It's Tea Time Trivia Quiz

Answer: C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis followed a very regimented daily pattern of activity, with breakfast at 8 AM, then working at his desk by 9 followed by a cup of tea at 11. Later in the day he would go for a walk and upon his return, he would expect a cup of tea no later than a quarter past 4 PM.

Answer: The Beverly Hillbillies

With seven Emmy nominations, "The Beverly Hillbillies" is one of the most popular and widely syndicated shows in TV history. A 1993 film adaptation wasn't quite as critically acclaimed.

Answer: linen

The earliest tea towels were made from delicate linen and were designed to be passed down as heirlooms. With the Industrial Revolution, tea towels were mass produced and more frequently became made from cotton. In the United States, tea towels are more commonly known as dish towels.

Answer: Cat Stevens

Also operating under the name Yusuf Islam later in his career, Cat Stevens would experience the start of his successful career in music with his "Tea For The Tillerman" record. While a tillerman can be used to refer to a boating helmsman or more recently as a ladder truck operator in a fire brigade, the artwork on the cover of the album leads one to believe a farmer (one who tills the field) was to whom Stevens was referring.

Answer: Bribery

Albert Bacon, as Harding's Secretary of the Interior, was accused of leasing Navy oil reserves in California and Teapot Dome, Wyoming to private oil companies without requiring competitive bids. Bacon would be convicted of accepting bribes from those companies.

As a direct result of this issue, Congress would pass a law allowing them to subpoena tax records of any citizen for review, regardless of office or stature.

Answer: gossip

Although many think that "spilling the tea" is related to folks sharing gossip over a cup of tea, Merriam-Webster traces the origin of the phrase back to drag culture in the 1990s.

Answer: Téa Leoni

Téa was her given middle name. She seems to have found love with her costar Tim Daly -- they started dating at the beginning of the show and were still together when this quiz was written.

Answer: much ado about nothing

A "tempest in a teapot" reference indicates that something is being heavily overreacted to. An equivalent British expression is "storm in a teacup." Most other languages have a similar equivalent of "storm in a water glass."

A very similar idiom is "make a mountain out of a molehill."

Answer: Reducing national debt

In 2009, several conservative Republicans coalesced to counter President Obama's fiscal agenda and act as a block within the Republican party. The billionaire Koch brothers were big financial backers of this group, however, the "Tea Party" branding of the movement was largely abandoned by 2020.

Answer: The name was short

According to the 1958 book, "The Origins Of Unusual Place-Names," it is said the city of Tea was named Tea due to it being a short name. George T. Mickelson was a governor of South Dakota, but the T stood for Theodore.