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ENJOY IRISH COFFEE FLASH BACK

AT HOME TRIVIA

By Mick Harper

Questions:

1. What was “Calypso” about?
2. “Give Me Back My Man”
appeared on which album?
3. Why was “Heaven Must
Be Missing An Angel” split
between the A and B sides of
the single?
4. Which artist legally changed
his name to Sananda
Maitreya?
5. Name the song that contains
these lyrics: “Seven thirty
seven comin’ out of the sky,
Won’t you take me down to

Weather-related flight delays or Flying Boat and Maritime Museum, Memphis on a midnight ride.”
cancellations are often the cause can be great for anyone who wants
of much frustration. However, warm up with their own batch of Answers:
one timely storm nearly 80 years Irish coffee at home.
might just have paved the way for a 1. John Denver wrote the 1975
beloved beverage. Step One - Preheat your Foynes Irish song as a tribute to Jacques-Yves
coffee glass by filling it with boiling Cousteau and the oceanographic
In 1943, Joe Sheridan was working water for 5 seconds, then pour the research vessel Calypso.
as a chef at the Shannon Airport in water out. 2. The song was released on “Wild
Ireland. According to the Foynes Planet” by the B-52’s in 1980.
Flying Boat and Maritime Museum, Step Two - Add 1 teaspoon of brown 3. The 1976 disco song by Tavares
on one fateful night, a flight bound sugar and a good measure of Irish was 6 minutes, 38 seconds long.
for Newfoundland was forced to whiskey into the warmed glass. While it didn’t top the Billboard
return to the airport in Foynes due chart, it did reach No. 1 on the
to inclement weather. Sheridan was Step Three - Fill the glass to within Hot Dance Club list.
called back to work that night and 1 centimeter of the brim with hot, 4. Terence Trent D’Arby, in 2001.
asked to create a warm beverage for strong black coffee. Stir well to His debut album won a Grammy
the suddenly stranded passengers. dissolve all the brown sugar. for Best Male R&B Vocal
Quick on his feet, Sheridan brewed Performance in 1989.
some coffee but decided to add a Step Four - Carefully pour lightly 5. “Travelin’ Band” by Creedence
little whiskey. Asked if the beverage whipped cream over the back of a Clearwater Revival, in 1970. In
was Brazilian coffee, Sheridan shook spoon so that it floats on top of the 1972, the group was sued for
his head before indicating his newly coffee. plagiarism for the music, with a
minted creation was “Irish coffee.” claim that it was too similar to
And thus a legendary beverage was Step Five - Do not stir after adding another song, “Good Golly, Miss
born. the cream; optimal flavor comes Molly.” The suit was settled out
from drinking the coffee and Irish of court.
This recipe, courtesy of the Foynes whiskey through the cream.