Q 01/05

Despite the myths about black coffee and cold showers, what is the only thing that lowers blood alcohol level?

A) Food

B) Exercise

C) Time

D) Vomiting

Answer · why

C) Time

Time is the only cure: the body clears alcohol at a fixed pace of roughly one drink an hour, and coffee merely makes a drunk person feel more awake.

Q 02/05

George Smith, the first person ever arrested for drunk driving, crashed what kind of vehicle in London in 1897?

A) A taxi

B) A tram

C) A hearse

D) A bus

Answer · why

A) A taxi

Smith was driving a taxi when he slammed it into a building; the 25-year-old cabbie pleaded guilty and was fined 20 shillings.

Q 03/05

The word alcohol comes from al-kuhul, a term for the cosmetic powder kohl, in which language?

A) Greek

B) Arabic

C) Persian

D) Turkish

Answer · why

B) Arabic

Arabic al-kuhul named the fine dark powder used as eyeliner; in Europe the word came to mean any fine powder and was not used for the intoxicating par...

Q 04/05

Until a law signed in 2011, which country legally classed beer as a foodstuff rather than an alcoholic drink?

A) Germany

B) Belgium

C) Ireland

D) Russia

Answer · why

D) Russia

Russia treated anything under 10% alcohol as food, so beer was sold at unlicensed street kiosks and swigged in parks like a soft drink until the new r...

Q 05/05

In the US, a 12-ounce beer, a 5-ounce glass of wine and a 1.5-ounce shot each count as one what?

A) Alcohol unit

B) Standard drink

C) Proof measure

D) Recommended serving

Answer · why

B) Standard drink

A standard drink holds about 14 grams of pure alcohol whatever the glass, which is why one bottle of strong craft beer can count as two.