Talking turkey on TV

  • Article by: WENDY ZANG , McClatchy News Service
  • Updated: November 25, 2009 - 12:12 PM

Set your pop-up timers and test your small-screen knowledge.

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The table is set, the potatoes are mashed and the gravy is congealing in its boat. You carve into the bird and -- surprise! -- it's pink! While you scramble to get that bird cooked all the way through, give your guests something else to chew on. Check out this quiz on our favorite Thanksgiving TV episodes.

1. What does Snoopy make for Thanksgiving dinner in "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving?"

A. Toast.

B. Cereal.

C. Popcorn.

D. A and C.

2. Norm's wife, Vera, makes a cameo appearance in the 1986 "Thanksgiving Orphans" episode of "Cheers," but she is ...

A. Wearing a veil.

B. Covered in mashed potatoes.

C. Cliff in drag.

D. Heard but not seen.

3. In the 1970 "Brady Bunch" episode "The Un-Underground Movie," which Brady enlists the family to make a home movie about the Pilgrims?

A. Bobby.

B. Marsha.

C. Greg.

D. Jan.

4. What is the famous line from the Thanksgiving episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati"?

A. "The turkeys have parachutes."

B. "They are falling like sandbags."

C. "As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."

D. "Free turkeys for sale!"

5. In the 1967 Thanksgiving episode of "Bewitched," the whole gang ends up back at the first Thanksgiving, including nosy neighbor ...

A. Kimmy Gibler.

B. Ethel Mertz.

C. Patty Poole.

D. Gladys Kravitz.

6. Bob famously orders what dish in 1975's "Over the River and Through the Woods" episode of "The Bob Newhart Show"?

A. Moo goo gai pan.

B. Beef Wellington.

C. Kung pao chicken.

D. Peking duck.

7. In the 2001 "The Indians in the Lobby" episode of "The West Wing," President Bartlet discovers ...

A. A carving knife from Thomas Jefferson.

B. An Iranian plot.

C. The true landing spot of the Pilgrims.

D. The Butterball hotline.

8. In 1978's "The First Thanksgiving" episode of "Happy Days," Fonzie dresses as a Pilgrim with a ...

A. Leather-jacketed turkey.

B. Primitive jukebox.

C. Wooden motorcycle.

D. Comb in his pocket.

ANSWERS: 1. D; 2. B; 3. C; 4. C; 5. D; 6. A; 7. D; 8. C.

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