Q 01/05

Which region has the world's highest per-capita cider consumption?

A) Normandy and Brittany

B) The British Isles

C) Northern Spain

D) New England

Answer · why

B) The British Isles

It is also home to the largest cider-producing companies.

Q 02/05

The word 'cider' traces back through Latin and Greek to which language's word for 'intoxicating liquor'?

A) Arabic

B) Persian

C) Sanskrit

D) Hebrew

Answer · why

D) Hebrew

In Old English the drink was simply æppelwīn, apple wine.

Q 03/05

Which Roman's 55 BC invasion of Britain, where he found Celts fermenting crab apples, gives the first record of cider?

A) Claudius

B) Julius Caesar

C) Agricola

D) Hadrian

Answer · why

B) Julius Caesar

His retreating troops are said to have carried the idea back across Europe.

Q 04/05

Under UK law, cider must contain at least what percentage of apple juice?

A) 50%

B) 75%

C) 90%

D) 35%

Answer · why

D) 35%

CAMRA's 'real cider' standard is 90% fresh juice; the US minimum is 50%.

Q 05/05

In which country must cider by law be made solely from apples?

A) Germany

B) France

C) Spain

D) Ireland

Answer · why

B) France

Alcohol ranges from 1.2% to 8.5% or more in English ciders, and up to 12% on the continent.