CSS CHAPTER 7 TEQUILA QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
List the (5) designated states within Mexico for Tequila production: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Jalisco
2. Guanajuato
3. Michoacan
4. Nayarit
5. Tamaulipas
Define Tequila: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A spirit produced from the fermented and distilled cooked sap
of the blue agave plant and make within a delimited area of Mexico, subject to the rules of Norma
Oficial Mexicana.
What were the earliest uses for the agave plant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Food & Medicine
2. Rope, cord, or thatch roofing
3. Needles for sewing
When did consumption of fermented agave juice start? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅200 CE
True or False:
Octili Poliqhui is a synonym for tequila - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False, it is a low-alcohol fermented
beverage consumed by the Aztec's. It later became known as Pulque
Define:
Pulque - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Fermented agave beverage that is produced from 6 different agave
subspecies and consumed as a local drink, like beer.
True or False:
Tequila means "Place of Work" - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Why did Pulque production flourish during early Spanish rule? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Spain imposed
high taxes on all alcoholic beverages except Pulque.
, When was Tequila elevated to the status of village? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1656
Which Spanish ruler banned Mezcal production to force the Mexicans to purchase Spanish alcohol? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅King Charles III, from 1785-1789
What Spanish ruler ended the ban on Mexican spirit production? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅King
Ferdinand IV, 1792
Who was granted a license to produce Mezcal wine in Tequila in 1795? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Jose
Cuervo
TEQUILA:
Who is Weber? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The botanist that identified the Blue Agave, his name is in the
scientific name.
Define:
Agave Tequiliana Weber Azul - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The scientific name for Blue Agave
How did the Tequila industry change with the discovery of the Blue Agave? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅As
the finest source of agave, Tequila was assigned to that specie.
What does Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Protect the Appellation of
Origin for tequila
2. Regulates Production
3. Establishes standards for quality and authenticity
4. NOM number is placed on the front or back labels
5. Following NOM gets a producer certified with the TRC
TEQUILA:
List the (5) designated states within Mexico for Tequila production: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Jalisco
2. Guanajuato
3. Michoacan
4. Nayarit
5. Tamaulipas
Define Tequila: - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅A spirit produced from the fermented and distilled cooked sap
of the blue agave plant and make within a delimited area of Mexico, subject to the rules of Norma
Oficial Mexicana.
What were the earliest uses for the agave plant? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Food & Medicine
2. Rope, cord, or thatch roofing
3. Needles for sewing
When did consumption of fermented agave juice start? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅200 CE
True or False:
Octili Poliqhui is a synonym for tequila - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅False, it is a low-alcohol fermented
beverage consumed by the Aztec's. It later became known as Pulque
Define:
Pulque - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Fermented agave beverage that is produced from 6 different agave
subspecies and consumed as a local drink, like beer.
True or False:
Tequila means "Place of Work" - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅True
Why did Pulque production flourish during early Spanish rule? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Spain imposed
high taxes on all alcoholic beverages except Pulque.
, When was Tequila elevated to the status of village? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1656
Which Spanish ruler banned Mezcal production to force the Mexicans to purchase Spanish alcohol? -
CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅King Charles III, from 1785-1789
What Spanish ruler ended the ban on Mexican spirit production? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅King
Ferdinand IV, 1792
Who was granted a license to produce Mezcal wine in Tequila in 1795? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅Jose
Cuervo
TEQUILA:
Who is Weber? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The botanist that identified the Blue Agave, his name is in the
scientific name.
Define:
Agave Tequiliana Weber Azul - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅The scientific name for Blue Agave
How did the Tequila industry change with the discovery of the Blue Agave? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅As
the finest source of agave, Tequila was assigned to that specie.
What does Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) do? - CORRECT ANSWERS✅✅1. Protect the Appellation of
Origin for tequila
2. Regulates Production
3. Establishes standards for quality and authenticity
4. NOM number is placed on the front or back labels
5. Following NOM gets a producer certified with the TRC
TEQUILA:
