Saturday, September 01, 2007

Answers to Quiz - 31

  1. Reposado and Añejo are two types of which liquor?

Tequila

  1. Name the bitter orange grown in the island of Curacao, whose dried peels are used to flavour the liquor Curacao?

Larahas

  1. What is the name of the syrup derived from Pomegranate which is added to cocktails and martinis as a flavoring agent and to give the drink a reddish tinge?

Grenadine

  1. Which herb gives vermouth its distinctive flavour?

Wormwood

  1. Name the liquor whose every bottle carries the initials D.O.M of the Latin dedication Deo Optimo Maximo (to God most good, most great)

Benedictine

  1. Name the famous Norwegian liquor that is believed to acquire its special flavour as it ages in sherry casks stowed in the holds of a ship during its voyage across the equator and back.

Linie Aquavit

  1. Which spirit uses the term Napoleon on the label to specify the highest quality because of maximum ageing?

Cognac

  1. Which town on the banks of the Orinoco river in Venezuela has given its name to a flavouring agent that is used in many cocktails?

Angostura

  1. Name the traditional glass used to drink Sherry, the fortified wine produced in and around the Spanish town of Jerez?

Copita

  1. What is the connection between wine and biblical names such as Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Methuselah, Salmanazar, Balthazar and Nebuchadnezzar?

These are the names of large sized wine bottles. Balthazar is the name for a 12-litre bottle

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