Wednesday beer trivia contest (all answers updated)

Play or don't. Google research in very bad taste. Some are easy, others not so much. Happy Hump Day.

1. What brand of beer was Benjamin Braddock drinking in the opening scene of "The Graduate?"
Ben was drinking an Oly.

2. Micky Mantle and Roger Maris hit "xxxxxxxxxx" blasts.
Ballantine is correct. The blasts ended after the 1966 season when the brewery discontinued its sponsorship of Yankees baseball.

3. What beer "tastes too good to hurry through?"
Miller tastes too good to hurry through. When it's time to relax, one beer stand clear, beer after beer - if you've got the time, we've got the beer.

4. What was "Milwaukee's finest beer?"
Blatz it is. "Smoother flavor, less filling that's clear, Blatz is Milwaukee's finest beer."

5. "xxxxxxxx, of Philadelphia, Norristown and Cleveland."
Schmidt's is correct. Used to get six-packs for $.99 my freshman year in college.

6. Yoo hoo, Mabel, xxxxxxxxx
Black Label. Carling's signature brand.

7. What beer tasted "as great as its name?"
Old Milwaukee it is. Drinkable stuff for a cheap beer, if it was cold enough.

8. Which beer was brewed in the "Land of Pleasant Living?"
National Bohemian Beer, from the National Brewing Company of Baltimore, Md. Natty Bo had a race-track oval on the label.

9. Which beer was "fire-brewed?"
Stroh's is correct. The old 8-pack for bottles was great if you had four guys in the car.

10. What is "America's Classic Premium Beer?"
It is Hamm's, from the Land of Sky Blue Waters.

11. If you “look out for the bull” what are you buying?
Schlitz Malt Liquor. Nasty stuff. Like Colt 45 and Hoppin' Gator, it seems to have disappeared.

12. "Hi neighbor, have a xxxxxxxxxxxx."
Narragansett Beer.


13. What beer has the number "33" printed on the back of its labels?
Rolling Rock is right. The "33" is there because there are 33 words in the Rolling Rock pledge.

14. What beer signed replaced the Chesterfield cigarettes logo on the Polo Grounds scoreboard?
Rheingold is correct. Schaefer was on the scoreboard at Ebbets Field.

15. Which brewer sponsored Chelsea FC from 1994-97?
Coors is correct.

 

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13. Rolling Rock

 

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15. Coors

 

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6. Black Label (Carling Black Label Beeeeer)

11. Has to be Schlitz Malt Liquor, no???

 

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Updated with some correct answers.

 

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11 - 'Gansett.

 

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10. Hamm's, the beer refreshing.

 

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14. Rheingold.

 

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12. 'Gansett, short for Narragansett Beer.

4. Pabst?