As Jim has been good about remindin' us, it's all about the beer, eh? So, like we put together this contest to give away prizes and stuff, but it's really all about the beer and so we said let's make it a Beer Contest! Beauty, eh? Now then, it's real simple like: you just answer the fifteen questions below and the person who gets the most right gets the top prize. But it doesn't stop there, the runner-up also gets a prize! And the next couple runners-up get stuff, too. In case there's a tie or somethin', we'll use the tie breaker question. Ya gotta be registered for BIYF 2001 to win, but that's about the only requirement. Just cook up some backbacon, pull on your toque and click away to enter. If you have any trouble with the form, just e-mail the answers to me. Good luck, eh?

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1. Which of beer's basic ingredients is associated with bitterness?

   1. Barley
   2. Hops
   3. Yeast
   4. Water
      
      
2. How many U.S. gallons in a standard keg?

   1. 8.5
   2. 15.5
   3. 20
   4. 34
      
      
3. Homer Simpson usually drinks what brand of beer?

   1. Sudz
   2. Moe's
   3. Olympia Dry
   4. Duff
      
      
4. Historians and Anthropologists generally believe that beer was first brewed approximately...

   1. 500 years ago
   2. 1300 years ago
   3. 3000 years ago
   4. 10,000 years ago
      
      
5. Belgian beers produced by means of airborne, naturally occurring yeast are called?

   1. Alt Beers
   2. Lambics
   3. Monastics
   4. Barley Wines
      
      
6. In 1986's Blue Velvet, Kyle MachLachlan chooses which fine lager as his favorite (despite Dennis Hopper's fierce disapproval)?

   1. Budweiser
   2. Heineken
   3. Old Milwaukee
   4. Corona Light
      
      
7. Stouts may vary from one brand to the next, but the one thing that they most frequently have in common is a character provided by which of the following?

   1. Crystal Malt
   2. Chocolate Rye Malt
   3. Finishing Hops
   4. Roasted Barley
      
      
8. According to the Catholic Church, who is the patron saint of brewers?

   1. St. Andrew of Belsenz
   2. St. Jerome
   3. St. Arnold
   4. St. Gerard
      
      
9. The science / art of fermentation is referred to as what?

   1. Osmology
   2. Alchemy
   3. Leventology
   4. Zymurgy
      
      
10. Name the brand of beer Burt Reynolds "hauled" from Texas to Atlanta (in less than 28 hours) in Smokey and the Bandit (1977).

    1. Coors
    2. Mickey's Big Mouth
    3. Budweiser
    4. Milwaukee's Best
       
       
11. The past participle of drink is?

    1. Drank
    2. Drunken
    3. Drunk
    4. None of the above
       
       
12. "Give me a woman who loves beer and I will conquer the world." Who said it?

    1. Henry VIII
    2. Winston Churchill
    3. Kaiser Wilhelm
    4. Frank Zappa
       
       
13. Which of the following styles usually has the highest alcohol content?

    1. English Brown Ale
    2. Australian Lager
    3. Porter
    4. India Pale Ale
       
       
14. Writing in the early 1930's, the hard-drinking American novelist Ernest Hemingway referred to this European nation's beer as the best in Europe apart from Germany's and Czechoslovakia's. What country was this?

    1. Poland
    2. Spain
    3. Belgium
    4. Italy
       
       
15. What kind of beer did the boys drink during the opening scenes of The Deer Hunter?

    1. Coors
    2. Old Milwaukee
    3. Pabst Blue Ribbon
    4. Rolling Rock

Tie-Breaker Question (closest answer wins):
How many gallons of beer do the storage tanks at the Elsinore Brewery hold?