how much do you know about the cocktail?

Posted by Elina Uphoff on Monday, May 13, 2024

What do Dorothy Parker, Winston Churchill and Humphrey Bogart have in common?

Well, apart from all being people you'd love to have at a dream dinner party, each was a fan of that most delicious but lethal cocktail, the martini.

Made from gin and vermouth, the martini has been getting people elegantly drunk for at least a century, and the growing trend for classic cocktails means its star shows no sign of fading.

Today is World Martini Day, so how better to celebrate than to take our quiz on the history of this illustrious drink?

We take no responsibility if you end up making yourself one afterwards.

Take this quiz on a mobile device

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