Bar Management: History of Alcoholic Beverages

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What is the primary purpose of a bar?

A place for prostitution and gambling

A location for moonshining and bootlegging

A venue for symposiums and libations

A commercial establishment where beverages are sold and served to guests (correct)

What is the meaning of the word 'beverage'?

A place where wine is poured

A type of illegal liquor

Something that comes from the word 'bibere' meaning to drink (correct)

A type of unsavory gathering place

What is the purpose of the Eighteenth Amendment?

To allow the sale of alcohol in all 50 states

To promote symposiums as a form of social gathering

To establish taverns as places of lodging

To prohibit the manufacture, sale, transportation, and importation of intoxicating liquor (correct)

What is the term used to describe the illegal production of alcoholic beverages during prohibition?

Moonshining Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the Twenty-First Amendment?

To allow the sale of alcohol in all 50 states and the District of Columbia Signup and view all the answers

What is the term used to describe places that sold illegal liquors during prohibition?

Speakeasies Signup and view all the answers

Where were grapevines found in 1,000 B.C.?

Sicily and Northern Africa Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a process of coating clay vessels with tar on the inside?

Pitching Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the English word 'win'?

From the Latin word 'vinum' and the ancient Greek word 'oinos' Signup and view all the answers

Who is credited with shipping the first corked bottles of wine to England?

The Portuguese Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the Symposiums in ancient Greece?

To discuss philosophical matters during hours of after-dinner drinking Signup and view all the answers

What is the original meaning of the word 'symposium'?

Drinking together Signup and view all the answers

What was the practice of the Early Persians when discussing matters of importance?

They discussed all matters once when they were sober and once when they were drunk Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following was NOT used as a food item?

Water Signup and view all the answers

Which Roman deity was associated with wine and festivities?

Bacchus Signup and view all the answers

What was the purpose of the 'Libation' ritual?

To pour wine or oil on the body or soil Signup and view all the answers

What was the claimed benefit of drinking a mixture of wine and ground saffron?

It could cure impotence Signup and view all the answers

What was the use of ale in water supply by English soldiers?

To prolong life Signup and view all the answers

What was the result of soaking garments in a mixture of salt and wine by the Vikings?

The garments became as hard as a board Signup and view all the answers

Who founded La Fabrica de Cerveza de San Miguel in the Philippines?

Don Enrique Maria Barretto de Ycaza Signup and view all the answers

What was the trend in the beverage industry in 2023 regarding packaging?

Environment-friendly packaging Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the company that became the Philippine bottler of Coca Cola in 1927?

San Miguel Corporation Signup and view all the answers

What is the trend in the beverage industry in 2023 regarding the use of ingredients?

Use of organic ingredients Signup and view all the answers