Bar Trivia: Food & Drink Round: Printable Round
Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.
Questions
Which spirit is the base of a classic margarita?
- Rum
- Tequila
- Vodka
- Gin
Buffalo wings are named after a city in which state?
- Wyoming
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Ohio
Which cocktail mixes vodka, ginger beer and lime and is traditionally served in a copper mug?
- Moscow Mule
- Dark 'n' Stormy
- Bloody Mary
- Cosmopolitan
What flavor is added to black tea to make Earl Grey?
- Vanilla
- Jasmine
- Lavender
- Bergamot
A coffee "bean" is actually what part of the coffee plant?
- The pit of a nut
- The seed of its fruit
- A root nodule
- A dried flower bud
Which plant's cone-shaped flowers give most beers their bitterness?
- Juniper
- Wheat
- Hops
- Barley
The cappuccino is named for the color of the robes worn by which group?
- Benedictine monks
- Venetian gondoliers
- Capuchin friars
- Roman senators
The Caesar salad was invented in which country?
- Greece
- Italy
- Mexico
- France
Tabasco sauce has been made for generations on which Louisiana island?
- Pecan Island
- Grand Isle
- Avery Island
- Marsh Island
The daiquiri shares its name with a beach and iron mine in which country?
- The Bahamas
- Jamaica
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
Answer key
Tequila (B)
A classic margarita mixes it with lime juice and an orange liqueur such as triple sec.
New York (B)
The Anchor Bar is most often credited with serving the first plate of them in 1964.
Moscow Mule (A)
Smirnoff seller John G. Martin helped popularize the mug in the 1940s with Polaroids of bartenders holding one.
Bergamot (D)
Bergamot is a sour citrus fruit, and most of it is grown along the coast of Calabria in southern Italy.
The seed of its fruit (B)
Most coffee cherries hold two seeds, but a small share hold a single rounded seed called a peaberry.
Hops (C)
They also have antibacterial effects that helped brewers keep beer fresh long before refrigeration.
Capuchin friars (C)
Coffeehouses in Vienna served an earlier drink called the Kapuziner before Italy made the name famous.
Mexico (C)
Restaurateur Caesar Cardini usually gets the credit, at his Tijuana restaurant in 1924, though some accounts name his staff.
Avery Island (C)
The pepper mash is aged for up to three years in white oak barrels that once held whiskey.
Cuba (C)
Popular history credits an American mining engineer in Cuba, Jennings Cox, with mixing the first one around 1900.
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