QUIZ 557

Check your Knowledge Quotient!

1. Yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes and converts them into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

2. Wine may contain tens of thousands of chemical compounds in amounts varying from a few percent to a few parts per billion.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

           

3. The term "wine" can refer to starch-fermented or fortified beverages having higher alcohol content, such as barley wine or sake.

           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

4. Wine first appeared in the Balkans about 4500 BC and was very common in ancient Greece, Thrace and Rome.           

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

5. The Greek god Dionysus and the Roman equivalent, Bacchus, represented wine.

A. True

B. False

C. Both of the above

D. None of the above

Best of luck!

Answers

1 – A, 2 – A, 3 – A, 4 – A, 5 – A