Test your spirits IQ from the origins of the world's oldest breweries to the specific garnishes and glassware that define modern mixology and classic cocktail culture. This is a Adult / General Food review game in a Jeopardy-style format: a teacher puts the board on one screen, teams pick clues by point value, and the class answers out loud — no student devices or accounts needed. Categories: Classic Cocktails, Brewery Lore, Spirit Origins, Pop Culture Pours, Garnish & Glassware.
- Adult / General Food review
- Whole-class review on one shared screen
- Test or quiz prep
- Team-vs-team practice in class
A peek at what's on the board — 5 categories and one sample clue from each. Answers stay hidden until you open them, so the game still works.
Traditional recipes for this tequila-based drink demand a salt rim and a combination of lime juice and Cointreau or Triple Sec.
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Margarita
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This Irish dry stout, first brewed at St. James's Gate in 1759, features a trademarked harp on its label.
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Guinness
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Though often associated with Russia, this clear spirit's name is derived from 'voda', the Slavic word for water.
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Vodka
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Carrie Bradshaw and the cast of 'Sex and the City' are credited with making this pink, vodka-and-cranberry drink a 1990s icon.
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Cosmopolitan
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Known for its distinctive copper mug, this ginger beer and vodka drink is almost always served with a lime wedge.
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Moscow Mule
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Board content
Classic Cocktails
- $100 — Traditional recipes for this tequila-based drink demand a salt rim and a combination of lime juice and Cointreau or Triple Sec.
- Margarita
- $200 — Created at the Manhattan Club in the 1870s, this cocktail consists of rye whiskey, sweet vermouth, and Angostura bitters.
- Manhattan
- $300 — The 'Vesper' variant of this cocktail, famously ordered by James Bond, calls for Kina Lillet instead of dry vermouth.
- Martini
- $400 — This 'tropical' drink, whose name means 'good' in Tahitian, was famously contested between Vic Bergeron and Donn Beach in 1944.
- Mai Tai
- $500 — Named after a WWI artillery piece, this bubbly drink mixes gin, lemon juice, sugar, and Champagne.
- French 75
Brewery Lore
- $100 — This Irish dry stout, first brewed at St. James's Gate in 1759, features a trademarked harp on its label.
- Guinness
- $200 — In 1876, this 'King of Beers' became the first in the U.S. to use pasteurization to keep beer fresh during long-distance shipping.
- Budweiser
- $300 — This specific style of Pale Ale was heavily hopped in the 19th century to survive the 4-month ship journey from England to the East Indies.
- IPA
- $400 — Founded in 1040, the Weihenstephan Brewery in this European country is widely considered the oldest continuously operating brewery in the world.
- Germany
- $500 — Adopted in 1516, this Bavarian law, known as Reinheitsgebot, originally restricted beer ingredients to just water, barley, and hops.
- The Purity Law
Spirit Origins
- $100 — Though often associated with Russia, this clear spirit's name is derived from 'voda', the Slavic word for water.
- Vodka
- $200 — To be legally labeled as this spirit, the mash must be at least 51% corn and aged in new, charred oak containers.
- Bourbon
- $300 — This botanical spirit, nicknamed 'The Green Fairy', was banned in the U.S. from 1912 until 2007 due to its high thujone content.
- Absinthe
- $400 — This juniper-flavored spirit gained mass popularity in 18th-century London during a period of extreme overconsumption known as 'The Craze'.
- Gin
- $500 — French law dictates that this brandy must be twice-distilled in copper pot stills and produced in its eponymous region in the Charente department.
- Cognac
Pop Culture Pours
- $100 — Carrie Bradshaw and the cast of 'Sex and the City' are credited with making this pink, vodka-and-cranberry drink a 1990s icon.
- Cosmopolitan
- $200 — The Dude, played by Jeff Bridges in 'The Big Lebowski', drinks nine of these cream-based cocktails throughout the film.
- White Russian
- $300 — The 2004 film 'Sideways' caused a massive drop in sales for this red wine variety after the protagonist Paul Giamatti shouted his disdain for it.
- Merlot
- $400 — This specific brand of Cognac saw a 30% sales spike in 2002 after Busta Rhymes and P. Diddy released a hit song titled after it.
- Courvoisier
- $500 — In 'Casablanca', Rick Blaine famously drinks this brand of Champagne, which also appears in several James Bond novels.
- Mumm
Garnish & Glassware
- $100 — Known for its distinctive copper mug, this ginger beer and vodka drink is almost always served with a lime wedge.
- Moscow Mule
- $200 — This tall, curved glass used for tropical drinks was named after a 1940s New Orleans cocktail created by Pat O'Brien to use up surplus rum.
- Hurricane glass
- $300 — This short, wide-rimmed glass, also called an 'Old Fashioned glass', is named after the standard volume of spirits it holds.
- Rocks glass
- $400 — A 'Gibson' cocktail is identical to a standard Gin Martini except that it is garnished with this instead of an olive.
- Pickled Onion
- $500 — The 'pousse-café' is a category of drinks served in narrow glasses that utilize this physical property to keep different colored liqueurs in layers.
- Specific gravity
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