Trivia on Alcoholic Beverages
1. Name the Founding Father who said, "Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
2. Which alcoholic beverage was first sold when prohibition was repealed?
3. Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney worked for this fictitious Milwaukee Brewery in "Laverne & Shirley."
4. Although wine is made in all 50 states, these three states account for 98 percent of U.S. wine production.
5. True or False: Botrytis cinerea is a fungus that affects many wine grapes and can ruin a vineyard crop.
6. Drinking a yard of beer is a traditional pub game. How much ale does a yard glass traditionally hold?
7. The U.S. government banned the manufacturing of this alcoholic beverage during World War II and a little beyond, from 1942 to 1946.
8. True or False: Both Johnnie Walker Scotch Whiskey and Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey are named after real people.
9. What is a "dumb" wine?
10. This beer gained its name by winning a blue ribbon at the 1893 Chicago Fair.
Answers:
ReplyDelete1. Ben Franklin spoke these words about beer.
2. Beer was legally sold on April 7, 1933, but other alcoholic beverages could not be legally purchased until Dec. 5, 1933.
3. Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney worked at Shotz Brewery.
4. U.S. wine is produced in California (90 percent), New York (5 percent) and Washington (3 percent).
5. False. This is referred to as "noble rot" and affects many wine grapes. These rotted grapes are used to make sweet dessert wines.
6. A yard of ale usually contains around 2.5 imperial pints, depending upon the diameter of the glass.
7. Whiskey production was banned by the government from 1942 to 1946.
8. True. Though, Jack Daniel's founder was born as Jasper Newton "Jack" Daniel.
9. The dumb phase of a wine (generally red) is the transitional period from its youth to maturity.
10. Pabst beer won a blue ribbon at the 1893 Chicago Fair. From then on, it was called "Pabst Blue Ribbon" beer.