Trivia Quiz on Bartending
Updated: Tuesday, November 25, 2025
A ready-made food-drink and general-knowledge quiz that you can use in virtual and in-person events (Zoom, Teams, YouTube Live, Twitch, conferences, meetings, classrooms, etc.)
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Shake up your knowledge with 15 bar-ready questions on classic cocktails, spirits, and mixology must-knows. From Sidecars to Rusty Nails, see which team can pour the perfect answer first.
Calling all home bartenders and trivia lovers—this group quiz stirs together 15 questions on classic cocktails, spirits, measures, and bar lingo, from the Sidecar and White Lady to proof, ponies, shots, and jiggers. It’s perfect for happy-hour icebreakers, in-office socials, house parties, or virtual team mixers, and it runs smoothly in online/live settings like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, YouTube Live, Twitch, or Kick. Duplicate it in a click, split into teams, set a timer, and keep the energy bubbly as you find out who can tell a Gimlet from a Harvey Wallbanger without missing a beat.
1. What is added to brandy to make a sidecar
A) Lemon juice
B) Grand Marnier
C) Cointreau or Triple Sec
D) Orange juice
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2. Which spirit is the base of a White Lady Cocktail
A) Vodka
B) Gin
C) Rum
D) Tequila
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3. What 3 ingredients make a sidecar cocktail
A) Brandy, Triple Sec, lemon juice
B) Brandy, Cointreau, lime juice
C) Brandy, Grand Marnier, lemon juice
D) Brandy Cointreau Lemon juice
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4. To determine the percentage of alcohol in a bottle of liquor, what is divided by two
A) ABV
B) Volume
C) Proof
D) Density
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5. Pony, Shot and Jigger are all units to measure what?
A) Water
B) Wine
C) Spirits
D) Milk
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6. A kamikaze shooter contains Vodka Triple sec and what
A) Lemon juice
B) Pineapple juice
C) Cranberry juice
D) Lime juice
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7. Cocktails: whiskey, angostura bitters, and sugar make an
A) Whiskey Sour
B) Manhattan
C) Old fashion
D) Sazerac
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8. Whisky and Drambuie mix to form what sickly cocktail
A) Whiskey Sour
B) Rusty Nail
C) Godfather
D) Old Fashioned
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9. Common liquor in Alien Urine Sample, Napoleon, Blue Hawaiian
A) Triple Sec
B) Curacao
C) Cointreau
D) Grand Marnier
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10. Cocktails: Vodka and lime juice make a
A) Moscow Mule
B) Gimlet
C) Cosmopolitan
D) Lemon Drop
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11. What cocktail: Vodka, Galliano and Orange Juice?
A) Screwdriver
B) Moscow Mule
C) Tequila Sunrise
D) Harvey Wallbanger
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12. What spirit is added to brandy to make a sidecar?
A) Cointreau or Triple Sec
B) Gin
C) Rum
D) Vermouth
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13. Cocktails: Vodka and Kahlua make a ___________.
A) White Russian
B) Espresso Martini
C) Mudslide
D) Black russian
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14. Which alcoholic drink would you need to make the cocktail Tom Collins? Vodka, Whiskey or Gin?
A) Vodka
B) Gin
C) Whiskey
D) Rum
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15. What is the cocktail called, that consists of four parts of tequila to two parts of lemon or limejuice?
A) Tequila Sunrise
B) Paloma
C) Tommy's Margarita
D) Margarita
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