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Dan Sissman Hour Bonus
- Attribute the following quotation-- "Seesmahn! Seesmahn! Where ahr you, Seesmahn?!"
- Define the following terms used in the New York State Department of Higher Education:
- Stip
- Nail & Mail
- BOF
- NB Letter
- Shamu
- What are the ingredients of a Sergeant Pepper?
- Name every character Dan ever roleplayed at Williams.
- What slogans did Dan come up with for the Morgan East 87-88 entry t-shirt?
- It's midnight on a Monday night back when Dan was still a student at Williams. What is Dan most likely to be doing?
- What fraternity did Dan join at SUNY-Albany?
- What was the name of Dan's tunneling group?
- The leader of which campus band once asked Dan to manage them?
Beer
SLOGANS
Given the current or bygone advertising slogan or on-container blurb, name the beer.
- "The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous"
- "Official Beer of Halloween"
- "England's First Reg'd Trademark"
- "From Master Brewers a Master Brew"
- "Taste the Future of Draft Beer"
- "I had this beer brewed up just for me. I think it's the best I've ever tasted.
- And I've tasted a lot. I think you'll like it too."
- "If you have to ask how much my beer costs, you probably can't afford it."
- "The Beer of Quality"
- "Pure and Without Drugs or Poison"
- "Brewer * Patriot"
- "Wouldn't that be Great?"
- "33"
- "In Hogs we Trust"
- "No Whiners"
- "The only Genuine Pilsner--Brewed in Pilsen"
- "A Century of Excellence"
- "America's Largest Selling Ale"
- "The One and Only"
- "America's Oldest Lager Beer"
- "The Pre-Prohibition Beer"
- "Pure as the Driven Snow"
- "La Cerveza Mas Fina"
STRANGE BREW
Beer and Brewing Oddities
- What's unusual about Ed's Original Cave Creek Beer?
- Identify the distinguishing flavor of the following types of lambic:
- Framboise
- Kriek
- Peche
- Faro
- In the mid 1960's, what foam-producing additive resulted in the deaths of 50 beer drinkers?
- Name the following beer-derived drinks or drinking practices:
- Shot of whiskey dropped into glass of beer
- Half stout and half lager poured into the same glass
- Shot of beer every minute for an hour
- Shot of beer every minute for 100 minutes
- Hole poked in bottom of sealed beer can, beer sucked out of hole when tab opened
- Beer served from glassware 3 feet long
- Beer consumed from the end of vertical hose of arbitrary length
- What was the "rule of thumb" used in brewing centuries ago?
- How did "Old Peculier" get its name?
- Jim Koch, whose company makes the Samuel Adams line of beers, takes an annual public swim in a vat of stale beer. Why?
RELIGION:
- Define the following--
- Holy Hour
- Collar
- Bishop
- Cardinal
- Name the Sumerian Goddess of brewing
MISCELLANY:
- What's the capacity of the "half-keg" one sees frequently at parties?
- What's "Spuds MacKenzie"'s real name?
- According to Anheuser-Busch, where does Coors get their "Rocky Mountain Water"?
- What does CAMRA stand for?
- Which beers are more likely to go "skunky"--ones in green or brown bottles? why?
- What brand pioneered the agitator, a device to make canned beer foamy like draft beer?
- What is an IBU?
- What's the only company still producing Steam Beer?
- What does the Rheinheitsgebot forbid?
- Where was Budweiser first produced?
- What unusual marketing strategy are the makers of Billary beer employing?
- What company created a "Tapper" arcade game based on their product?
- What company is sponsoring the "Gay Games IV" athletic competition in New York this summer?
- According to one explanation, the expression "Mind your p's and q's" has to do with beer. Explain.
- What beer-related term generally appears at the end of the dictionary?
- Name the winner of the Bud Bowl V Sweepstakes. (Hint--the winner has the same name as a famous American author.)
- Name the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model who brews beer at home.
- Someone important to Budweiser died in May 1993. Who?
- Ice Age