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Drink Flashcards

1
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Named after the London club where it was invented which drink is made of two parts Champagne to one part orange juice?

A

BUCK’S FIZZ

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Which French brand of natural bottled mineral water captured at the source in Vergèze is sold in green bottles that have a distinctive ‘teardrop’ shape?

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PERRIER

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With a name meaning ‘Valley of the Deer’ in Scottish Gaelic what is the world’s best-selling single-malt whisky?

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GLENFIDDICH

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What is the name of the Japanese rice wine which is made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran?

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SAKE

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Named after a British prime minister which blend of tea gets its distinctive flavour from the addition of oil of bergamot?

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EARL GREY

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Which kind of brandy is made of mainly the same grapes as cognac and undergoes the same aging in oak barrels but mainly with column still distillation rather than pot still distillation?

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ARMAGNAC

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Barossa Valley and Hunter Valley are major wine-producing regions in which country?

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AUSTRALIA

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What label is used for the driest style of Champagne?

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BRUT

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Which brand of tea launched tea bags with a string in 1985 and tetrahedron-shaped tea bags in 1996 (branded as Pyramid Bags)?

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PG TIPS (OR BROOKE BOND)

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Known as ‘the green fairy’ which anise-flavoured spirit flavoured with wormwood (which features in an 1876 painting by Edgar Degas) was banned in a number of countries in the early 20th century?

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ABSINTHE

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Which Greek wine tastes strongly of the resin of particular trees notably pine?

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RETSINA

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Which cocktail is made with whiskey sweet vermouth and bitters and is often garnished with a Maraschino cherry?

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MANHATTAN

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In 2007 bottling of Newcastle Brown Ale moved to the John Smith’s Brewery in which town in North Yorkshire?

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TADCASTER

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What type of coffee is similar to a latte but is made with velvet micro-foam instead of stiff froth?

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FLAT WHITE

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Which Dutch liqueur made from eggs sugar and brandy is mixed with lemonade to make a Snowball?

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ADVOCAAT

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16
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In Scotch whisky regulations malt whisky must be made using at least some barley and must be aged for at least how many years?

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THREE

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Which market-leading Bulmer’s cider is named after the nickname of the knight Richard de Clare later Earl of Pembroke?

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STRONGBOW

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18
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Slivovitz is a brandy made from which fruit?

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DAMSON (PLUM)

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A Harvey Wallbanger cocktail is made with vodka orange juice and which sweet herbal liqueur?

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GALLIANO

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20
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Which soft drink was originally created and developed in 1893 and introduced as Brad’s Drink?

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PEPSI

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21
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Spitfire Bishop’s Finger and Master Brew are beers produced by which brewery in Kent?

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SHEPHERD NEAME

22
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Which brand of vintage Champagne is named after a Benedictine monk who pioneered a number of winemaking techniques in the 17th century?

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DOM PERIGNON

23
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Gibson Tom Collins and White Lady are cocktails made with which spirit?

A

GIN

24
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The most widely planted grape in the Bordeaux wine regions which dark blue wine grape takes its name from French word for ‘blackbird’?

A

MERLOT

25
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Which plant in the daisy family is used to make herb infusions including a type of tea that is said to be a digestive relaxant?

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CAMOMILE

26
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Consumed in the British Isles since the Middle Ages which soft drink takes its name from the fermented roots of the Taraxacum officinale and Arctium lappa plants?

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DANDELION AND BURDOCK

27
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Blue Mountain coffee is grown in which Caribbean island country?

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JAMAICA

28
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Based in Cumbernauld which company manufactures the popular Scottish drink Irn-Bru?

A

(A.G.) BARR

29
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Murphy’s stout is brewed in which city in Ireland?

A

CORK

30
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Which drink popular in India and Pakistan is a blend of yogurt water spices and sometimes fruit?

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LASSI

31
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The wine cocktail kir is made with a measure of which blackcurrant liqueur topped up with white wine?

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CRÈME DE CASSIS

32
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Framboise is a Belgian lambic beer that is fermented using which fruit?

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RASPBERRIES

33
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Which Champagne house is named after the widow who worked out how to remove sediment from champagne?

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VEUVE CLICQUOT

34
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Owned by French group Pernod Ricard Absolut Vodka is produced in which country?

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SWEDEN

35
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The Chablis region is the northernmost wine district of which region in France?

A

BURGUNDY

36
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What is the name of the sweet infusion of ground malt or other grain before fermentation used to produce beer and distilled malt liquors?

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WORT

37
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Jack Daniel’s whiskey has been produced since 1875 in which city in Tennessee?

A

LYNCHBURG

38
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In which bar in Venice was the Bellini cocktail invented by Giuseppe Cipriani in the 1930s?

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HARRY’S BAR

39
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Which brand of Coca-Cola bottled water was withdrawn from the UK market in 2004 after it was found to contain a concentration of bromate a suspected carcinogen?

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DASANI

40
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Made from sugarcane juice what is the most popular distilled alcoholic drink in Brazil?

A

CACHACA

41
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Originating in Croatia which variety of black-skinned grape is grown in over 10% of California vineyards?

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ZINFANDEL (OR PRIMITIVO)

42
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Which alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare’s milk was made originally by nomads of central Asia?

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KUMIS

43
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Which sweet colourless liqueur flavored with caraway seed cumin and fennel is mainly produced in Germany?

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KUMMEL

44
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Known in Russia as black bread which traditional fermented beverage is commonly made from rye bread?

A

KVASS

45
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Which carbonated soft drink originated as a result of difficulties importing Coca-Cola syrup into Nazi Germany during World War II due to a trade embargo?

A

FANTA

46
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The Italian sparkling wine Prosecco is made from what variety of grape formerly known also as Prosecco?

A

GLERA

47
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What name is given to a short shot of espresso coffee made with the normal amount of coffee but extracted with about half the amount of water?

A

RISTRETTO

48
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The label on Jägermeister bottles features a glowing Christian cross and the head of which animal?

A

STAG (OR DEER)

49
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What is the name of the unique aging process which gives Madeira wine its distinctive flavour?

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ESTUFAGEM

50
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Which brewery in Unst Shetland is the most northerly brewery in the United Kingdom?

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VALHALLA

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