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Booze, aka Beer Trivia Quiz

A sad, but fond, RIP to Carlsberg. This is a quiz about beer, for adults. Children should not take this quiz without parental approval, unless they are heirs or heiresses to vast brewing fortunes.

A multiple-choice quiz by JaneGalt. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
JaneGalt

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
6,260

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

Plays
2985

Last 3 plays: Guest 15 (3/10), Linda_Arizona (5/10), Guest 173 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was the most popular alcoholic beverage among aristocrats in ancient Egypt? Hint

wine

beer

rye

fermented water

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Question 2 of 10

2. On average, how much of the English grain harvests in the 1330s went to beer and ale production? Hint

one half

none of it

all of it

one third

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Question 3 of 10

3. The British Royal Navy replaced its sailors' rations of beer and brandy with which alcoholic beverage in 1655? Hint

water

whiskey

wine

rum

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Question 4 of 10

4. A special yeast, developed in 1864, gave which beer its distinctive flavor? Hint

Guinness Stout

Tsing-Tao

Heineken

Grolsch

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Question 5 of 10

5. The Guinness brewery was established in Dublin in which year? Hint

1900

1759

1868

1600

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Question 6 of 10

6. The first shipment of Milwaukee beer made it to New York in 1852. Who sent it? Hint

Best Brothers

Busch

Miller

Coors

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Golden Brewery, begun in 1873, was a partnership between Adolph Coors and whom? Hint

Adolph Rupp

Jacob Scheuler

Hermann Joseph

Hermann Coors

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the original name of the Anheuser-Busch brewery, the home of Budweiser, et al? Hint

E. Anheuser and Co.'s Brewing Association

Bavarian Brewery

St. Louis Brewery

River Bend Brewery

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Question 9 of 10

9. The Spring Valley Brewery makes or made which beer? Hint

Falls City

Kirin

Schlitz

Sterling

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Question 10 of 10

10. Iron City beer was the brand chosen to test-market which beverage innovation? Hint

steel cans

aluminum cans

tab-opening aluminum cans

refrigerated production, shipping and storage

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the most popular alcoholic beverage among aristocrats in ancient Egypt?

Answer: beer

They drank it with their meals at their newly developed dining tables and chairs.

2. On average, how much of the English grain harvests in the 1330s went to beer and ale production?

Answer: one third

The average harvest in those days was only 15 bushels of barley, wheat and oats (combined) per capita.

3. The British Royal Navy replaced its sailors' rations of beer and brandy with which alcoholic beverage in 1655?

Answer: rum

The English took Jamaica from Spain the same year, which led to a 3-year war and the new rum rations.

4. A special yeast, developed in 1864, gave which beer its distinctive flavor?

Answer: Heineken

The brew got its name the same year when Dutchman and brewer Gerard Adrian Heineken bought the 272-year-old De Hooiberg brewery.

5. The Guinness brewery was established in Dublin in which year?

Answer: 1759

Guinness' endeavor eventually became the world's largest. His Guinness stout became one of the first beers to gain worldwide distribution. Of course, that's not too difficult when your country belongs to the largest imperialist empire in the world.

6. The first shipment of Milwaukee beer made it to New York in 1852. Who sent it?

Answer: Best Brothers

The Best Brothers were bought in 1855 by Frederick Miller. This was the beginning of Miller beer. The brewery was rebuilt in 1888 and reorganized as the Frederick Miller Brewing Company.

7. The Golden Brewery, begun in 1873, was a partnership between Adolph Coors and whom?

Answer: Jacob Scheuler

The Golden was the home of Coors beer. Rupp was a UK basketball coach. Hermann Joseph were Coors' two middle names. Hermann Coors was made up.

8. What was the original name of the Anheuser-Busch brewery, the home of Budweiser, et al?

Answer: Bavarian Brewery

E. Anheuser and Co. is what the Bavarian was renamed in 1873 when Adolphus Busch became a full partner with his father-in-law.

9. The Spring Valley Brewery makes or made which beer?

Answer: Kirin

The Kirin brewery was founded in Yokohama under the name Spring Valley in 1869 by an American businessman, William Copeland.

10. Iron City beer was the brand chosen to test-market which beverage innovation?

Answer: tab-opening aluminum cans

The test began in 1962 with shipments to Virginia. More than 90 percent of all beer cans were "self-opening" by 1970.

Source: Author JaneGalt

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