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Absinthe Trivia Quiz

Seen as the elixir of life by nineteenth-century European bohemians and evil by everyone else, absinthe is a drink with a fascinating history. See how much you know about it.

A multiple-choice quiz by CellarDoor. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
CellarDoor

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
25,289

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
2926

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

Last 3 plays: GBfan (8/10), Waldkaeuzchen (3/10), Guest 173 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Absinthe, a 144-proof drink popular in the 19th century, is now making a comeback. It has an unusual color. What is it? Hint

blue

green

red

pale yellow

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Question 2 of 10

2. From what plant is absinthe made? Hint

wormwood

corn (maize)

potato plant

violets

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Question 3 of 10

3. In 1905, a man named Jean Lanfray killed his wife and children while in an absinthe daze, leading what nation of his to ban the drink in 1908? Hint

Monaco

France

Switzerland

Belgium

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Question 4 of 10

4. Absinthe was a critical component of the relationship between Paul Verlaine and what other French poet? Hint

Charles Baudelaire

Arthur Rimbaud

Victor Hugo

Charles Cros

5. Who said, 'Absinthe has a wonderful color, (answer to Question 1 omitted). A glass of absinthe is as poetical as anything in the world. What difference is there between a glass of absinthe and a sunset?' ? Hint

Lord Alfred Douglas

Arthur Rimbaud

Charles Cros

Oscar Wilde

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who painted 'The Absinthe Drinker,' 'The Poet Cornutti,' and 'The Glass of Absinthe,' all dealing with the downside of the drink? Hint

Pablo Picasso

Vincent Van Gogh

Toulouse-Lautrec

Edouard Degas

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Question 7 of 10

7. What playwright, author of 'Ubu roi' and creator of the cult figure Pere Ubu, called absinthe 'holy water' and 'essence of life'? Hint

Oscar Wilde

Alfred Jarry

Moliere

Marguerite Duras

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Question 8 of 10

8. What international movement began as a quest against absinthe? Hint

Temperance movement

Anti-Thujone League

War on Drugs

Fascism

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Question 9 of 10

9. What painter's 1876 work 'L'Absinthe' caused a massive controversy when displayed in London? Hint

James Whistler

Toulouse-Lautrec

Edgar Degas

Pablo Picasso

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who wrote 'Wormwood: A Drama of Paris' in 1890? Hint

Oscar Wilde

Marie Corelli

Mark Twain

Rudyard Kipling

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Nov 12 2024 : GBfan: 8/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Absinthe, a 144-proof drink popular in the 19th century, is now making a comeback. It has an unusual color. What is it?

Answer: green

One of absinthe's many nicknames was 'The Green Fairy.'

2. From what plant is absinthe made?

Answer: wormwood

A serious problem, this: present in wormwood is a powerful hallucinogenic drug, thujone.

3. In 1905, a man named Jean Lanfray killed his wife and children while in an absinthe daze, leading what nation of his to ban the drink in 1908?

Answer: Switzerland

Just in case you thought such crimes were an artifact of the decadent modern age.

4. Absinthe was a critical component of the relationship between Paul Verlaine and what other French poet?

Answer: Arthur Rimbaud

Answer: Oscar Wilde

Wilde also said, 'You mustn't mind that a poet is a drunk, rather that drunks are not always poets.'

6. Who painted 'The Absinthe Drinker,' 'The Poet Cornutti,' and 'The Glass of Absinthe,' all dealing with the downside of the drink?

Answer: Pablo Picasso

Though the other artists also painted absinthe, they tended to portray it in a more favorable light.

7. What playwright, author of 'Ubu roi' and creator of the cult figure Pere Ubu, called absinthe 'holy water' and 'essence of life'?

Answer: Alfred Jarry

Pere Ubu is a character who murders his way to the throne of Poland; is defeated by the son of the former king and driven to France; and subsequently vows to murder his way to the throne of France.

8. What international movement began as a quest against absinthe?

Answer: Temperance movement

9. What painter's 1876 work 'L'Absinthe' caused a massive controversy when displayed in London?

Answer: Edgar Degas

The painting provoked a public outcry over the 'decadence' of the French absinthe-drinkers.

10. Who wrote 'Wormwood: A Drama of Paris' in 1890?

Answer: Marie Corelli

This rather heavy-handed work criticized both absinthe and 'the morbidness of the modern French mind'.

Source: Author CellarDoor

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