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1. Where did the phrase, "Days of wine and roses" originate?
2. Roses are often utilized in literature in praise of a beautiful woman. Yet which author sought to humanize his lady with these words: "I have seen roses damask'd, red and white/ But no such roses see I on her cheeks"?
3. While wine has often served as a source of inspiration, it can also cause madness and destruction. Which god from Greek mythology had the violent, wine-maddened Maenads (Bacchantes) as priestesses to carry out his orgiastic rites?
4. Which medieval allegorical poem, symbolizing the ideals of courtly love, is set almost entirely in a walled rose garden?
5. From which ancient, classic work of literature do we derive the famous quote, "A flask of wine, a book of verse, and thou"?
6. Which character, primarily a comic figure from Shakespeare's "Henry IV" and the "Merry Wives of Windsor" was known for his love of "Sherris-Sack" and spent much of his time in a wine-induced haze?
7. Which Medieval collection of poetry, made famous by modern composer Carl Orff, boasts some 40 drinking and gaming songs throughout the work?
8. Which Anglo-Irish satirist and novelist, known predominantly for "Gulliver's Travels", penned these lines about the inspirational power of wine? "And Bacchus for the poet's use/ Pour'd in a strong inspiring juice."
9. Whose poem, "The Sick Rose", describes the fall of innocence and beauty? The poem is from his definitive collection, "Songs of Innocence and Experience".
10. For most Western cultures, New Year's Eve is a night of debauchery. Which Scottish poet, who penned the immortal poem, "A Red, Red Rose" also wrote the paean to drunkenness, "Auld Lang Syne"?
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