Smoking and Singing on Planes, Trains, & Automobiles
This Johnny Cash song, about a man in prison hearing a distant train whistle, imagines rich folks smoking big cigars on board.
What is Folsom Prison Blues?
For significant social occasions, Native Americans didn’t smoke tobacco but rather a mixture of herbs known as kinnick-kinnick in this ceremonial pipe.
What is a peace pipe?
The Mayflower famously landed at Plymouth Rock instead of continuing further south as planned, because the ship was running low on this beverage, which was safer to drink than water at the time.
What is beer?
There are several cocktails named after this bird known for its showy tail; some are blue, some are green, and some are multicolored.
What is the peacock?
After laying out the macabre plan for his life in Scent of a Woman, Al Pacino's character orders a double of this, the most popular Tennessee whiskey.
What is Jack Daniel's?
Roger Miller sings about "old stogies I have found" in this 1965 hit about living free on the road and hopping trains.
What is King of the Road?
Early European settlers and traders discovered that tobacco and this crop, whose juice and byproducts are used to make rum, were among the most lucrative exports from the Americas.
What is sugar (or sugar cane)?
The Cape Codder or Cape Cod cocktail, named after the area where the Pilgrims first landed, combines vodka with the juice of this quintessential Thanksgiving fruit.
What is cranberry?
Last year, for Thanksgiving, the Limited Cigar Association released this cigar named after a meal featuring a bird inside a bird inside a bird.
What is the Turducken?
In Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James' character chugs two glasses of this classic tequila cocktail during a nacho-eating contest, believing it was lemonade.
What are margaritas?
The 1975 song Have a Cigar by this band mentions flying high and riding on a "gravy train".
What is Pink Floyd?
Pulque, a fermented beverage made from agave plants, predated the arrival of European settlers and inspired this modern-day alcohol.
What is tequila?
This molasses-based liquor became a cornerstone of colonial America's economy and was heavily involved in the triangular trade.
What is rum?
Named after a famous Kentucky game bird, this whiskey is often bottled just over 100 proof.
What is Wild Turkey?
In the first Rocky, Paulie throws the Thanksgiving turkey out the back door, then returns with a drumstick in one hand and this malted beverage in the other.
What is beer?
In Next Big Thing, this country musician sings about "big cigars, diamond rings, ridin' all around in a limousine" when talking about some people's quest for fame.
Who is Vince Gill?
Chicha, a fermented drink brewed by indigenous peoples throughout South and Central America, was made from this grain native to the Americas.
What is corn (or maize)?
Early New England settlers brewed an improvised beer using spruce twigs and a wild form of this essential ingredient in beer, known for adding bitterness and helping to preserve it.
This famous Irish stout has utilized a toucan mascot over the years.
What is Guinness?
In The Ice Storm, Kevin Kline's character drinks this neutral spirit while in bed with Sigourney Weaver's character.
What is vodka?
This song, sung here by Al Jolson, sounds like a prayer for happy hobos and mentions picking up "slightly used cigars".
What is Hallelujah, I'm a Bum?
This famous Cuban cigar gets its name from the Taino people’s method of smoking tobacco, and its label still bears the silhouette of a Taino native.
What is Cohiba?
Colonial farmers—and later John Chapman, famously known for wearing a pot on his head—quickly planted orchards of this fruit, which was not native to America but was used to make an alcohol essential to the new settlers.
What are apples?
The Jungle Bird, a rum-based cocktail, includes this red bitter liqueur—most famous as an ingredient in the Negroni—was once colored using the crushed shells of insects.
What is Campari?
In Planes, Trains & Automobiles, while sharing a hotel room, Steve Martin’s character metaphorically visits Mexico with tequila, while John Candy’s character visits Jamaica with this alcohol.
What is rum?