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Test your knowledge of drinks and spirits
- 1.A Champagne bottle containing the equivalent of 20 bottles is called what?
- A.
Jeroboam
- B.
Methuselah
- C.
Nebuchadnezzar
- D.
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- 2.During the 1700s and 1800s, the world's largest rum producing region was ...
- A.
Caribbean
- B.
South America
- C.
New England
- D.
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- 3.The 3 counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire are famed for producing what fermented beverage that has an EU Protected Geographical Indication
- A.
Cider
- B.
Perry
- C.
Purl
- D.
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- 4.What town is the world's largest consumer of Bénédictine?
- A.
Fécamp, Normany
- B.
Burnley, United Kingdom
- C.
Santo Domingo de Silos, Spain
- D.
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- 5.Absinthe production and sale was banned in France in 1915. When was the ban finally lifted?
- A.
2007
- B.
2009
- C.
2011
- D.
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- 6.How many drams are there in a gill?
- A.
8
- B.
16
- C.
32
- D.
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- 7.The 62-mile, 4-day-long walk that links 15 public houses starting at Stow on the Wold is called what?
- A.
Warden's Way
- B.
Cotswolds Way
- C.
Donnington Way
- D.
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- 8.Popular from Shakespeare's day to Dickens' time, ale mulled with wormwood was called by what name?
- A.
Perry
- B.
Purl
- C.
Purl Royale
- D.
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- 9.The names of all Champagne bottle sizes except for Magnum and Bottle are derived from what source?
- A.
The Bible
- B.
The Torah
- C.
The Sun Tzu
- D.
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- 10.What was the main ingredient in the drinks known as bumpo, bumboo, and mimbo?
- A.
Whisky
- B.
Rum
- C.
Arrack
- 11.How many milliliters are there in a jigger ?
- A.
22
- B.
44
- C.
66
- D.
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- 12.What is the first drink that superspy James Bond orders in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel Casino Royale?
- A.
Vesper
- B.
Americano
- C.
Ricard
- D.
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- 13.Name the 1949 Ealing Studios comedy film about the real-life 1941 shipwreck of the S.S. Politician and its cargo (recently digitally restored and re-released to UK cinemas 29 July 2011).
- A.
Carry on Sailor!
- B.
Whisky Galore!
- C.
Passport to Pimlico
- D.
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- 14.What many whisky distilleries are there in England?
- A.
1
- B.
5
- C.
8
- D.
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- 15.In what year did the word "cocktail" first appear in print?
- A.
1798
- B.
1803
- C.
1806
- D.
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- 16.What was the real name of Doctor Mirabilis, the Oxford scholar who was the first European to experiment with distillation in the late 1200s?
- A.
Arnaud de Villeneuve
- B.
Roger Bacon
- C.
John Dunn Scotus
- D.
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- 17.Blauburgunder, Zweigelt, and Blaufränkisch are red wines produced in what country?
- A.
Germany
- B.
Lichentenstein
- C.
Austria
- D.
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- 18.According to The Thin Man's Nick Charles: "Now a Manhattan you shake to fox-trot time, a Bronx to two-step time, a dry martini you always shake to..." What time?
- A.
Samba time
- B.
Waltz time
- C.
Charleston time
- D.
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- 19.What cocktail did Zaphod Beeblebrox invent in 1981 British TV series The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
- A.
Snotch
- B.
Galloping Green Galaxy
- C.
Pangalactic Gargleblaster
- D.
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- 20.In the Dr Who episode "The Doctor Dances", Captain Jack Harkness orders an Emergency Protocol 417 from the ship's computer. What is it?
- A.
A Pangalactic Gargleblaster
- B.
A Champagne Cocktail
- C.
A Dry Martini with an olive garnish
- D.
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- 21.The Grasshopper Cocktail was invented at...
- A.
At Mister Kelly's in Chicago
- B.
At Raffles in Singapore
- C.
At Tujague's at New Orleans
- D.
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