Production
95% of bourbon is produced in this state...
Kentucky
Per capita, the leading whiskey drinkers around the world are what nationality?
French
What famous singer, who died in 1998, was burried with a bottle of Jack Daniels?
Frank Sinatra
What important American figure supposedly said this quote: “Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.”?
Abraham Lincoln
Jack Daniel ran away from his stepmother at the age of ____ and learned to distill whisky from a Lutheran minister. (within 2 years)
6
The famous red wax seal on Maker's Mark bottles was designed by the distillery owner's...
a) grandson
b) wife
c) dentist
wife
Whiskey is the official state beverage of what southern state?
Alabama
What popular brand of soda was meant to be a whiskey chaser?
Mountain Dew
________________ was the only founding father to commercially operate a distillery. It was one of the biggest distilleries of its time, but was unfortunately destroyed by a fire a few years after opening.
George Washington
The first ever scotch whisky distillery opened by a woman opened in what year? (within 10 years)
2017!
On average, how many bottles of whisky are exported from Scotland every second? (within 5 bottles)
34
What is a medical diagnosis that drinking moderate amounts of whiskey can prevent?
dementia, cancer, or stroke
In what country is there a whiskey company that, prior to bottling, pours their whiskey over a Playboy model’s naked breasts.
Charles Joughin, the baker on-board the doomed Titanic, trod water for ___ hours before being rescued. He claimed he hadn’t succumbed to the cold due to the amount of whisky he had drunk prior to the accident, while the ship was sinking. (within a half hour)
3 hours
There was an uprising in what state after Alexander Hamilton began taxing Whiskey in 1791?
Pennsylvania
A Scotch Whisky must be made from malted barley or grain with the spirit aged in oak casks no bigger than ___ litres for no less than three years. (within 50 liters)
700
Bill Wilson, the founder of “____ ______” asked for whiskey on his deathbed, but the nurse wouldn’t give it to him.
Alcoholics Anonymous
This popular sauce is aged in the same barrels whiskey is aged in...
Tabasco sauce
In 1875, a brewery in Ireland caught fire, causing whiskey to flow through the streets. How many people died? (within 3 people)
13
The earliest direct account of whiskey making is found in Scottish records dating back too what year? (within 100 years)
1494
What percentage of whiskey, known as the angel's share, evaporates through the barrel? (within 5%)
2%
What is the cask of whiskey to citizen ration in Scotland? ___casks :1 citizen (within 1 cask)
4 casks: 1 citizen
Whisky in Gaelic reads ‘uisge beathe’, which means... "_______ of ________"
"water of life"
In 2000, a Wild Turkey whiskey warehouse caught fire, spilling 17,000 barrels of flaming whiskey into the surrounding woods, catching them ablaze. Twenty percent of the whiskey flowed into the Kentucky River which disrupted it’s oxygen supply. How many fish died as a result? (within 50,000 fish)
228,000
During WWII, bourbon distilleries had to switch over to producing...
penicillin or fuel