1. 

   Zoom hangovers have become a thing since lockdown, as people enjoy virtual drinks – and no one has to drive home. But you'd be going some to finish a Methuselah of wine. How many normal bottles are in one of these babies?

   1. 2

   2. 4

   3. 8

   4. 12

2. 

   The Czech Republic easily tops the table for world beer consumption. How many litres, per head, of Pilsener, Budvar, Staropramen (and the rest) do its citizens get through a year?

   1. 43

   2. 83

   3. 103

   4. 143

3. Most of the countries in the top 10 beer drinkers of the world (per capita) list are European, but the number two slot is occupied by an outlier. Can you guess it?

   1. Namibia

   2. United States

   3. Australia

   4. The Seychelles

4. 

   Belgium, a surprising 27th on the consumption list, is historically the home of serious brewing, but which European country actually has the largest number of active breweries?

   1. Germany

   2. The Netherlands

   3. Italy

   4. The UK

5. 

   A recent strong-beers race between Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands has led to some mighty brews. What's the ABV of Brewmeister's amber-red Snake Venom?

   1. 18%

   2. 25%

   3. 47%

   4. 67.5%

6. 

   A "caesar" is Canada's answer to the bloody mary, with vodka, spices and tomato juice in a salt-rimmed glass. But which unique ingredient does it also contain?

   1. Maple syrup

   2. Clam broth

   3. Fermented moose horn

   4. Seal blood

7. The origins of Brazil's famous caipirinha are murky, but according to some accounts it was developed for ...

   1. Keeping up the spirits of sugar-cane labourers

   2. Getting the dancing going at Brazil's São João winter festival

   3. Treating Spanish flu in the 1918 pandemic

   4. Lubricating the fingers of Samba drummers

8. 

   Gin, cherry brandy, Benedictine, lemon or lime juice, pineapple juice and Angostura bitters are the ingredients of which exotic cocktail?

   1. Cosmopolitan

   2. Mai-Tai

   3. Daiquiri

   4. Singapore Sling

9. A Long Island iced tea is made from a headache-inducing mixture of vodka, gin, tequila, rum and triple sec - but what other ingredient provides its tawny hue?

   1. Coca-Cola

   2. Kahlúa

   3. Strongly brewed tea

   4. Brown sugar

10. Byarozavik is a nutritious – and non-alcoholic – drink popular in Belarus and neighbouring states. What is it made from?

    1. Crushed cucumbers

    2. Birch sap

    3. Sprouted rye

    4. Potatoes and sour cream

11. 

    Yielding pale white wine with pear, white peach and grapefruit flavours, vermentino grapes are mostly cultivated in which Italian region?

    1. Piedmont

    2. Puglia

    3. Liguria

    4. Sardinia

12. 

    Which is the most important grape for growers in France's Rhone valley?

    1. Syrah

    2. Pinot noir

    3. Grenache

    4. Cabernet sauvignon

13. Many a Zoom party will include glasses of ever-popular New Zealand sauvignon blanc, but which French region did the grape originate from?

    1. The Loire

    2. Bordeaux

    3. Alsace

    4. Burgundy

14. Red, white and rosé Sukhindol wines come from which country?

    1. Chile

    2. Thailand

    3. Bulgaria

    4. Turkey

15. 

    The Guinness brewery in Dublin has been running since 1759, but before 1939 what were its employees not allowed to do?

    1. Refuse a pint of Guinness with dinner in the canteen

    2. Drink on the job

    3. Sell their company shares

    4. Marry a Catholic

16. Rakı, ouzo, sambuca and arak are popular liquors in many parts of Europe, and beyond. What do they all have in common?

    1. The name means "fiery water"

    2. They're all flavoured with anise

    3. They have to be made in a copper still to be authentic

    4. They're all said to improve men's fertility

17. 

    Many visitors to the island of Madeira will enjoy a glass of "poncha" or punch – rum with various tropical fruit juices. But where does the name come from?

    1. The way your head feels next morning after too many glasses

    2. The Hindi word for "five" – the number of ingredients in the original drink

    3. A South American word for blanket - for the drink's warming properties

    4. An old French word for push or jostle

18. 

    "The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you. They balance each other." Big drinker Orson Welles was talking about which cocktail?

    1. Martini

    2. Old-fashioned

    3. Negroni

    4. Gimlet

19. 

    Whether in a Tom Collins or a classic G&T, gin is an indispensable drinks cabinet ingredient, but what is the origin of the name?

    1. Geneva, Switzerland, where herb extracts were first mixed with clear spirit

    2. Its popularity as a fortifier during long games of gin rummy

    3. From jenever, Dutch for the juniper berries that give the drink's distinctive flavour

    4. From Old French engin, meaning device or trick

20. 

    After a long night of Hite beers with soju chasers, you stumble to a cafe next morning for a restorative haejangguk, or "hangover soup". Which country are you in?

    1. South Korea

    2. Finland

    3. Taiwan

    4. Gambia

Solutions

1:C - Methuselah was said to be the oldest man in the Bible, dying at 969 years old - must be all those antioxidants in a good tannic red!, 2:D, 3:A - A legacy of German colonisation, beer is a huge product in Namibia, with the capital, Windhoek, alone producing a dozen brands. Locals claim Namibian beer doesn't cause hangovers. , 4:D - Thanks to the explosion of craft beer, the UK was, in 2018, home to 2,030 breweries. Many are still selling online ..., 5:D - Yes, really. Snake Venom (£50 a bottle) comes with a warning to only drink one per sitting., 6:B - The salty bivalve stock is said to highlight the sweetness of the tomato jiuce, 7:C - One possible original recipe, from Portugal's Alentejo region, was made with lemon, honey and antiviral garlic. It is still advised as a cold remedy , 8:D - The Singapore Sling was invented by bartender Ngiam Tong Boon in the Raffles Hotel at the start of the 20th century, 9:A - There is no tea in Long Island iced tea - it was named for its resemblance to an altogether less-potent drink, 10:B - A traditional clear drink in eastern Europe and Russia for centuries, byarozavik is harvested in a similar way to maple syrup, in the spring, as birch sap begins to move from roots to budding leaves, 11:D, 12:A - The Rhône valley is the historic cradle of syrah: it was almost wiped out by phylloxera at the end of the 19th century but replanted in the second half of the 20th, and now the valley is the benchmark for syrah wines , 13:B - Much of the Loire valley is planted with sauvignon blanc, but the grape is indigenous to south-west France, 14:C - The small town of Sukhindol sits on the Danubs plain in central Bulgaria, amid excellent grape-growing territory, 15:D - According to Thomas Molloy, writing in the Irish Independent, the company had no qualms about selling drink to Catholics but it did everything it could to avoid employing them until the 1960s, 16:B - The clear spirit goes cloudy when water is added because the essential oil of anise is soluble in strong alcohol but not in water, 17:B - Panch is Hindi for five, referring to five elements: alcohol, sugar, lemon, water, and tea (or spices), 18:C - The actor and director enjoyed his first glowing red negroni in 1947 while filming Black Magic in Rome, 19:C, 20:A - Strong beef broth with chilli, garlic, soy sauce, sesame and spring onions will certainly take your mind off a sore head

Scores

1. 16 and above.

   We salute you - but maybe take a little water with it. The lockdown may well last several more weeks

2. 11 and above.

   Quite the sophisticated drinker, if not yet reaching Hemingway heights

3. 0 and above.

   Wow, your liver must be squeaky clean despite the lockdown

4. 6 and above.

   Showing admirable restraint here, but maybe explore beyond Lidl's special offers