Q 01/05

What nickname did Jerry Thomas, the 19th-century father of American mixology, go by?

A) The Professor

B) The Doctor

C) The Judge

D) The Colonel

Answer · why

A) The Professor

He published the first American drinks book and performed his flaming Blue Blazer for crowds.

Q 02/05

In which year did Jerry Thomas publish the Bar-Tender's Guide, America's first drink book?

A) 1901

B) 1862

C) 1889

D) 1878

Answer · why

B) 1862

It was also titled How to Mix Drinks or The Bon-Vivant's Companion, and it is still reprinted today.

Q 03/05

Jerry Thomas's signature flaming drink, poured between two mugs in an arc of fire, was called what?

A) Hot Toddy Royale

B) Fire Fizz

C) Flaming Sazerac

D) Blue Blazer

Answer · why

D) Blue Blazer

He developed it at the El Dorado gambling saloon in San Francisco.

Q 04/05

The first printed definition of a 'cocktail' as a drink appeared in 1806 in which New York publication?

A) The Albany Argus and Daily Advertiser

B) Harper's Illustrated Weekly Review

C) The New-York Evening Post Gazette

D) The Balance and Columbian Repository

Answer · why

D) The Balance and Columbian Repository

Editor Harry Croswell described it as spirits, sugar, water and bitters, which is essentially an Old Fashioned.

Q 05/05

Bartender Dale DeGroff suggests the word 'cocktail' comes from 'coquetier', the French word for what?

A) A tail feather

B) A small barrel

C) An eggcup

D) A rooster

Answer · why

C) An eggcup

Antoine Peychaud, creator of the bitters, allegedly served cognac and bitters in one in New Orleans.