Wines & Vines
It takes 200 grapes to produce this quantity of wine.
What is one bottle (25 fl oz) ?
She is the goddess of the hearth and home.
Today, most of the chocolate we eat is produced on this continent.
What is Africa?
Although she is only 4'8'' and 24 years old, she is the most decorated American gymnast.
Who is Simone Biles?
Picasso painting inspired by the bombings of civilians during the Spanish War.
What is Guernica?
The king of rock n' roll
Who is Elvis Presley?
This type of French wine is typically made from Pinot Noir grapes.
What is Burgundy (Bourgogne Rouge) ?
This god / goddess was born near the island of Cyprus out of seafoam.
Who is Aphrodite?
This French leader demanded that wine and chocolate be made available to him and his senior advisers even during intense military campaigns.
Who is Napoleon?
The first host city to use artificial snow in the Winter Olympics.
What is Lake Placid, NY?
Painter of The Kiss.
Who is Gustav Klimt?
Lead singer for Led Zeppelin.
Who is Robert Plant?
This wine variety has no connection to the Persian city it seems to be named after. It was, however, invented in southeast France and is currently a large export of Australia.
What is Shiraz / Syrah ?
He was the king with the power to turn anything to gold with a touch.
Who was King Midas?
Milk chocolate was invented in this country.
What is Switzerland?
What is "Faster, Higher, Stronger" ?
Painter of American Gothic.
Who is Grant Wood?
Purple Haze singer.
Who is Jimmy Hendrix?
Planted on more than 700,000 acres of vineyard, this is the most widely planted grape in the world.
What is Cabernet Sauvignon?
After eating this fruit, Persephone became stuck in the Underworld.
What is a pomegranate?
It is rumored that the cacao bean was first cultivated by this ancient civilization.
Who are the Mayans?
The first Winter Olympics were held here.
Where is Chamonix, France?
This French Impressionist developed severe rheumatoid arthritis later in his life, making him lose almost all mobility in his hands, yet he still painted.
Who is Pierre-Auguste Renoir?
Freddie Mercury's birth name
What is Farrokh Bulsara?
This kind of tasting refers to one tasting wines from the same vineyard or winemaker from different years.
What is a vertical wine tasting?
When Zeus visited Mount Kithairon, he was met with many nymphs who frolicked in waterfalls and danced with him. Hearing of this and growing jealous, Hera came to the mountain and was met with this very talkative nymph who stalled her at the bottom of the mountain. As a way of revenge, Hera cursed her to never speak again except to repeat someone else's words.
Who is Echo?
At the height of his power, this Aztec king had a stash of nearly a billion cacao beans.
Who is Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin (Montezuma II) ?
This American Olympic runner later became a prisoner of war in WWII.
Who is Louis Zamperini?
In S5E17 of Modern Family, Mitch, Cam, Alex and Manny go for a cultured day at the museum but it eventually becomes survival of the smartest, and Cam studies up solely on this Russian pioneer of abstract art in order to impress everyone.
Who is Wassily Kandinsky?
Band credited with popularizing light shows as a part of concerts.
What is Pink Floyd?