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The Kinks-Lola

When you get to be a little older, the need for a clear head and fewer calories starts to replace the desire for over-drinking on New Years Eve. And at our age, who wants to be anticipating a morning-after hangover? But drinking games are fun, and even though the only alcohol we served at our New Years Eve Party was wine, we still were able to have one. It’s just that in our game the drinks were all on paper, and most of them were of the “soft” variety. All we asked of our guests was to match a variety of beverages with the year in which they were first introduced. It led to a lot of head scratching and heated debate among each of our teams, and a lot of groans and “I told you so’s” when the correct answers were revealed. I leave it as a challenge to our readers. How many connections can you make. Just match the libation in the left column to the year of origin in the right column. Correct answers will appear at the end of the post. Our guests were awarded Starbucks’ Gift Cards as prizes, but I won’t object if you take a shot of Patron for every match you make. None of our teams could correctly pair up more than 6 drinks with the proper year. Let me know if you score more, assuming you can still find the keyboard after all the tequila.

7UP	1876
A & W Root Beer	1885
Budweiser Beer	1886
Canada Dry Ginger Ale	1904
Coca Cola	1905
Dom Perignon Champagne	1919
Dr. Pepper	1927
Grey Goose Vodka	1929
Hawaiian Punch	1934
Kool-Aid	1936
Mountain Dew	1940
RC Cola	1961
Snapple Ice Tea	1963
Sprite	1987
Tab	1997

To our actual party guests, our apologies for the very cheesy Neil Diamond game that followed the drinks game. I would be the first to admit that it did not live up to the high standards of a usual Barb and Les production. And I am sure even Neil would admit that “Cherry Cherry Christmas” dredges the bottom of the Neil Diamond Songbook sea. As to our third game, congratulations to a few of our friends on some very interesting rhyming. Perhaps you did fortify yourselves with a few shots of Don Julio when no one was looking.

In closing, Happy New Year to all. We hope 2016 will be a special one, with lots to enjoy and lots to write about. After all, it doesn’t count until the paper work is done!

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Below are the answers to the quiz. Be sure to let us know how you did, and feel free to share and challenge your friends.

Budweiser Beer	1876
Dr. Pepper	1885
Coca Cola	1886
Canada Dry Ginger Ale	1904
RC Cola	1905
A & W Root Beer	1919
Kool-Aid	1927
7UP	1929
Hawaiian Punch	1934
Dom Perignon Champagne	1936
Mountain Dew	1940
Sprite	1961
Tab	1963
Snapple Ice Tea	1987
Grey Goose Vodka	1997

 

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