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Vodka; Served: On the rocks: poured over ice: Standard garnish: orange slice and maraschino cherry: Standard drinkware: Highball glass: Commonly used ingredients: 4.5 cl (3 parts) vodka; 1.5 cl (1 part) Galliano; 9 cl (6 parts) fresh orange juice; Preparation: Stir the vodka and orange juice with ice in the glass, then float the Galliano on top ...
Drinking games were enjoyed in ancient China, usually incorporating the use of dice or verbal exchange of riddles. [3]: 145 During the Tang dynasty (618–907), the Chinese used a silver canister where written lots could be drawn that designated which player had to drink and specifically how much; for example, from 1, 5, 7, or 10 measures of drink that the youngest player, or the last player ...
The first written usage of the word vodka in an official Russian document in its modern meaning is dated by the decree of Empress Elizabeth of 8 June 1751, which regulated the ownership of vodka distilleries. By the 1860s, a government policy of promoting the consumption of state-manufactured vodka made it the drink of choice for many Russians.
Hi, Bob is a drinking game in which players watch The Bob Newhart Show and consume alcohol whenever a character utters the phrase "Hi, Bob". Believed to have originated on American university campuses in the 1980s, it is thought to be the first documented instance of a drinking game using prompts from a television show to initiate player action.
Members of Delta Upsilon playing Throw Pong at Bucknell University during the House Party weekend of 1980 [9]. The game was originally believed to have evolved from the original beer pong played with paddles [10] which is generally regarded to have had its origins within the fraternities of Dartmouth College in the U.S. in the 1950s and 1960s, where it has since become part of the social ...
Beverage: Source: Date of first mention: Description and significance: Moloko Plus (Nadsat for "Milk Plus") : A Clockwork Orange: 1962: Aka "milk with knives in it"; drunk by the protagonist to get him in the mood for "a bit of the old ultraviolence" [2] In the film, Moloko Plus is milk laced with one of three (possibly illegal) drugs, Vellocet, Synthemesc and Drencrom.
[2] [3] A borg is designed to be held and consumed by one individual throughout a party, distinguishing it from older communally-served party drinks (which may have similar ingredients) such as jungle juice and punch. [4] Drinkers typically label their borg jug with a nickname, often a pun on the word "borg." [3] [5] [6] [7]
A History of Vodka (Russian: «История водки», Romanized: Istoriya vodki) is an academic monograph by William Pokhlyobkin, which was awarded the Langhe Ceretto Prize. Although the work had been finished in 1979, it was published just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union .