Pink Elephants Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sidecar

A sidecar is a cocktail of brandy, orange liqueur such as triple sec, and lemon juice. It is considered to be one of the cocktails that every good bartender should know how to make and has been popular since the 1920s.

Answer: Gibson

Original 1958 Flying V guitars, made from korina wood, are much sought after, with aficionados prepared to pay over a quarter million dollars for a good quality example. Famous players include Michael Schenker of UFO and Scorpions, Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash and blues man Albert King.

The cocktail is a mixture of gin and dry vermouth, garnished with a pickled onion and has been drunk since at least 1908. A Polished Gibson uses a potato in place of the pickled onion.

Answer: Zombie

Although the undead in "Night Of The Living Dead" are never referred to as zombies, this was the movie that spawned a host of zombie horror films. TV show "The Walking Dead" first aired in 2010 and producers have hinted that they have enough material to keep the show alive until at least 2022, if the viewing figures remain strong.

A Zombie cocktail is rum based, mixing golden rum, Jamaican rum and 151 proof rum with absinthe, fruit juice and angostura bitters.

Answer: Colombia

Apart from the Pacific and Caribbean, Colombia is also bordered by Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

A Colombia cocktail consists of vodka, blue curacao, grenadine, lemon juice and orange juice, and when made correctly, the ingredients will layer to resemble the Colombian flag of yellow, blue and red.

Answer: Toronto

The CN Tower was the world's tallest free-standing structure until 2007 when it was beaten by Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the world's tallest tower until 2009 when it was surpassed by Canton Tower in Guangzhou.

The Toronto cocktail is bitter and very specific in the ingredients used. It should be Canadian whisky, Fernet-Branca herbal liqueur, angostura bitters and simple syrup, served without ice.

Answer: Manhattan

The Manhattan is another cocktail that every good bartender should be able to make blindfolded and is believed to have been around since the mid-1800s. It is a cocktail of rye whisky (usually Canadian whisky), sweet vermouth and angostura bitters, traditionally drunk as a pre-dinner drink.

Answer: Screwdriver

Slotted, Pozidrive and Keystone are also screw heads with the relevant screwdrivers available for them, but as for cocktails there is only the one screwdriver. A simple mixture of vodka and orange juice served with ice, which was mentioned in an episode of TV show "Fawlty Towers" when Basil Fawlty was confused by an American guest asking for one, rather than a vodka and orange.

Answer: Margarita

The Margarita is an iconic cocktail, partly due to Jimmy Buffet's 1977 song "Margaritaville" in which he "blew out a flip flop, stepped on a poptop" and was "searching for my lost shaker of salt." It is a blend of tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice, served in a glass with a salted rim, and the perfect beverage for watching the sun go down.

Answer: Hurricane

Hurricanes can be a devastating force as well as life changing financially. It is estimated that Katrina cost $81 billion in property damages, but the total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi may be in excess of $150 billion.

The Hurricane is a sweet cocktail that started life in New Orleans and is a mixture of dark rum, white rum, 151 proof rum, passion fruit syrup and lemon juice.

Answer: Greyhound

Greyhound racing started in USA in 1912 and by 1920s had spread to UK where it enjoyed huge popularity, with 16 million people attending a race meeting in 1929. Nowadays it is a minority sport as the UK attendance for 2017 of less than two million illustrates.

To drink a Greyhound one need simply mix gin and grapefruit juice and serve it over ice. When served in a glass with a salted rim, it is known as a Salty Dog.