
15) More than 4,000 years ago American Indians created a call made from this
turkey bone.
A: Leg
B: Wing
C: Neck
D: Tail
16) T or F - Wild turkeys can only fly up to 35 miles per hour.
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Answer Key:
1)C
2)A. Honest Abe in 1863
3)T
4)B. Last spring's turkey harvest was 11,159 birds. DNR biologists project
the spring 2006 harvest will be between 12,000 and 13,000 birds. Preliminary
harvest data from Indiana's first 2005 turkey fall season shows fledgling
Hoosier fall turkey hunters took about 500 birds.
5)D
6)1970
7)C
8)T
9)3
10)C
11)A
12)A
13)True
14)C
15)B
16)False. Wild turkeys can fly up to 55 miles per hour.
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If you get fewer than 6 questions correct, you're a Bird Brain. If you get
7-11 questions correct, consider yourself in Full Strut. If you get more
than 11 questions correct, you're a Wild Turkey Wiz.
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Several quiz questions and quiz rankings courtesy of the National Wild
Turkey Federation.
Download a J.F. Maxwell/DNR File Indiana gobbler photo:
www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/hunt/turkey/turkey.jpg
Indiana wild turkey research:
www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/hunt/turkey/turkeydata.htm
Indiana turkey hunting regulations:
www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/huntguide1/hunting1.htm
Take the new DNR wild turkey quiz and stun friends and family with your
rapid-fire, on-target flow of turkey facts at this year's Thanksgiving Day
dinner table.
Responsible hunters check their equipment and aim before they take to the
field. Likewise, the responsible Thanksgiving Day dinner-time
conversationalist/conservationist should brush up on the newest Hoosier wild
turkey trivia before the holidays.
As the centerpiece of early Thanksgiving celebrations, the wild turkey
symbolized the natural resource abundance of North America. But by the Great
Depression, the noble bird was veering toward extinction.
Today, turkeys represent one of the most successful wildlife restoration
stories on the planet. Abundant turkey populations in parts of Indiana have
even allowed a 2005 fall turkey hunting season in addition to the state's
spring turkey season.
The Standardized Hoosier Wild Turkey Test
---------------------------------------
1) What percent of wild turkey hens have beards?
A: 1 to 2 percent
B: 5 to 8 percent
C: 10 to 20 percent
D: 25 to 30 percent
2) Which U.S. president created Thanksgiving as a holiday?
A: Abe Lincoln
B: Ben Franklin
C: Teddy Roosevelt
D: Calvin Coolidge
3) T or F - Prescribed burns and professionally managed timber harvesting
can improve turkey habitat as well as the health of a forest.
4) About how many turkeys were harvested during Indiana's 2005 spring wild
turkey season?
A:500
B:11,000
B:230,000
5) What does the word "turkey" mean?
A: A wild or domestic bird in North America
B: A failed theatrical production
C: Three successive strikes in bowling
D: All of the above
6) In what year did Indiana have its first modern turkey hunting season?
7) Which Indiana county has ranked first most often in turkeys harvested?
A: Harrison
B: Marion
C: Switzerland
D: Porter
8) T or F - When hunting during turkey season, never wear clothing that has
any red, white, blue or black, because they can be mistaken for colors found
on wild turkeys.
9) How many Indiana counties were open to turkey hunting during the first
spring season?
10) In 1930, there were about 30,000 wild turkeys across North America. How
many wild turkeys are in North America today?
A: 2 million
B: 4 million
C: 6 million
D: 8 million
11) The _________ subspecies of the wild turkey is the most abundant in
total numbers and states in which it is found.
A: Eastern
B: Gould's
C: Merriam's
D: Rio Grande
12) What is the spring wild turkey season bag limit in Indiana?
A: One bearded or male turkey
B: As many as you can carry
13) T or F - By the time of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico (1519-1521),
turkeys accounted for 10 percent of the meat in the diet of the Aztecs and
other Central Mexican people.
14) L.J.P. Vieillot first described and named the eastern subspecies of the
wild turkey in 1817 as "silvestris," meaning ______ turkey.
A: Coastal
B: Silver
C: Forest
D: Crazy
15) More than 4,000 years ago American Indians created a call made from this
turkey bone.
A: Leg
B: Wing
C: Neck
D: Tail
16) T or F - Wild turkeys can only fly up to 35 miles per hour.
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWERS....
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
-------------------------------------------------------
Answer Key:
1)C
2)A. Honest Abe in 1863
3)T
4)B. Last spring's turkey harvest was 11,159 birds. DNR biologists project
the spring 2006 harvest will be between 12,000 and 13,000 birds. Preliminary
harvest data from Indiana's first 2005 turkey fall season shows fledgling
Hoosier fall turkey hunters took about 500 birds.
5)D
6)1970
7)C
8)T
9)3
10)C
11)A
12)A
13)True
14)C
15)B
16)False. Wild turkeys can fly up to 55 miles per hour.
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If you get fewer than 6 questions correct, you're a Bird Brain. If you get
7-11 questions correct, consider yourself in Full Strut. If you get more
than 11 questions correct, you're a Wild Turkey Wiz.
------------------------------
Several quiz questions and quiz rankings courtesy of the National Wild
Turkey Federation.
Download a J.F. Maxwell/DNR File Indiana gobbler photo:
www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/hunt/turkey/turkey.jpg
Indiana wild turkey research:
www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/hunt/turkey/turkeydata.htm
Indiana turkey hunting regulations:
www.IN.gov/dnr/fishwild/huntguide1/hunting1.htm