Are You A Tea Expert?
A quiz to test your knowledge of all things tea-related. Find out whether you can pride yourself on being a tea connoisseur or if you should hang your head in shame as a tea ignoramus.
- 1.Who are Gaffer, Sydney, Maurice, Clarence, Gordon, Tina and Archie?
- A.
The first people to bring tea to the UK
- B.
The Tetley Tea Folk
- C.
The board of directors at the UK Tea Council
- 2.What fruit is used in the production of Earl Gray tea?
- A.
Bergamot Fruit
- B.
Kumquat
- C.
Mangosteen
- 3.Which country is the world's largest producer of tea?
- A.
China
- B.
India
- C.
Kenya
- 4.In which decade was the tea bag launched in the UK?
- A.
1930s
- B.
1940s
- C.
1950s
- 5.Which company first produced the tea bag in the UK?
- A.
Tetley
- B.
Yorkshire Tea
- C.
PG Tips
- 6.Which country is the proud owner of the world's largest teapot?
- A.
China
- B.
UK
- C.
USA
- 7.The only tea plantation in the UK is in which county?
- A.
Lincolnshire
- B.
Kent
- C.
Cornwall
- 8.What percentage of the tea drunk in the UK comes from tea bags?
- A.
88%
- B.
91%
- C.
96%
- 9.What do people who practise tasseography do?
- A.
Design tea pots
- B.
Read tea leaves
- C.
Dry tea leaves
- 10.Which famous British Prime Minister helped to stop tea smuggling by cutting duty on tea leaves, and increasing a tax on windows?
- A.
Spencer Perceval (1809-1812)
- B.
William Pitt The Younger (1759-1806)
- C.
George Canning (1827-1827)
- 11.Who or what was Mrs Potts in Disney's Beauty and the Beast?
- A.
A teapot
- B.
A teacup
- C.
A teaspoon
- 12.Anna Russell, the Duchess of Bedford, is credited with inventing which British tradition in the early 1800s?
- A.
Tea in a cup and saucer
- B.
Cream tea
- C.
Afternoon tea
- 13.According to the UK Tea Council, how many million cups of tea are drunk in the UK every day of the year?
- A.
214 million
- B.
196 million
- C.
165 million
- 14.Which character hosts a garden tea party in the book Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland?
- A.
The Queen of Hearts
- B.
The Mad Hatter
- C.
The March Hare
- 15.When was the Boston Tea Party?
- A.
1773
- B.
1873
- C.
1673
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