Congratulations to @friendlymoose! You may now announce yourself at parties, work, and generally everywhere you go, as Brewmaster General. You, good sir, are the winner of my #beerquiz and 5 Hive is on its way to you 😃
Let’s reveal the answers
Question 1
Beer is the third most consumed drink in the world, but what are the 2 most common drinks?
Answer
Water and Tea
Question 2
According to the judge and jury, who was to blame for the London beer flood of 1814?
Answer
An act of God
Question 3
The size of the world's largest beermat is a whopping 49.21ft (15 meters). Can you tell me which brewery holds the record for creating this monster mat?
Question 4
In 2021, how many liters of beer were sold worldwide? (Closest answer wins).
Answer
174.72 billion litres
Question 5
According to Aristotle, in reference to the way we fall over, what is the difference between people who drink wine and people who drink beer?
Answer
Beer drinkers fall on their back and wine drinker fall in every direction
Question 6
According to statistics, how many people are drunk right now?
(closest answer wins)
Answer
0.7% or 60 million people
Question 7
In the 1980s a beer-drinking goat was voted mayor of which US town? (Extra point for naming the goat)
Answer
Lajitas, Texas. And the goats name was Clay Henry.
Question 8
The term "rule of thumb" was coined by brewers due to their practice of sticking their thumb into the brew. Can you tell me why the brewer would stick his thumb into his ale?
Answer
To check whether the temperature was right for adding the yeast
Question 9
Where did beer get its name from?
Answer
*Latin biber "a drink, beverage". Although it could be Proto-Germanic beuwoz-, from beuwo- "barley."
Question 10
Which Babylonian ruler passed a law forbidding brewers to water down or tamper with beer under penalty of death?
Answer
Hamumurabi