Adult female turkeys are referred to as hens. Adult male turkeys are referred to as this.

This stringed instrument was introduced to Hawaii by Portuguese immigrants in the 19th century.

The HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship that had many revolutionary technologies aboard, one of which was the use of this type of turbine, which made her the fastest battleship in the world.

Immortalized as The Day the Music Died by Don McLean, February 3, 1959, is the day that Ritchie Valens, J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson, and this Crickets front man died in a plane crash.

Although this term is used to indicate a wide variety of spiced baked goods, Americans commonly recognize it as a sort of cookie appropriate for construction projects and little men.

While this amino acid that is found in turkey may cause sleepiness on holiday evenings, indulgence in sweets and other carbohydrates may be more to blame.

A famous series of seven Gothic tapestries that depict the hunt of this mythical creature now hang at in the Cloisters division of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

This type of sailboat was used extensively by the British Royal Navy from the 16th to the 19th centuries and shares its name with a famous racehorse that won two out of the three Triple Crown races.

Very unlike the Beatles, this band’s first US tour was a disaster and Dean Martin mocked their hair and their performance when they appeared on the variety show The Hollywood Palace.

Despite its misleading name, this sweet treat is a cake that is filled with a custard or cream filling and frosted with chocolate that is the official dessert of Massachusetts.

This term is used to describe all the eggs produced by turkeys and other animals, particularly those laid in a nest, and also refers to a type of handbag.

This eastern European nation is the largest wholly European country and mostly consists of fertile plains and plateaus that make it one of the world’s largest exporters of grain.

In his quest to find a Northwest Passage to eastern Asia, this English navigator explored the area around New York and laid the foundation for Dutch colonization of the region.

After four years of near constant touring, the Beatles stopped touring and were able to focus solely on this widely praised album, which took over 700 hours to record.

This rich dessert, commonly baked in a springform pan, has its origins in ancient Greece and is commonly found throughout Europe, but in America recipes vary based on whether you are in New York City, Philadelphia, or Chicago.

This founding father never publicly voiced his favor of the turkey over the bald eagle for a symbol of the United States, but he did call the turkey a Bird of Courage.

This cartoon character was originally created to help sell breakfast cereals for General Mills and he speaks almost exclusively in rhyming couplets.

The Order of Magellan is an honor bestowed upon distinguished people who have circumnavigated the earth. Honorees include Sir Edmund Hillary, Douglas MacArthur, and this astronaut/senator.

Fronted by singer/guitarist Lou Reed, this band was briefly managed by Andy Warhol and was very influential in the development of punk rock and alternative music.

This confection is primarily composed of almond meal and sugar and is easily molded and painted into a wide variety of shapes like fruit, animals, and flowers.

In the early 20th century, wild turkey numbers had decreased significantly due to hunting and habitat elimination and were effectively restricted to this mountain range.

The C subtype of this kind of radiation is germicidal and specially made lamps are used to disinfect water supplies and surfaces in laboratories.

Thought to be the first multinational corporation in the world and the first to issue stock, this company began when the Dutch government granted it a 21-year monopoly on the Dutch spice trade.

Elvis Presley’s first song to get much attention was “That’s All Right”, which was recorded with a B Side of this Bill Monroe waltz that his band recorded in 4/4 time.

This flambéed dessert was reportedly invented by Auguste Escoffier for one of Queen Victoria’s jubilee celebrations.