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    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Names of Drinks
    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Names of Drinks
    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Names of Drinks
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    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Names of Drinks

    By Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen

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    Next time you pour yourself something to drink, whether it’s juice, beer, or a soft drink, take the time to consider how that drink came to be. Here are 28 stories behind the creation of popular drinks. Can you match the drink to its story?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJanet Spencer - Trivia Queen
    Release dateNov 1, 2009
    ISBN9781310350436
    The Quick Quirk Quiz: Names of Drinks
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    Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen

    Janet Spencer:Trivia Queen of the UniverseRoyal Ruler of Useless InformationMaster of Arcane Knowledge and Extraneous LoreKeeper of Forgotten Facts and Startling StatisticsFreelance Hysterics * Creative Profanities * Quantum PerplexitiesJanet Spencer was born in 1960 to a poor white sharecropper in Illinois. At 12, she slipped aboard a southbound freighter headed for Australia, where she was further raised by a pack of wild dingoes. Naturally curious and totally obsessed with the minor details of life, she traveled to London to join the Royal Astronomical Society to learn more of the world and the universe. However, the RAS had a long-standing ban against allowing in poor white sharecroppers half raised by wild dingoes, so she instead camped outside and counting the bricks making up the snobby institution. This was a pivotal experience for her. Finding there were exactly 17,431 bricks started her on her lifelong quest for small details, amazing truths, and petty coincidences. The Trivia Queen claimed her crown!Since then, she has been roaming the world from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, counting bricks, observing small insects, and measuring the average number of grains in a typical salt shaker. With such a vast storehouse of trivial knowledge, she now embarks on a new quest: to share this information with her fellow humans - stumping experts, amazing laymen, and bringing wide-eyed blank stares to all those around her. She is the author of several books including "Montana Trivia" and "Yellowstone Trivia" published by www.RiverbendPublishing.comJanet Spencer spends her spare time serving as chairwoman of the Associated Association of Associated Associations, playing with spatulas, and conversing with ducks.

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      The Quick Quirk Quiz - Janet Spencer - Trivia Queen

      DRINKS

      The Quick Quirk Quiz

      The Surprising Stories, Hidden History,

      and Unusual Origins Behind Familiar Things

      By Janet Spencer, Trivia Queen of the Universe

      Royal Ruler of Useless Information

      Master of Arcane Knowledge & Extraneous Lore

      Keeper of Forgotten Facts & Startling Statistics

      Published by Janet Spencer at Smashwords.com

      Copyright 2009 Janet Spencer

      Discover other works by Janet Spencer at

      www.smashwords.com/profile/view/triviaqueen

      www.TriviaQueen.com

      www.RiverbendPublishing.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share it with. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then you should return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. Thank you for your support!

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      A Successful Tea Merchant

      A Baptized Brew

      Decaffeinated Discovery

      Dehydrated Discovery

      A Coffee Roasting Company

      A Better Brew

      A Successful Coffee Shop

      Rum and Rancid Water

      Bear Booze

      A Bad Bartender

      A Better Beer

      A Prize-Winning Beer

      Opportunity Arises from the Ashes

      A Colorado Company

      A Skimpy Nightgown

      The Nation’s First Distillery

      A Famous Monk

      An English Queen

      A Drink of Water

      Seasick Cows

      Elsie’s Husband

      Happy Cows

      Famous Root Beer

      An Orange Drink

      A Smack in the Face

      A Powdered Drink

      Brad’s Drink

      Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda

      A Successful Tea Merchant

      As a young man in Glasgow, Scotland, Thomas helped his parents run their small grocery store. He spent a few years living in the U.S. where his work in a New York City grocery store introduced him to the effectiveness of publicity events and advertising. Later he returned to Glasgow and opened his own store, which was so successful that he kept opening more. He engaged in innovative marketing techniques including staging parades and hiring brass bands. By 1888 he owned over 300 stores. Around that time, the price of tea began to fall, and his middle-class customers began drinking more of it. Spotting an opportunity, Thomas opened a tea trading office and established wholesale distribution channels that allowed working-class people to be able to easily afford

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