Q.1
Sumerians used the word kas to describe beer. Kas means “_____________________,” which gives us a good sense of how central beer was to their culture.
Fermented beverage
What the mouth desires
Key to my heart
Liquid grain gold
Q.2
Sumerians malted, kilned, and ground barley into conical cakes which were then baked. Presumably, the cake method jump-started the ________________ process of starch to sugar.
Enzymatic conversion
Isomerization
Decoction
Germination
Q.3
True or False: The Sumerian deity of beer, Ninkasi, was a female.
True
False
Q.4
The first hopped beers appeared around the year ______ in the North German Hansa trading league city of Bremen.
3000
1000
1700
1990
Q.5
The first ______ was installed in a brewery in 1748 in London. This new technology replaced manual labor, water power and horsepower for many tasks and made brewing on a large industrial scale possible.
Malt Kiln
Thermometer
Steam Power
Refrigeration