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Dan Sissman Hour Bonus

  1. Attribute the following quotation-- "Seesmahn! Seesmahn! Where ahr you, Seesmahn?!"

  2. Define the following terms used in the New York State Department of Higher Education:

    1. Stip

    2. Nail & Mail

    3. BOF

    4. NB Letter

    5. Shamu

  3. What are the ingredients of a Sergeant Pepper?

  4. Name every character Dan ever roleplayed at Williams.

  5. What slogans did Dan come up with for the Morgan East 87-88 entry t-shirt?

  6. It's midnight on a Monday night back when Dan was still a student at Williams. What is Dan most likely to be doing?

  7. What fraternity did Dan join at SUNY-Albany?

  8. What was the name of Dan's tunneling group?

  9. 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.

  1. "The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous"

  2. "Official Beer of Halloween"

  3. "England's First Reg'd Trademark"

  4. "From Master Brewers a Master Brew"

  5. "Taste the Future of Draft Beer"

  6. "I had this beer brewed up just for me. I think it's the best I've ever tasted.

  7. And I've tasted a lot. I think you'll like it too."

  8. "If you have to ask how much my beer costs, you probably can't afford it."

  9. "The Beer of Quality"

  10. "Pure and Without Drugs or Poison"

  11. "Brewer * Patriot"

  12. "Wouldn't that be Great?"

  13. "33"

  14. "In Hogs we Trust"

  15. "No Whiners"

  16. "The only Genuine Pilsner--Brewed in Pilsen"

  17. "A Century of Excellence"

  18. "America's Largest Selling Ale"

  19. "The One and Only"

  20. "America's Oldest Lager Beer"

  21. "The Pre-Prohibition Beer"

  22. "Pure as the Driven Snow"

  23. "La Cerveza Mas Fina"

STRANGE BREW

Beer and Brewing Oddities

  1. What's unusual about Ed's Original Cave Creek Beer?

  2. Identify the distinguishing flavor of the following types of lambic:

    1. Framboise

    2. Kriek

    3. Peche

    4. Faro

  3. In the mid 1960's, what foam-producing additive resulted in the deaths of 50 beer drinkers?

  4. Name the following beer-derived drinks or drinking practices:

    1. Shot of whiskey dropped into glass of beer

    2. Half stout and half lager poured into the same glass

    3. Shot of beer every minute for an hour

    4. Shot of beer every minute for 100 minutes

    5. Hole poked in bottom of sealed beer can, beer sucked out of hole when tab opened

    6. Beer served from glassware 3 feet long

    7. Beer consumed from the end of vertical hose of arbitrary length

  5. What was the "rule of thumb" used in brewing centuries ago?

  6. How did "Old Peculier" get its name?

  7. Jim Koch, whose company makes the Samuel Adams line of beers, takes an annual public swim in a vat of stale beer. Why?

RELIGION:

  1. Define the following--

    1. Holy Hour

    2. Collar

    3. Bishop

    4. Cardinal

  2. Name the Sumerian Goddess of brewing

MISCELLANY:

  1. What's the capacity of the "half-keg" one sees frequently at parties?

  2. What's "Spuds MacKenzie"'s real name?

  3. According to Anheuser-Busch, where does Coors get their "Rocky Mountain Water"?

  4. What does CAMRA stand for?

  5. Which beers are more likely to go "skunky"--ones in green or brown bottles? why?

  6. What brand pioneered the agitator, a device to make canned beer foamy like draft beer?

  7. What is an IBU?

  8. What's the only company still producing Steam Beer?

  9. What does the Rheinheitsgebot forbid?

  10. Where was Budweiser first produced?

  11. What unusual marketing strategy are the makers of Billary beer employing?

  12. What company created a "Tapper" arcade game based on their product?

  13. What company is sponsoring the "Gay Games IV" athletic competition in New York this summer?

  14. According to one explanation, the expression "Mind your p's and q's" has to do with beer. Explain.

  15. What beer-related term generally appears at the end of the dictionary?

  16. Name the winner of the Bud Bowl V Sweepstakes. (Hint--the winner has the same name as a famous American author.)

  17. Name the Sports Illustrated swimsuit model who brews beer at home.

  18. Someone important to Budweiser died in May 1993. Who?

  19. Ice Age