Pub Trivia

Guinness World Records

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First person to break sound barrier in free fall
a. John Glen
b. Charles 'Chuck' Yeager
c. Felix Baumgartner
d.Chesley 'Sully' Sullenberger

C. Felix Baumgartner: First person to break sound barrier in freefall

An unprecedented eight million people went onto YouTube on 14 October 2012 to witness the game-changing moment Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner completed a parachute jump from a height of 127,852.4 feet smashing through eight world records and the sound barrier in the space of just three hours.

400

First to run a sub 4 minute mile?          

A. Roger Bannister  

B. Michael Johnson  

C. Usain Bolt 

D. Steve Prefontaine

A. Roger Bannister  

Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister CH CBE FRCP was a British middle-distance athlete and neurologist who ran the first sub-4-minute mile. At the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Bannister set a British record in the 1500 metres and finished in fourth place.

600

The highest in elevation (not tallest) concrete dam is located in which country?  

A. Switzerland  
B. Italy
C. Peru
D. Nepal

The Grande Dixence Dam , on the river Dixence in Switzerland, is the highest concrete dam. It was built between 1953 and 1961 to a height of 285 m (935 ft), with a crest length of 700 m (2,297 ft), using 5,960,000 m3 (7,800,000 yd3, 210,400,000 ft3) of concrete.

800

Martina Servaty of Germany extracted how many gallons of juice from grapes by treading in two minutes?
A. 2.3  
B. 3.5
C. 3.8  
D. 4.4

The most juice extracted from grapes by treading in two minutes 4.47 gal

1000

Bruce Masters of the UK holds the record for most pubs and various drinking establishments visited. How many had he visited at the time of the award in Jan 2014?
A. 7,241  
B. 18,774  
C. 28,301  
D. 46,495

Bruce Masters has visited 46,495 pubs and various drinking establishments since 1960, sampling the local brew where available.

History of Beer

200

Oldest operating American owned brewing company in the U.S.?
a. Anheuser-Busch.
b. Yuengling.
c. Miller/Coors.
d. Sam Adams.

B. Yuengling was established in 1829 in Pottsville, Pennsylvania. The first brewery in North America began in 1642 in Hoboken, NJ. But the first beer brewed on the continent was in Sir Walter Raleigh’s colony in Virginia. The year was 1587.

400

What is the title for German purity law that governs beer shall only be made with barley, hops, water, and yeast?
A.Reinheistgebot
B. Null Drei, Null Vier, Null Funf  
C. Rheinfränkische
D. Ich bin ein Berliner

The Reinheistgebot was introduced in Bavaria in 1516 and mandated, among other things, that German beer be made only from water, hops and barley. Yes, the law predates the discovery of yeast.

600

Straws were invented for drinking beer?  True or False

True. The straw, in fact, was invented by the Sumerians specifically for drinking beer. Mesopotamian beer was thick, the consistency of modern porridge, and could not just be sipped.

800

Oldest Brewery in the world?
A. Bolten
B. Affligem
C. Weltenberg Abby
D. Weihenstephan

The Weihenstephan Brewery is the oldest continuously-operating brewery in the world. The brewery’s origin story begins in 725 when Saint Corbinian established a Benedictine monastery in Weihenstephan. Around 768 the monastery began brewing beer because there was a hop garden in the monastery’s vicinity.

1000

In which modern-day country was beer believed to have originated?
A. Egypt
B. Turkey
C. Saudi Arabia
D. Iran

The earliest clear chemical evidence of beer produced from barley dates to about 3500–3100 BC, from the site of Godin Tepe in the Zagros Mountains of western Iran.

Beer Brands

200

This beer brand named after one of the founding fathers and started in Boston is credited with inventing the craft beer movement?

Sam Adams or Boston Beer Company

400

This American beer brand comes in a green bottle and was originally made in Latrobe PA. "33"

Rolling Rock- The 33 is a secret but has many possible explanations like the year it was bought just prior to prohibition ending, number of ingredients, the temperature its brewed at, grounds hog day etc.

600

Brewmeister's recently unseated Brew Dog brewery by making the world's strongest beer. What is the ABV?
A. 18%  
B. 27%  
C. 43%
D. 67%

Scottish brewery Brewmeister released Snake Venom, which they describe as “the world's strongest beer.” It boasts an impressive 67.5% ABV

800

Budweiser is believed to be copied or cloned from Budvar Brewery in which country?
A. Germany
B. Hungry
C. Czech Republic
D. Poland

Czech Republic- The dispute has been ongoing since 1907, and has involved more than 100 court cases around the world. As a result, Budweiser Budvar has the rights to the name Budweiser in most of Europe and Anheuser-Busch InBev has this right in North America.

1000

This is the most popular beer in the world?  
A. Heineken
B. Tsingtao
C. Budweiser
D. Snow

D. Snow  "Snowflake beer"
Bud Light - 44.8 million.
Tsingtao - 49.0 million.
Budweiser - 49.2 million.
Snow - 101.2 million

Name that Cocktail

200

To make this classic derby drink simply mix bourbon, mint, and sugar over ice?

Mint Julep

400

Ingredients
2 ounces bourbon or rye
1 ounce sweet vermouth
2 dashes Angostura bitters
1 dash orange bitters
Garnish: brandied cherry

The Manhattan was the most famous cocktail in the world shortly after it was invented in New York City’s Manhattan Club, sometime around 1880 (as the story goes).

600

Ingredients
1/2 teaspoon sugar
3 dashes Angostura bitters
1 teaspoon water
2 ounces bourbon
Garnish: orange peel

Bourbon Old Fashioned. In truth, you could draw a straight line connecting this drink to the first recorded definition of the cocktail category in general (circa 1806), which calls for spirits, sugar, water and bitters.

800

Ingredients
2 oz Bourbon
3/4 oz Fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz Simple syrup
1/2 oz Egg white (optional)
Garnish: Angostura bitters

Whiskey Sour, whose history stretches back to the Lincoln administration.

1000

Ingredients
1 1/4 ounce Bourbon or rye
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce Sweet vermouth
Garnish: orange peel

Loosely translated, a Boulevardier is a man-about-town.

Bourbon

200

In this commonwealth, there are more bourbon barrels than people?

Kentucky- At any given time, there are more barrels of Bourbon in Kentucky than there are people. The population of the Bluegrass State is about 4.4 million. Today there are more than 5 million barrels of Bourbon sitting in the rick-houses of that Old Kentucky Home. That’s nearly 300 bottles of Bourbon per person, or about 60 gallons each.

400

In order to make bourbon, you need to use at least 51% of this ingredient?
A. Barley
B. Malt
C. Rye
D. Corn

D. Corn   Bourbon also needs to be stored in new charred-oak barrels, whereas whiskey barrels do need to be oak but not new or charred. “Lastly, to be called bourbon, the liquid needs to be distilled to no more than 160 proof and entered into the barrel at 125.”

600

What makes a bourbon single barrel?
A- Bourbon that has been blended with others.
B- Bourbon that is batched with a few other barrels
C- Bourbon that bottled using dedicated lines without touching another bourbon.
D- Bourbon that is proofed down to 100 proof.

C is the answer

A- is blended bourbon
B- is small batch bourbon
D- just proofed down bourbon

800

Last year a storehouse caught fire and 45,000 barrels were lost (and you thought 2020 was bad). Which distillery did it take place at?
A. Jim Beam
B. Makers Mark
C. Heaven Hill
D. Woodford Reserve

Recently a fire at the Jim Beam warehouse facility at the Old Crow Distillery destroyed 45,000 barrels of aging Bourbon.

1000

Buffalo Trace distillery sells four types of bourbon out of their gift shop. Which one is not sold there?
A- Eagle Rare
B- Blantons
C- Buffalo Trace
D- Skrewball

D- skrewball isn't. Isn't an MGP owned brand. The fourth is EH Taylor Small batch