1. “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me” was a quip delivered by which writer?

   1. William Burroughs

   2. Hunter S Thompson

   3. Jack Kerouac

   4. Raymond Chandler

2. Mojitos were one (or two) of Ernest Hemingway’s favourite drinks; but where was the cocktail invented?

   1. Cuba

   2. USA

   3. Brazil

   4. Spain

3. Which of these poets was known for their excessive drinking habit and wrote the poem Are You Drinking?

   1. Allen Ginsberg

   2. Anne Sexton

   3. William Carlos Williams

   4. Charles Bukowski

4. Who declared: “I have made an important discovery … that alcohol, taken in sufficient quantities, may produce all the effects of drunkenness”?

   1. Aubrey Beardsley

   2. Joris-Karl Huysmans

   3. Oscar Wilde

   4. Max Beerbohm

5. On the night of his death, how many whisky shots did Dylan Thomas claim to have consumed?

   1. 16

   2. 18

   3. 22

   4. 25

6. Dorothy Parker was known for her heavy drinking; but what was the name of her first poetry collection?

   1. Enough Rope

   2. Enough Absinthe

   3. Enough Cocktails

   4. Enough

7. What was F Scott Fitzgerald’s spirit of choice?

   1. Whisky

   2. Vodka

   3. Gin

   4. Rum

8. Which American author once remarked “Our national drug is alcohol. We tend to regard the use of any other drug with special horror”?

   1. William Burroughs

   2. Hunter S Thompson

   3. Truman Capote

   4. Jack London

9. Who wrote an essay entitled Drinking?

   1. Edgar Allan Poe

   2. Evelyn Waugh

   3. Kingsley Amis

   4. Philip Larkin

10. Who said: “Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut”?

    1. Ernest Hemingway

    2. John Cheever

    3. Tennessee Williams

    4. Frederick Exley

Solutions

1:B, 2:A, 3:D, 4:C, 5:B, 6:A, 7:C, 8:A, 9:B, 10:A

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Shum mistakes. You'll be designated driver, then.

2. 5 and above.

   You take the occasional book, but take care not to go overboard with the reading. Maybe you should give it a whirl

3. 9 and above.

   Over the eight! You've really held it together: well done