It’s the first annual Fast Forward Weekly beer quiz
In honour of Fast Forward Weekly’s inaugural beer issue here’s a 12-pack of beer-related questions. Find the answers on our website along with links to stories that will improve your knowledge of man’s greatest invention (screw the wheel).
1. What is a Belgian Tripel?
a) A beer named in honour of the Belgian figure skater who landed the first triple rotation in ice skating competition
b) A beer named in honour of Belgian cyclist Eddie Merckx’s three major tour cycling wins
c) A beer named for Jean-Claude Van Damme’s first movie
d) A high gravity blonde beer invented by the Trappist monks of Westmalle Abbey
2. Which three Alberta breweries celebrated anniversaries divisible by five this year?
a) Amber’s Roughneck and Yellowhead
b) Big Rock Brew Brothers and Alley Kat
c) Brewsters Wild Rose and Labatt
d) Maverick Flanagan & Sons Nanton
3. Which U.S. president do most beer historians credit as being responsible for the current craft beer revolution after he legalized home brewing?
a) George Washington
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Jimmy Carter
d) Ronald Reagan
4. Chocolate and beer are:
a) A worse pairing than nuts and gum
b) Should never be mixed
c) Both fermented and start their lives out as bitter water
d) Can lead you down the path to tantric sex if paired properly
5. Who does the Catholic Church recognize as the patron saint of brewers?
a) St. Arnold
b) St. Patrick
c) St. Christopher
d) Mother Theresa
6. The Reinheitsgebot is?
a) One of the cycles of Wagner’s Ring Trilogy
b) The only rule you have to follow when driving on the autobahn
c) The name of those one-litre mugs at Munich’s Oktoberfest
d) The Bavarian Purity Law of 1516
7. Which province has the most breweries and/or brewpubs per capita?
a) Saskatchewan
b) Alberta
c) Quebec
d) Ontario
8. Many consider this man to be the godfather of North America’s craft beer revolution:
a) Fritz Maytag
b) John Labatt
c) Adolph Coors
d) Alexander Keith
9. The four main ingredients in beer are water barley hops and yeast. Which of the following is not true of hops?
a) They are a bittering component in beer
b) They are a sister plant to marijuana
c) They are a natural hormone replacement for women going through menopause
d) They are a natural digestive and sleep aid
e) All statements are true
10. Which statement about ancient Egyptians is false?
a) They anointed newborn babies in beer
b) Beer was given as a minimum day’s wage
c) Beer was placed in the tombs of their dead
d) They were wine drinkers
11. Which of the following quotes about beer is from Homer Simpson?
a) "Twenty-four hours in a day 24 beers in a case. Coincidence?"
b) "A woman is a lot like beer. They smell good they look good and you’d step over your own mother to get one."
c) "For a quart of ale is a dish for a king."
d) "Remember i before e except in Budweiser."
12. We Canadians think we’re prodigious beer drinkers but we’ve got a long way to go. Which country has the highest per capita beer consumption and where does Canada place?
a) Czech Republic Canada in 19th place
b) Germany Canada in fifth place
c) Australia Canada in 10th place
d) Finland Canada in second place
Answers
1. d) for more reading on the triple ffwdweekly.com/article/life-style/booze/turkey-and-beer-4940/
2. b) Alley Kat and Brew Brothers turned 15 while Big Rock celebrated 25 years in 2010.
3. c) In 1979 Jimmy Carter signed a bill legalizing home brewing for the first time since prohibition.
4. Both c and d are correct. For more on chocolate and beer read ffwdweekly.com/article/life-style/booze/sexy-times-with-beer-and-chocolate-5188/
5. a) Saint Arnold is the patron saint of brewers. Every saint must have completed one miracle and Arnold’s was an endless mug of beer.
6. d) The Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. This law outlawed the use of anything other than water hops and barley in beer.
7. a) Saskatchewan has the most breweries and brewpubs per capita due to an odd liquor law that connects off-sales with beer-making facilities.
8. a) Fritz Maytag is considered the godfather of North America’s craft beer revolution and yes he is a member of the famous appliance manufacturing family. Maytag saved the Anchor Brewery of San Francisco from bankruptcy and is an instrumental figure in America’s micro-brewery scene. Anyone who answered Alexander Keith please read all the beer columns on this website and then write “Alexander Keith’s is not a real IPA” 500 times. For more on Maytag read ffwdweekly.com/article/life-style/booze/pagan-beer/
9. e) All the above are true for more on hops read ffwdweekly.com/article/life-style/booze/change-your-hops-change-your-high-3980/
10. d) is false the Egyptians were known beer brewers and consumers.
11. b) Oh Homer. The other quotes are: a) Stephen Wright c) William Shakespeare d) anonymous
12. a) the average Czech consumes 157 litres of beer every year. Canadians drink a paltry 68 liters each by comparison. Come on Canada I’m doing my part.
