Questions to Test You

Tests are not just for schoolchildren, students and people trying to obtain a driving licence. They're another opportunity to show the extent of your knowledge – that you know what you are talking about. But should the opposite prove to be true, then look at the correct answers and try a bit of self-education.

1. What is Piloto Cubano?
а) a region of Cuba
b) a sort of tobacco
c) a brand of cigars made in Nicaragua

2. Which Cuban cigars are packed in cellophane?
а) none
b) those exported to countries with a dry
climate
c) machine-rolled cigars

3. The Perdomo Edicion de Silvio cigar
was named:
а) in honour of Silvio Antarez, a hero of
the Cuban Revolution
b) in honour of Silvio Berlusconi, Prime
Minister of Italy
c) in honour of Silvio Perdomo, grandfather
of the founder of the company

4. Cigars produced in what country are
never exported to other countries?
а) Russia
b) Myanmar
c) the Canary Islands

5. The longest Cuban vitola (cigar shape)
is the:
а) Julieta No. 2
b) Piramides
c) Salomones

6. Graycliff cigars are made:
а) in the Bahamas
b) in Costa Rica
c) in the Dominican Republic

7. Before he gave up smoking, Fidel
Castro's favourite cigar was the:
а) Partagas Lusitania
b) Cohiba Lanceros
c) Trinidad Fundadores

8. Cigars of the perfecto format are:
а) narrowed at one end
b) narrowed at both ends
с) straight

9. What is depicted on a Fonseca cigar
label?
а) the Eiffel Tower
b) the El Morro statue in Havana
c) the Statue of Liberty

10. Who thought up the myth about cigars
being rolled on the thighs of mulatto
women?
а) Sigmund Freud
b) Prosper Merime
c) Georges Sand

11. What is the oldest brand of Cuban
cigars that still exists?
а) Cabanas
b) Los Statos de Luxe
c) Belinda

12. According to customs regulations, how
many cigars can be brought into Russia
duty-free?
а) 100
b) 50
c) 25

13. Lasioderma Serricorne is:
а) a type of Tuscany cigar
b) a beetle that attacks tobacco plants
c) tobacco fertilizer used in Cuba

14. Maduro is the term for what colour of
tobacco leaf?
а) brown
b) light-brown
c) dark-brown

15. What temperature and humidity
should be maintained in a humidor?
а) 20-22°С and 70%
b) 15-17°С and 80%
c) 26-28°С and 60%

answers

1. b
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. c
6. а
7. b
8. b
9. c
10. b
11. а
12. b
13. b
14. c
15. а

Give yourself one point for each correct answer

15 points
It looks like this is definitely not the first time you've read a cigar magazine. And you've almost certainly looked up articles on cigars in encyclopaedias. We must congratulate you: you fully deserve the title 'aficionado' and the score: "A+"

10-14 points
You know a lot about cigars, but you want to know more. You probably haven't got enough time to read abstruse books on the history of cigars or keep up with the latest information in the press. However, you can still lay claim to scoring an "Excellent".

5-9 points
You like smoking cigars just for themselves, but have no particular interest in the cigar industry or its history. The way you see it, personal experience is better than any expert opinion. So we'll give you a "Good".

Less then 5 points
You've probably only recently started smoking cigars. We envy you – there is a whole world of sensation, interesting facts and history ahead. So we won't give you a score just yet, but suggest that you do a bit of preparation and take the test another time.