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strTrivia[i++] = "A drinking establishment is now located in the New York City building that once housed the National Temperance Society.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Christopher Columbus brought Sherry on his voyage to the New World.";
strTrivia[i++] = "As Magellan prepared to sail around the world in 1519, he spent more on Sherry than on weapons.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected President of the U.S. in 1932 on a pledge to end National Prohibition.";
strTrivia[i++] = "The consumption of alcohol was so widespread throughout history that it has been called \"a universal language.\"";
strTrivia[i++] = "Bourbon is the official spirit of the United States, by act of Congress.";
strTrivia[i++] = "One glass of milk can give a person a .02 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) on a Breathalyzer test. That\'s enough in some states for persons under age 21 to lose their drivers license and be fined.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the U.S., observed that \"It has long been recognized that the problems with alcohol elate not to the use of a bad thing, but to the abuse of a good thing.\" ";
strTrivia[i++] = "Martha Washington enjoyed daily toddys. In the 1790s, \"happy hour\" began at 3:00 p.m. and cocktails continued until dinner.";
strTrivia[i++] = "The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, rather than continue sailing because they were running out of supplies, especially alcohol beverage.";
strTrivia[i++] = "A raisin dropped into a glass of champagne will repeatedly bounce up and down between the top and the bottom of the glass.";
strTrivia[i++] = "In the 1800\'s, rum was considered excellent for cleaning hair and keeping it healthy. Brandy was believed to strengthen hair roots.";
strTrivia[i++] = "In ancient Babylon, the bride\'s father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead (fermented honey beverage) he could drink for a month after the wedding. Because their calendar was lunar or moon-based, this period of free mead was called the \"honey month,\" or what we now call the \"honeymoon.\"";
strTrivia[i++] = "Before thermometers were invented, brewers would dip a thumb or finger into the liquid to determine the ideal temperature, neither too hot nor too cold, for adding yeast. From this we get the phrase \"rule of thumb.\" ";
strTrivia[i++] = "In old England, a whistle was baked into the rim or handle of ceramic cups used by pub patrons. When they wanted a refill, they used the whistle to get service. So when people went drinking, they would \"wet their whistle.\"";
strTrivia[i++] = "\"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog\" is commonly believed to be the only English sentence devised to include all the letters of the alphabet. However, typesetters have another such sentence: \"Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.\"";
strTrivia[i++] = "Do you like isyammitilka or ksikonewiw? Those are the words for alcohol beverage among the Alabama and the Maliseet-Passamaquoddy tribes of Native American peoples.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Drinking lowers rather than raises the body temperature. There is an illusion of increased heat because alcohol causes the capillaries to dilate and fill with more warm blood.";
strTrivia[i++] = "There is a cloud of alcohol in outer space with enough alcohol to make four trillion-trillion drinks. It\'s free for the taking. . . but it\'s 10,000 light years away from Earth.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Johnny Appleseed probably distributed apple seeds across the American frontier so that people could make fermented apple juice (\"hard\" cider) rather than eat apples.";
strTrivia[i++] = "\"There\'s no free lunch.\" Pennsylvania outlawed free lunches in 1917 to prevent taverns from giving free sandwiches to customers who bought beer to drink with them. This led some shop keepers to sell sandwiches and give away the beer.";
strTrivia[i++] = "It is estimated that the federal government takes in 14 times more in taxes on distilled spirits than producers of the products earn making them. That does not include what states and localities additionally take in taxes on the same products.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Move over, Mickey. Napa valley has replaced Disneyland as California\'s number one trourist destination, with 5.5 million visitors per year.";
strTrivia[i++] = "Adolf Hitler was one of the world\'s best known teetotalers or abstainers from alcohol; his adversary , Sir Winston Churchill, was one of the world\'s best known heavy drinikers.";
strTrivia[i++] = "The soil of one famous vineyard in France is considered so precious that vineyard workers are required to scrape it from their shoes before they leave for home each night.";
strTrivia[i++] = "A labeorphilist is a collector of beer bottles."
strTrivia[i++] = "Most wines do not improve with age."
strTrivia[i++] = "The corkscrew was invented in 1860."
strTrivia[i++] = "Methyphobia is fear of alcohol."
strTrivia[i++] = "The Neolithic period (8500-4000 B.C.) marked the first time in human prehistory where alcohol was fermented. They also produced bread, beer, meat, and grain dishes we enjoy today."
strTrivia[i++] = "Poor soil quality tends to produce better wines. The trick is to \"challenge\" the vines by making them \"work\" harder."
strTrivia[i++] = "The longest bar in the world is 684 feet (or about 208.5 meters) long and is located at the New Bulldog in Rock Island, Illinois."
strTrivia[i++] = "The body or lightness of whiskey is primarily determined by the size of the grain from which it is made; the larger the grain, the lighter the whiskey. For example, whiskey made from rye, with its small grain size, is bigger or fuller-bodied than is whiskey made from corn, with its large grain size."
strTrivia[i++] = "Each molecule of alcohol is less than a billionth of a meter long and consists of a few atoms of oxygen, carbon and hydrogen."
strTrivia[i++] = "Montana became the first state to repeal its enforcement of Prohibition, doing so in 1926 (Prohibition lasted from 1920 through 1933)."
strTrivia[i++] = "Shochu, a beverage distilled from barley, was the favorite beverage of the world’s longest-living man, Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan, who lived for 120 years and 237 days. He was born on June 29, 1865 and died on February 21, 1986."
strTrivia[i++] = "The U.S. Marines’ first recruiting station was in a bar."
strTrivia[i++] = "Fermentation within the body is essential for human life to exist."
strTrivia[i++] = "At the request of a distiller, Louis Pasteur began his pioneering research by investigating the process of fermentation, by which all alcohol beverages and many other foods are produced."
strTrivia[i++] = "Fermentation is involved in the production of many foods, including bread (bread “rises” as it ferments), sauerkraut, coffee, black tea, cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, pickles, cottage cheese, chocolate, vanilla, ginger, catsup, mustard, soy sauce. and many more."
strTrivia[i++] = "Tom Arnold, Sandra Bullock, Chevy Chase, Bill Cosby, Kris Kristofferson, and Bruce Willis are all former bartenders."
strTrivia[i++] = "Frederick the Great of Prussia tried to ban the consumption of coffee and demanded that the populace drink alcohol instead."
strTrivia[i++] = "President Lincoln, when informed that General Grant drank whiskey while leading his troops, reportedly replied \"Find out the name of the brand so I can give it to my other generals.\""
strTrivia[i++] = "Being intoxicated had desirable spiritual significance to the ancient Egyptians. They often gave their children names like \"How Drunk is Cheops\" or \"How Intoxicated is Hathor.\""
strTrivia[i++] = "The national anthem of the US, the \"Star-Spangled Banner,\" was written to the tune of a drinking song."
strTrivia[i++] = "In the 1600's thermometers were filled with brandy instead of mercury."
strTrivia[i++] = "The term \"brand name\" originated among American distillers, who branded their names and emblems on their kegs before shipment."
strTrivia[i++] = "The region of the U.S. that consumes the least alcohol (commonly known as the \"Bible belt\") is also known by many doctors as Stroke Alley."
strTrivia[i++] = "Dipsomania refers to an abnormal or insatiable craving for alcohol."
strTrivia[i++] = "The word \"toast,\" meaning a wish of good health, started in ancient Rome, where a piece of toasted bread was dropped into wine."
strTrivia[i++] = "Rhode Island never ratified the 18 Amendment establishing Prohibition."
strTrivia[i++] = "Most vegetable, and virtually all fruit juices, contain alcohol."
strTrivia[i++] = "There are 83 dry towns and villages in Alaska."
strTrivia[i++] = "In West Virginia, bars can advertise alcohol beverage prices, but not brand names."
strTrivia[i++] = "The Mayflower, well-known for bringing the Pilgrims to the New World, ordinarily transported alcohol beverage between Spain and England."
strTrivia[i++] = "Wine has about the same number of calories as an equal amount of grape juice."
strTrivia[i++] = "White wine gets darker as it ages while red wine gets lighter."
strTrivia[i++] = "During World War II, a group of alpine soldiers who were stranded in mountain snows survived for an entire month on nothing but a cask of sherry."
strTrivia[i++] = "President Jimmy Carter's mother said \"I'm a Christian, but that doesn't mean I'm a long-faced square. I like a little bourbon.\""
strTrivia[i++] = "President Thomas Jefferson was the new U.S nation's first wine expert."
strTrivia[i++] = "It's impossible to create a beverage of over 18% alcohol by fermentation alone."
strTrivia[i++] = "Temperance activists, who strongly opposed the consumption of alcohol, typically consumed patent medicines that, just like whiskey, generally contained 40% alcohol!"
strTrivia[i++] = "The word \"liquor\" is prohibited on storefronts in some states of the U.S."
strTrivia[i++] = "The average number of grapes it takes to make a bottle of wine is 600."
strTrivia[i++] = "The pressure in a bottle of champagne is about 90 pounds per square inch. That's about three times the pressure in automobile tires."
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