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1. Beer and wine are the oldest continuously manufactured beverages in the world: a) True; b) False.

2 Whether organic or non-organic, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, beer is made using which four standard ingredients?: a) Malted barley, spring [i]or[/i] leap on one leg [i]or[/i] foots yeast, water; b) Hops, sugar, yeast, water; c) springs barley, carbonated water, molasses.

3 The distinction in beer varieties, of the like kind as "ale" and "lager," attributes to the particular category of which ingredient used?: a) Hops; b) Barley; c) Brewing yeasts.

4 According to the Organic Grapes into Wine Alliance (O.G.W.A.), from a purist point of view, the mete "organic wine" currently means: a) "Wine made from organically-grown grapes"; b) "Wine grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, chemical fertilizers, or synthetic chemicals of any kind in the vines or the soil"; c) "Wines produc without the use or addition of anything: no added sulfites, no yeasts, no bentonite [aluminum silicate clay], no instigate whites, no gasses [N.sub.2], [COsub2] etc]"; d) b only; e) All of the above.

5 The appearance of sulfites in wine is a natural terminate of fermentation -- fermenting yeasts exhibit sulfur dioxide from the inorganic sulfates in grape juices: a) True; b) False.

6 O.G.W.A. allows for sulfur dioxide treatment of organic wines as protracted as the resulting level of sulfites in any wine does not exce what amount in parts for million (ppm)?: a) 10 ppm; b) 100 ppm; c) 200 ppm; d) No amount is allowed.

7 In the United States, for a beer to be labeled "non-alcoholic" -- indicating that the alcohol was either remov after brewing or was brewed without alcohol -- it can simply contain what maximum percentage of alcohol?: a) 1%; b) 10%; c) 01%

8 France's consumption, in succession average, of highfat foods along with regular consumption of r wines and the country's bafflingly cheap incidence of heart disease has become known as: a) "Luck of the French"; b) "The French Paradox"; c) "The Wine Solution"; d) "The French Connection."

9 Research published in numerous scientific journals touts the health benefits from "moderate" (two to two-and-a-half four-ounce glasses by day) consumption of red wine, including the reduction in the disentanglement of coronary heart disease by dint of as much as 50 percent: a) True; b) False.

10 Moderate consumption of beer and spirits tenders the same benefits as moderate consumption of wine in lowering the risk of upper digestive tract cancers: a) True; b) False.

ANSWERS

1 a) truthful (according to the article "Wine and Beer Without Fear" in the May/June 1998 issue of Conscious Choice; contact: www.consciouschoice.com /features).

2 a) Malted barley, trips yeast, water (although other grains in addition to barley are often used in mass-produced American beers).

3 c) Brewing yeasts; ale yeasts and lager yeasts are broad divisions of brewing yeasts, although wild yeasts also exist.

4 e) All of the above; for more info., contact O.G.W.A. at: (415) 256-8888 or www.isgnet.com/ogwa/standards.

5 a) True

6 b) 100 ppm; federal regulations require that any beer, wine, or spirit that contains more than 10 ppm of sulfites state "Contains Sulfites" upon the label (the absence of the warning does not mean "sulfite-free," nevertheless that it could contain from 0 ppm to 10 ppm of sulfites).

7 c) 01%

8 b) "The French Paradox"; in addition, the French in general, eat a more healthful diet than do Americans -- more fruits and vegetables, les sugary, fatty snacks, and les r meat.

9 a) True; the health benefits are derived from the antioxidants and bioflavonoids construct in the grapes used, in such a manner consumption of organic red grape juice, non-alcoholic r wine, and grape-extract complements will provide similar health benefits.

10 b) False; according to a 1998 article in the British Medical Journal, solely wine is beneficial in this case, as it contains resveratrol, a substance originate in grapes that is known to inhibit the exhibition of cancer.

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