Question #1
Worms in the bottom of your tequila bottle
None
One
Two
Three
Four
Question #2
The law regulating Tequila
Defines two categories of tequila
and specifies which plants may be used in the tequila process and where
they may be grown
Says that if you drink a whole
bottle of Tequila in one sitting you are not responsible for your actions
for the next 24 hours.
Ensures the similarities between
mezcal and tequila.
Defines four categories of
tequila and specifies which plants may be used in the tequila process and
where they may be grown
Question #3
The best tequila is made by
Modern techniques
Crushing agave with stones
called tahones
Harvesting the agave by hand
Splitting the piñas
(hearts) of the agave plant before cooking
Steaming the agave hearts in
large pressure cookers to release the natural sugars
All of the above
Question #4
Agave sap is fermented
9 hours, 30 minutes
12 hours
24 hours
up to 72 hours.
Question #5
Agave sap is fermented
Once
Twice
Thrice
Frice
Question #6
Silver tequila is
Aged nine months
Aged two months
Not aged
Aged nine years
Question #7
Plata tequila is
Sometimes called blanco
Is considered finished when
it is crystal clear
Is finsihed when just out of
the still
Is never actually aged
Sometimes gets a little "rest"
in stainless tanks or oak barrels up to 45 days
Is often bottled in the United
States
All of the above
Question #8
Tails are
A description of ripe agave
fronds
The last bits in the distillation
process
The other side of the coin
Another way of describing the
worm in the bottle
Question #9
Raw tequila has
A golden color
Is clear
Looks like brown sugar
Question #10
The first tequila distillery
Was actually built in Scotland
Was established in Madrid,
Spain prior to Columbus
Was founded by Spanish conquistadors.
Was established by Don Pedro
Sanchez de Tagle, Marquis of Altamira
Question #11
Silver tequila is
Dilluted with distilled water
One grade above Bronze Tequila
Enriched with silver iodide
Is aged in silver casks
All of the above
Question #12
Gold Tequila
Is called "oro" by Mexican
aficianados
Is made from the gold agave
plant.
Comes in one true variety
Results from aging in desert
pinewood casks
Is enriched by flecks of fool's
gold
Question #13
Premium Tequilas
Are cheaper than single-maltscotch
because they don't have to be aged
Are the same as regular tequilas,
they just charge more for them.
Are a myth, tequila is and
always has been a peasant drink.
Receive their color, unique
flavor and smoothness by aging
Question #14
The margarita was invented by
A Texas socialite named Margarita
The admirer of a Texas socialite
named Margarita
A bartender named Jose Marga
Nobody knows
Question #15
Tequila is
An original Mexican product.
A volcano about 40 miles out
of Guadalajara.
Manufactured in five Mexican
states
Best identified with the state
of Jalisco
All of the above
Question #16
Tequila is manufactured in the following Mexican regions;
Guanajunto
Michocan
Nayarit
Tamaulipas
Jalisco
None of the above
All of the above
Question #17
Two types of worms and 3 different butterfly larva can be found
in your bottle of mezcal.
True
False
Question #18
Tequila is
A peasant drink
An completely unregulated
industry
Regulated by a woman named
Norma
Regulated by Mexico's tequila
law, NOM, (Norma Oficial Mexicana "Tequila," enacted in 1949)
Question #19
Tequila is
A yaqui Indian word meaning
truth
The drink named after a volcano
An Indian word meaning "40
miles out of Guadalajara"
The Indian word for "Kabloom!"
The word for "diuretic"
Question #20
Tequilo is
A small cactus with hallucinogenic
properties
A small vegetable like a tomato
A blend of different vintages
of tequila
A small bottle of tequila,
also called a "Pocito"
Question #21
Tequila is
fermented cactus juice
fermented sap of the agave
plant
Fermented lillies.
Question #22
Distillation takes place over
a half month
a fortnight
dos semanas
two weeks
Any of the above
Question #23
Real Mexicans only drink gold-colored tequila
True
False
Question #24
Gold tequila
Is only produced in Europe.
Is produced for the American
marketplace
Is the favourite of true Mexican
connoisseurs
Is never made with caramel
coloring
Question #25
Reposodo refers to
Tequila you sip while reclining
by the pool
Tequila that is allowed to
"sleep" two months
Tequila that looks good in
fancy bottles
Tequila and has a profound
effect on you
Question #26
Añejo tequila refers to
Tequila bottled on the anniversary
of its fermentation
Tequila that is not aged.
Tequila aged two to six months.
"The tequila curse."
Aged in oak barrels for at
least a year
Question #27
Tequila can go "off" if stored in a barrel more than four years.
True
False
Question #28
Tequila does not have a vintage year like other alcohols.
True
False
Question #29
Silver tequila is always harsh
True
False
Question #30
It takes agave
6 years to ripen properly
8 years to ripen properly
12 years to ripen properly
2 years to ripen properly
Question #31
Heads are
The flip side of the peso that
tells the distiller when to start the second distillation
The bathroom where you have
to go after you have eaten the worm in the bottom of the bottle of mezscal
The odor created during the
distillation process
The top of the distillation
wort
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