Emily's Trivia Quiz If I Get Drunk Well I'll Pass Out on the Floor Now Baby

First, since I'm a public policy student, I'm going to start with a little story about former President Lyndon B. Johnson from his Special Assistant, Joseph A. Califano.

"In the early afternoon, the President, with me next to him in the front seat, took his white Lincoln convertible, top down, for a drive around the ranch. It was incredibly hot; the dust clouds made it hard to breathe. But there was relief. As we drove around we were followed by a car and a station wagon with Secret Service agents. The President drank Cutty Sark scotch and soda out of a large white plastic foam cup. Periodically, Johnson would slow down and hold his left arm outside the car, shaking the cup and ice. A Secret Service agent would run up to the car, take the cup and go back to the station wagon. There another agent would refill it with ice, scotch, and soda as the first agent trotted behind the wagon. Then the first agent would run the refilled cup up to LBJ’s outstretched and waiting hand, as the President’s car moved slowly along."

And people ask me why I want to go into politics.

1. Happy Oktoberfest!  Where is THE place to celebrate Oktoberfest?
a. Berlin
b. Munich
c. Koln
d. Düsseldorf

b. Munich is the home of Oktoberfest and is pictured above.  Word from my dad (or someone else who backpacked through Europe during the 1970s and told me this story) is that it's just a crowded, smelly mess.  Dad, please corroborate or deny this in a comment below.  Thank you.

2. In the Dropkick Murpheys' song, "Good Rats," the lyrics are about rats at the bottom of a brewing barrel of what?
a. Blue Moon
b. Bud Light
c. Guinness
d. Harp

c. Guinness.  It's based on a myth though, don't worry, have a car bomb.

3. While we're on the subject of living things on the bottom of potent potables...What Mexican drink has a worm on the bottom?
a. Tequila
b. Dos XX
c. Cornona
d. Mescal

d. It's not tequila, it's mescal!

4. Which of the following can you do with vodka?
a. Clean the caulking in your bathroom
b. Prolong the life of razors
c. Use as facial astringent
d. Kill wasps
e. Cure foot odor
f. All of the above

f. Obviously.

5. True or false: I have an exboyfriend who claimed he distilled vodka through a Brita filter.

True.  And you wonder why the relationship didn't last.

6. And to continue on my earlier theme of politics and alcohol.  Rather, presidents drinking and driving.  I just wanted you all to enjoy this, courtesy of thesmokinggun.com:

(That didn't have a question, but it's still trivia.)

7. Prussia's Frederick the Great banned the drinking of what substance and told his subjects to drink beer instead?
a. Apple Juice
b. Coffee
c. Caffeinated soda
d. Water

b. Coffee was being imported and it was hurting his country's economy, so he said: "It is disgusting to notice the increase in the quantity of coffee used by my subjects, and the amount of money that goes out of the country as a consequence.  Everybody is using coffee; this must be prevented.  His Majesty was brought up on beer, and so were both his ancestors and officers.  Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war."

Nourished on beer, nice. (Here's the citation.)

And for your entertainment, a drunk squirrel:

 

Emily's Trivia Quiz runs Friday at 9:00 a.m.  She gave up a Thursday night at the bar to write this column on alcohol.  Oh the irony.

 

 

Comments

[Lauren]

HAHA that video rules

[Andrea]

All I could think of watching the video was, "Man, I hope the squirrel was okay." I am such a loser.

[justin]

george bush was born in 1976? and he got arrested for dui when he was 2 months old? man, that sort of lifestyle really shows itself in one's appearance.

[EmGusk]

Andrea: they said the squirrel was fine the next day.
Justin: yeah you're totally right. i think they just screwed up the form.

[Phylan]

By the way, Cutty Sark is probably the second worst whiskey in existence, and it's only second to Canadian goddamned Mist

[Dad]

I have not had the "pleasure" of Octoberfest, but I was in Munich in those rathskeller type places and it's pretty bad. Basically loud and dirty vomitoriums. Lovely.