Can you pass this bartending quiz?

By: Jouviane Alexandre
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Can you pass this bartending quiz?
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About This Quiz

Do you spend a lot of time at the bars, sipping cocktails or making them? You might consider yourself a wine and spirits connoisseur, but you'll never know until you try this quiz!
Screwdrivers include what fruit juice?
Apple juice
Orange juice
The screwdrivers is a very simple mixed drink. It is comprised of orange juice and a shot of vodka.
Cranberry juice
Grape juice

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Which liquor is used to make a Bloody Mary?
Rum
Gin
Tequila
Vodka
Bloody Marys are a popular drink, made from vodka, tomato juice, horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, Tabasco, salt and pepper. An alternative to fruity drinks, it is definitely savory.

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Which of these cocktails could be ordered dry or dirty?
Americano
Manhattan
Martini
Martinis can be ordered dry or dirty. A dry martini essentially contains less vermouth, while a dirty martini will include olive juice.
Old Fashioned

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Which cocktail is made with these ingredients: vodka, triple sec, cranberry juice and lime juice?
Painkiller
Mojito
Cosmpolitan
The drink Cosmopolitan is often shortened and referred to as a "Cosmo." It is typically considered a feminine drink, due to its increased use on the HBO show, "Sex and the City."
Blue Blazer

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Which cocktail is made with these ingredients: Amaretto liqueur and sweet and sour mix?
Amaretto Peaches
Amaretto Sour
An Amaretto Sour is a popular and easily made drink. The drink can sometimes come with variations of lemon juice and simple syrup, but you'll always find a maraschino cherry for taste and style.
Amaretto Supreme
Amaretto Splash

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A hairy navel is the stronger version of which drink?
Fuzzy Navel
A fuzzy navel is made with peach schnapps, orange juice and vodka. A hairy navel is a stronger version of the drink, which includes more vodka.
Peachy Navel
Buttery Navel
Mossy Navel

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What exactly is the sunrise in a Tequila sunrise?
lime juice and grenadine
grapefruit juice and curacao
orange juice and grenadine
A tequila sunrise is a simple cocktail to make with three easy ingredients: tequila, orange juice, and grenadine.
lime juice and peach schnapps

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When a customer asks for a house margarita, what is the underlying flavor?
Strawberry
Pineapple
Lemon/Lime
When it comes to the cocktail favorite, margaritas, the house margarita includes lemon or lime juice for the citrus flavor.
Orange

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What does a Blue Moon beer get garnished with?
Lemon
Lime
Mint
Orange
Blue Moon beer is always garnished with an orange and nothing else, in order to help bring out the flavors of the beer.

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Which liqueur is used in margaritas?
Vodka
Gin
Rum
Tequila
The main ingredient in a margarita is tequila. The taste of the drink is often manipulated through the use of different fruit juices, like strawberry or mango.

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When making an Americano, what type of soda is used?
Club
The Americano is a popular cocktail among the older crowd. The ingredients include club soda or seltzer water, as well as Campari and vermouth.
Sprite
Coca-Cola
Ginger Ale

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What whiskey is required to make a Lynchburg lemonade?
Johnnie Walker
Jameson
Jack Daniels
To create a Lynchburg lemonade, you'll first need Jack Daniel's whiskey. The drink can be completed with sweet and sour mix, triple sec and lemon-lime soda.
Fireball

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Which cocktail is made with these ingredients: lemon juice, club soda, simple syrup and gin?
Espresso Martini
Boulevardier
Mint Julep
Tom Collins
The Tom Collins is a classic drink that is served in a Collins glass. The drink is often garnished with a lemon wedge or slice.

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What kind of beer is used for an Irish Car Bomb?
Yuengling
Coors Light
Guinness
The Irish Car Bombs is a popular bar drink. It's made with Guinness beer, Bailey's Irish Cream, and Jameson whiskey.
Heineken

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Which of these is known as the coffee liqueur?
Grenadine
Curacao
Kahlua
Kahlua is a liqueur that's popular for its coffee taste. It is used in a ton of popular drinks, such as black and white Russians and mudslides.
Triple Sec

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The following ingredients make up which popular drink: Whiskey, vermouth and bitters?
Long Island
Manhattan
Manhattan is an older popular drink. It is simply made with three ingredients and often garnished with a maraschino cherry.
Brooklyn
Queens

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What liquor is used in a Daiquiri?
Vodka
Rum
The daiquiri is a popular fruity drink - strawberry being an exceedingly popular flavor. The drink is completed with lemon and lime juice, as well as lemon-lime soda.
Whiskey
Gin

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Which of these isn't an ingredient in Long Island iced tea?
Tequila
Rum
Triple Sec
Iced Tea
Long Island iced tea is a very deceiving name. While you might think the drink has iced tea, due to the name and the taste, the drink is devoid of any signs of iced tea.

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The following ingredients make what popular bar drink: vodka, Irish cream, butterscotch schnapps and coffee liqueur?
Sex on the Beach
Buttery Nipple
Buttery nipple is another popular mixed drink, characterized by its butterscotch schnapps and Irish cream.
Fuzzy Navel
Moonlight Bay

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Which two fruits are at the center of a pina colada?
Orange and Lemon
Pineapple and Grapefruit
Pineapple and Coconut
The pina colada is one of the more popular mixed drinks, due to its fruity taste. It is created with pineapple juice, coconut cream, and rum.
Pineapple and Banana

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What is the proper order for taking a tequila shot?
shot, lime, salt
salt, lime, shot
lime, salt, shot
salt, shot, lime
When it comes to patrons who want to take a shot, they must first lick the salt off of a small area before downing the shot and then sucking on the lime.

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Which of these drinks is created with rum?
Appletini
Sex on the Beach
Mojito
The mojito is a refreshing drink, made with rum. The rest of the ingredients are lime juice, club soda, sugar and mint leaves.
White Russian

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What is the other ingredient in a Jager bomb, besides Jagermeister?
Gin
Vodka
Red Bull
The Jager bomb is a very easy shot to create, with just two ingredients. It is done by combining Jagermeister with Red Bull.
Beer

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Which drink would you create if you switched out the gin in a Tom Collins with whiskey?
Ted Collins
John Collins
The "Collinses" are popular drinks that involve the same few ingredients: lemon juice, club soda and simple syrup. The variations come through switching our the different liqueurs.
Tim Collins
Bob Collins

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How many types of rum should you use for a Mai Tai?
1
2
While some often change some of the ingredients in a Mai Tai, it is definitely made by using two different flavors of rum. Some of the other ingredients include lime juice, curacao or grenadine, and simple syrup.
3
4

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Which of these ingredients is not used in an original Kamikaze shot?
Vodka
Blue Curacao
An original kamikaze shot is made with vodka, triple sec and lime juice. To make a blue kamikaze, the triple sec is replaced with the curacao.
Triple Sec
Lime Juice

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If you were asked to make a Malibu Bay breeze, which fruit juice would you leave out of it?
Grapefruit juice
Malibu Bay breezes contain three simple ingredients: coconut rum, cranberry juice and pineapple juice. Grapefruit juice is used in "sea breeze" drinks.
Cranberry juice
Pineapple juice
None of these juices go in a Malibu Bay breeze

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If someone asked for a White Russian, which ingredient would you leave out?
Cream
Rum
White Russians are an extremely popular cocktail. Made mostly of Kahlua and Vodka, the drink is finished off with a dash of cream.
Vodka
Kahlua

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Which of these wines is white?
Pinot Noir
Zinfandel
Pinot Gris
All of the listed wines are red, with the exception of Pinot Gris. While Pinot "Noir" refers to black grapes, gris is the French word for gray.
Cabernet Sauvignon

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How many liqueurs are used in a Long Island iced tea?
3
4
5
While many believe Long Island iced tea contains actual tea, the drink is made up entirely of liquors: gin, rum, tequila, triple sec and vodka.
6

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Bourbon is used in which one of these drinks?
Sex on the Beach
Negroni
Mint Julep
The mint juleps is a refreshing drink that includes bourbon. The drink is finished off with simple syrup, club soda and of course, mint!
Mojito

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Which of these is not a real gin drink?
Gin Five
There are a lot of popular drinks created with gin, the most popular being a gin and tonic. Other popular gin drinks are the buck, fizz, and rickey with include ginger ale, lemon-lime soda, and club soda.
Gin Buck
Gin Fizz
Gin Rickey

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What is the last ingredient added to an Irish Car Bomb?
Bailey's Irish Cream
Guinness
Jameson
Jameson and Bailey's Irish Cream
When drinking an Irish Car Bomb, the Guinness beer is poured halfway into a glass before a 2-ounce shot of Jameson and Bailey's Irish cream is dropped to the bottom of the glass.

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Which of these ingredients is not used in making Sex on the Beach?
Vodka
Peach Schnapps
Cranberry Juice
Pineapple Juice
Sex on the Beach is another mixed drink with simple ingredients. The drink includes vodka, peach schnapps, cranberry juice and orange juice.

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What drink is made with these ingredients: Irish cream, coffee liqueur and peppermint schnapps?
Peppermint Pattie
Girl Scout Cookie
A Girl Scout Cookie shot is made easily with the above ingredients. The shot is named for its taste, which is similar to the girl scout cookies, Thin Mints.
Minty Fresh Breath
None of the above

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