04.01 £300 worth of Champagne 17 Questions

highclassbaby

Q1 - Who said " why do so many people nowadays want to go and live and have holidays in France? the want to make the most of all the inefficiencies of so - called peasant farming life ... the wine food & ambience"?
a) Cherie Blair
b) Michael Palin
c) Prince Charles

Q2 - Which British Prime Minister was revealed to have had a fine wine
cellar containing cases of Sack and Cyprus?
a) Gladstone,
b) Walpole,
c) Edward Heath

Q3 - Which famous champagne brand & luxury goods empire was sold for £1.45bn to starwood capital, owner of the sheraton & Westin Hotels?
a) Moet & Chandon
b) Krug
c) Tattinger

Q4 - on the day David Cameron was confirmed as the Tory front man which old Etonian's wine cellar fetched £56,000 at Chrisites
a) Boris Johnson
b) Alan Clark
c) Nicholas Soames

Q5 - Who bet fellow astronomer Sabine Airieau five bottles of "good Champagne" that they would discover the solar system's 10th planet by the end of 2004 - and receive 10 bottles after failing by just 8 days?
a) Dr Michael Brown
b) Heather Couper
c) sir Patrick Moore

Q6 - Which wine did Spanish researchers discover was buried in an amphora with Kinf Tutankhamum?
a) Nile delta Wine
b) year 5 Red made by Khaa
c) Sparkling Spinx

Q7 - Which French actress and former Bond girl bowed our of bordeaux this year to concentrate on her Sixillian Wine Sangue d'Oro made on the island of Pantelleria?
a) Juliette Binoche
b) Carole Bouquet
C) Emmanuelle Beart

Q8 - Which football luminary was seen perusing the grounds of top Italian winneries Ornellaia, Sassicais and Lungarotti?
a) Sir Alex Ferguson
b) Sven-Goran Eriksson
c) Roman Abramovich

Q9 - who had to apologise to her parents after apparently pleasuring herself on live TV with a champagne bottle?
a) Makosi
b) Madonna
c) Kinga *********

Q10 - What was the name of the wine launched by Simple Red frontman Mick Hucknall?
a) Il Cantante
b) Simply Rosso
c) Lothario

Q11 - Which is the worlds most costly c o c k tail
A) Umbaba's Magic Noir
b) The sheraton Park tower's Louis XIII diamond C ocktail
c) The Paris Ritz's side car

Q12 - with which Portuguese palliative did Jose Mourinho ease Sir Alex Fereguson's pain after Man u lost 2-1 to Chelsea in the Carling Cup
a) Mateus Rose
1964 Barca Velha
c) Taylor's 1966 Vintage port

Q13 - which grande dame was sprayed with champagne on her triumphant return to uk shores in February
a) Dame Ellen MacArthur *********
b) Dame Kelly Holmes
c) Dame Enda Everage

Q14 - Which Premier, who called English food "the worst in Europe after Findland" was forced to eat and drink his words following the creation of 15 strong English wine list for Official Burussels occasions under Britians EU presidency?
a)Vladimir Putin
b) Gerhard Schroder
c) Jacques Chirac

Q15 - Which British artist won the Wine Label of the Year Award at the
inaugural Wine Show in London for the Marks & Spencer Woodhaven
California label?
a) Sir Peter Blake,
b) Damien Hirst,
c) Tracey Emin

Q16 - Which French film star announced his retirement from the big screen to spend more time with his vines?
a) Jean Paul Balmondo
b) Alain Delon
c) Gerard Depardieu

Q17 - A near-intact sculpted head of Bacchus, Roman god of wine and
orgies, was found during excavations of which European city?
a) Athens,
b) Barcelona,
c) Rome*******

Answers on a postcard with addy & tel number

Drink Quiz
The Independent Magazine
Independent House
191 Marsh Wall
London
E14 9RS

bbruce

Any clues?

highclassbaby

I have only found 3 answers so far i will update as i find them

I am like a dog with a boone i will not give up

be Lucky

tyke65

1 c - charles
2
3 c - tattinger
4 b - clark
5 a - brown
6 b - red brewed by khaa
7 b - bouquet
8
9 c - kinga
10 a (il cantante) is the name of vineyard... the wine is called etna red, not given as an option
11 a - umbaba magie noir
12
13 a - macarthur
14 c - chirac
15
16 c - depardieu
17

margf

Answer to question 8 is Roman Abramovich

Good Luck

highclassbaby

on Q11 i am not sure of the answer I think it is b
reasons

Umbaba's Magic Noir - I get £333 per glass and you get a white gold pin
http://www.luxist.com/2005/10/26/the-pound-333-magie-noir-cocktail-at-londons-umbaba/

The sheraton Park tower's Louis XIII diamond Cocktail starts at £4000 and depnds on how big the diamond is and you need 48 hours notice
http://www.toptable.co.uk/feature.cfm?fid=60&arc=200509

The Paris Ritz's side car - 700 euros per glass
http://www.webtender.com/iforum/message.cgi?id=45809

bbruce

Does this close tomorrow?

highclassbaby

Yes it has been a stinker with some questions
Maybe next year