Beer true-or-false quiz

Question 1

Beer is the most-consumed alcoholic beverage in the world.

Accepted Answer

True. Among regular beverages, it is the third-most consumed beverage, after water and tea.

Question 2

Labourers working on the Pyramids in Egypt were paid in beers.

Accepted Answer

True. Each worker was rationed 4-5 liters of beer daily. It was both nutrition and refreshment.

Question 3

Gluten-free beers are a myth.

Accepted Answer

False. Gluten-free beers are made from sorghum, rice, or millet instead of wheat or barley.

Question 4

Beer was first available in bottles and later in cans.

Accepted Answer

True. Bottled beer goes back centuries, while the first beer cans arrived in 1935.

Question 5

Oktoberfest, the world's largest beer festival, takes place in Munich annually.

Accepted Answer

True. It started in 1810 as a royal wedding celebration.

Question 6

During the American prohibition era, only beer was allowed to be manufactured and sold.

Accepted Answer

False. Beer was also banned from 1920 to 1933.

Question 7

Bier is a German word for yeast.

Accepted Answer

False. Bier is German for Beer. Hefe is German for yeast.

Question 8

UK is the top consumer of the Irish beer Guinness.

Accepted Answer

True. Great Britain drinks more Guinness than Ireland, its home!

Question 9

Churchill said, 'I think this would be a good time for a beer.'

Accepted Answer

False. Franklin Roosevelt said it at the end of the Prohibition era.

Question 10

McDonald's serves beer in some countries.

Accepted Answer

True. Germany and France are among them.

Question 11

Cider is a type of beer.

Accepted Answer

False. Cider is made from fermented fruit juice while beer is made from malted barley.

Question 12

Pilsners were invented in USSR.

Accepted Answer

False. It was invented in Czech Republic in the city of Pilsen by Josef Groll in 1842.

Question 13

Light coloured beers are lower in alcohol content.

Accepted Answer

False. The colour of beer depends on the malt content and as such has no relation to its ABV.

Question 14

Corona is famously known as the champagne of beers.

Accepted Answer

False. Miller High Life is.

Question 15

Beer bottles first got metal crown caps in 1892.

Accepted Answer

True. It was invented by William Painter in 1892 in Baltimore.

Question 16

Lion beer is from Singapore.

Accepted Answer

False. It is from Sri Lanka.

Question 17

Milwaukee in Wisconsin, USA was once known as the beer capital of the world.

Accepted Answer

True. It was home to four of the largest American breweries: Miller, Pabst, Schlitz, and Blatz.

Question 18

All beers from all around the world are served at Oktoberfest.

Accepted Answer

False. Only beer conforming to the Reinheitsgebot, and brewed within the city limits of Munich is allowed.

Beer true or false