Q 01/05

What are the three classic ingredients of a margarita?

A) Rum, lime and mint

B) Tequila, triple sec and lime juice

C) Tequila, grapefruit soda and salt

D) Tequila, orange juice and grenadine

Answer · why

B) Tequila, triple sec and lime juice

It is the most popular tequila cocktail in the United States and can be served on the rocks, straight up or frozen.

Q 02/05

What does the Spanish word 'margarita' mean in English?

A) Rose

B) Daisy

C) Little Margaret

D) Pearl

Answer · why

B) Daisy

Cocktail historian David Wondrich links the drink to the brandy daisy, remade with tequila.

Q 03/05

What is traditionally rubbed on the rim of a margarita glass?

A) Salt

B) Sugar

C) Lime zest

D) Chili powder

Answer · why

A) Salt

Tajín, the chili-lime seasoning, is an increasingly common alternative.

Q 04/05

What is the International Bartenders Association ratio of the spirit to the liqueur to the citrus?

A) 3:2:1

B) 2:1:1

C) 5:3:2

D) 10:4:3

Answer · why

D) 10:4:3

Cointreau's own 'Original Margarita' is 1 part tequila to half a part each of Cointreau and lime.

Q 05/05

For which dancer, allergic to every spirit but tequila, did Carlos Herrera claim to invent the margarita in 1938?

A) Marjorie King

B) Rita Hayworth

C) Peggy Lee

D) Margarita Sames

Answer · why

A) Marjorie King

The story, set at his Rancho La Gloria between Tijuana and Rosarito, was debunked by the San Diego Reader in 1992.