Quiz for Aficionados

Don’t rush to look in the answers. Try to do the test without any help first. If you get the answers straight away, you can be proud of yourself. If you can’t manage that, use additional literature or our magazine’s file. Good luck!

1. Why do cigars have bands?

a) To distinguish one cigar from another

b) To prevent the fingers from getting

dirty

c) To prevent the wrapper leaf from

unrolling

2. What shape were cigars at first?

a) Straight

b) Narrowed at one end

c) Narrowed at both ends

3. What else apart from the national flag is shown on the guarantee stamp that is printed on every cigar box?

a) A portrait of Fidel Castro

b) A portrait of Columbus

c) A panoramic view of a tobacco plantation

4. What is Volado?

a) The name of a Cuban airline

b) The name of a tobacco bush tier

c) A national sport in Honduras

5. What shape should the burning tip of a correctly rolled cigar be?

a) A cone

b) A ball

c) Flat

6. When does the tobacco harvest begin?

a) May

b) September

c) December

7. How is the shape ‘culebra’ translated?

a) A plait

b) A snake

c) A pigtail

8. Who was the first to use the technology for artificially humidifying cigars?

a) Zino Davidoff

b) Alfred Dunhill

c) Che Guevara

9. What does ‘puro’ mean?

a) A cigar made from tobacco grown in

one country

b) A tobacco cleaned of harmful substances

c) The name of a Brazilian type of tobacco

10. How long is tobacco fermented for?

a) One and a half to two weeks

b) One and a half to two months

c) One and a half to two years

11. The addition of ligero leaf to the cigar filler:

a) Makes the cigar stronger

b) Improves the burning

c) Gives the cigar a spicy taste

12. What is Tripa corta?

a) A machine-rolled cigar

b) A type of wrapper leaf

c) Cut tobacco in the filler

13. When is tobacco grown under a tent?

a) In very dry weather

b) When it is to be used as wrapper leaf

c) To avoid harmful insects

14. A good wrapper leaf should be:

a) Elastic

b) Strong

c) Dark brown

15. What Cuban brand has no ‘double’ produced in other countries?

a) Cohiba

b) Cuaba

c) Trinidad

answers 

1. a

2. c

3. c

4. b

5. a

6. c

7. b

8. b

9. a

10. b

11. a

12. c

13. b

14. a

15. b

15 Points

This is definitely not the first time you have read a cigar magazine. And you’ve almost certainly read a few articles in encyclopaedias about cigars. You are to be congratulated: you carry the title of a Real Aficionado most deservedly.

10-14 Points

You know a lot about cigars, but you want to know more. Probably you haven’t the time to read rare books on the history of cigars or keep up with all the latest information on them in the press. Nevertheless, you can claim the grade ‘excellent’.

5-9 Points

You like smoking cigars, but have not much interest in the cigar industry or its history. You tend to think that your own experience is better than any expert opinions. We’ll give you a ‘B’.

Less than 5 points

You’ve probably only just started smoking cigars. We envy you, because you’ve still got it all in front of you – a whole world of sensations, interesting facts and stories. We won’t give you a mark this time, but do a bit of preparation and you’ll pass next time.

Cigar Clan 4'2006, vol.1