Quiz: Drinking in America

Tax rates on beer, wine, and spirits are uniformly based on alcohol content.

True
False

According to the Brewers Association, an industry group, craft breweries added about 5,000 jobs annually from 2015 through 2017. How many jobs did craft breweries add in 2018?

2,500
5,000
10,000
15,000

In 1950, heavy drinking was expensive – ten drinks a day would have cost about 45 percent of the average American’s disposable income. By 2011, those ten drinks a day would have cost the average American only ____ percent of their disposable income.

3
9
17
23

Guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control say that men can safely consume up to ___ drinks a day and women can safely consume up to ___.

0; 0
1; 0.5
2; 1
2; 2

A majority of states have ___________ laws, which allow a bar or restaurant to be liable for a patron’s conduct if the establishment serves an obviously intoxicated person.

Absolute liability
Blue
Dram shop
Sobriety

According to the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, what percent of Americans ages 18 and older reported that they drank alcohol in the last month?

42.3
55.9
66.1
73.6

According to 2018 data from the World Health Organization, which nation consumes the most alcohol per capita?

Germany
Russia
United Kingdom
Moldova

Which state has the highest taxes on alcohol?

Alabama
Oregon
Virginia
Washington

During Prohibition, Americans found creative loopholes that enabled them to continue drinking as much as ever.

True
False

Many experts say that if the cost of alcohol went up, consumption would decrease out of proportion to the higher cost. If that’s true, an economist would conclude that demand for alcohol is ___________?

Elastic
Inelastic
Unitary
Inexhaustible

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