08 Alcohol and literature – quiz

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http://www.theguardian.com/books/quiz/2013/dec/05/alcohol-literature-prohibition-quiz

Alcohol and literature – quiz

It’s been 80 years since the US ended Prohibition, to the relief of many a thirsty author. Can you walk straight through these questions about bookish boozing?

 

Graham Greene pours a drink

Liquid inspiration … Graham Greene pours a drink in 1954. Photograph: Kurt Hutton/Getty Images

  1. 1. “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me” was a quip delivered by which writer?
  2. 2. Mojitos were one (or two) of Ernest Hemingway’s favourite drinks; but where was the cocktail invented?
  3. 3. Which of these poets was known for their excessive drinking habit and wrote the poem Are You Drinking?
  4. 4. Who declared: “I have made an important discovery … that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness”?
  5. 5. On the night of his death, how many whisky shots did Dylan Thomas claim to have consumed?
  6. 6. Dorothy Parker was known for her heavy drinking; but what was the name of her first poetry collection?
  7. 7. What was F Scott Fitzgerald’s spirit of choice?
  8. 8. Which American author once remarked “Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use any other drug with special horror”?
  9. 9. Who wrote an essay entitled Drinking?
  10. 10. Who said: “Always do sober what you said you’d do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut”?