| QUESTIONS | ANSWERS | |
| General Knowledge | ||
| 1. | In what year was canned beer introduced - 1929, 1935 or 1941? | |
| 2. | Name beer's Japanese cousin. | |
| 3. | Is hops an essential ingredient in brewing beer? | |
| 4. | Name the brewer who built Yankee Stadium. | |
| 5. | What reference book was designed by a brewer to end arguments? | |
| 6. | What percentage of beer is water - 89%, 92% or 96%? | |
| 7. | 7. The picture on a bottle of Sam Adams beer is of: a) Sam Adams b) John Adams c) Paul Revere d) Abigail Adams e) Ben Franklin |
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| 8. | Which of these grains are used in the brewing of beer? (a) Barley (b) Corn (c) Rice (d) Wheat (e) All of the above (f) None of the above |
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| 9. | In which country did the style of beer known as stout originate” (a) United States (b) Ireland (c) England (d) German (f) Czech Republic |
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| 10. | Which of these is not an ingredient used in the brewing of beer? (a) Malt (b) Hops (c) Yeast (d) Water (e) carbon dioxide |
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| 11. | Which style of beer did Nero Wolfe imbibe? (a) Stout (b) Pale Ale (c) Lager (d) Wheat beer |
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| 12. | Which ingredient has not been used to brew beer? (a) Grains of Paradise (b) Bog Myrtle (c) Cocoa Beans (d) Heather (e) none of the above (f) none of above |
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| 13. | Writing in the early 1930's, the hard-drinking American novelist Ernest Hemingway referred to this European nation's beer as the best in Europe apart from Germany's and Czechoslovakia's. What country was this? | |
| 14. | In Manet's 1882 painting "The Bar at the Folies-Bergeres," a beer bottle with a familiar symbol is clearly seen atop the counter. Today, the symbol is the same and the beer itself remains widely available throughout the world. What beer is it? | |
| B. Wolfean Beer Lore | ||
| 15. | Who accepts Wolfe's offer of beer when he wants to prove he is “just human? | |
| 16. | Who would rather choke down beer than admit to Wolfe he prefers straight rye? | |
| 17. | He limits himself to one dose during working hours because he once had four martinis to be sociable and missed an important point because of them. | |
| 18. | His usual drink is champagne. | |
| 19. | Accepts highballs and steaks in payment for information. | |
| 20. | Given his druthers, he chooses bourbon and water. | |
| 21. | He keeps a bottle of rye in his bedroom closet. | |
| 22. | When Wolfe switched from bootleg beer to legal 3.2, he decided to reduce his daily intake to a mere | |
| 23. | Wolfe has his first beer of the day at __________ o'clock. | |
| 24. | When Wolfe exceeds his quota, he's not above fudging the numbers. How does he cheat? | |
| 25. | Only two beers are mentioned in the Corpus. Remmers and the disappointing ________________. | |
| 26. | Wolfe picks up a glass and puts it down empty. How many swallows does it take to empty the glass? | |
