Trivia For May 12, 2026

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Alcohol

Question 1:

Sake is an alcoholic beverage of Japanese origin made by fermenting this grain.

Rice

  • Sake is mentioned several times in the Kojiki, Japan's first written history, which was compiled in 712 AD. It is believed that fermenting rice into alcohol spread to Japan from China circa 500 BC.

Question 2:

In season 1, episode 7 of Sex and the City, Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) first mentions this cocktail that's made with lemon-flavored vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice.

Cosmopolitan

  • Toby Cecchini is credited with inventing the drink in 1988 at the Odeon in New York City. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the "Cosmo" turned into a cultural phenomenon after it became the signature drink of the show's four main characters.

Question 3:

Carlsberg and Tuborg are brands of beer associated with this country.

Denmark

  • Both brands are currently owned by the Carlsberg Group, which also owns many other beers and is the world's sixth largest brewer.

Question 4:

Because it contains wormwood, this alcoholic spirit was believed to cause hallucinations and therefore banned in the United States from 1912 until 2007.

Absinthe

  • Despite its reputation, scientific studies have shown that the wormwood in absinthe does not cause hallucinations. March 5 sometimes is referred to as "National Absinthe Day", as it was the day the 95-year ban on absinthe was finally lifted.

Question 5:

The term "claret" is used to refer to red wines from what region of France?

Bordeaux

  • "Claret" derives from the French clairet. Historically, it was a rosé, which in the 18th century was the most common wine exported from Bordeaux. Today it refers to a dry, dark-red Bordeaux. It is a protected name within the European Union.

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