Q 01/05

Which soft, luxurious material takes its name from the California city of Napa?

A) Velvet

B) Leather

C) Cashmere

D) Satin

Answer · why

B) Leather

Leather called nappa takes its name from Napa, where German tanner Emanuel Manasse developed the tanning process at the Sawyer Tanning Company; today ...

Q 02/05

Napa cabbage has no link to Napa Valley: its name comes from a word for vegetable leaves in which language?

A) Korean

B) Cantonese

C) Japanese

D) Tagalog

Answer · why

C) Japanese

Japanese speakers use nappa for the leaves of any vegetable, so the name has nothing to do with wine country; in Japan the cabbage itself is called ha...

Q 03/05

Francis Ford Coppola bought much of Napa Valley's historic Inglenook estate in 1975 with his profits from which film?

A) The Godfather

B) Apocalypse Now

C) American Graffiti

D) The Conversation

Answer · why

A) The Godfather

The Godfather paid for the vineyards, but the Inglenook name stayed with drinks companies until 2011, when Coppola bought the trademark for more, he s...

Q 04/05

Silverado Vineyards in Napa Valley was developed by the daughter and son-in-law of which American entertainment pioneer?

A) Jim Henson

B) Charles Schulz

C) Bing Crosby

D) Walt Disney

Answer · why

D) Walt Disney

Walt Disney's eldest daughter Diane first toured Napa wineries with her mother Lillian; she and husband Ron Miller bought vineyard land there in the 1...

Q 05/05

Which singer caused a two-month sensation in Napa Valley while filming the 1961 drama Wild in the Country there?

A) Jerry Lee Lewis

B) Elvis Presley

C) Bobby Darin

D) Frank Sinatra

Answer · why

B) Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley was so mobbed at his Napa motel that he was moved into a house used in the film, which is set a continent away in the Shenandoah Valley.