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What Is Beer...

Season 8 Episode 14: What Is... Cliff Clavin?
Airdate: January 18 1990
Cliff comes into Cheers and announces that Jeopardy is going to be in Boston and he is going to take the test.

Woody asks "Beer Mr. Clavin?"

Cliff has an answer, or should we say question, for Woody.

What is a brewed alcoholic beverage consisting of barley and yeast?


The truth:

Cliff is half right, according to the German Beer Purity Law of 1516 beer may only contain the following four ingredients: water, hops, barley, and yeast.

Cliff Recommends: Television

This episode was one of the most popular Cheers episodes made, so here are some fun facts about the episode:

  • The categories in the first round were Civil Servants, Stamps from around the world, mothers and sons, beer, bar trivia, and celibacy.
  • The Jeopardy categories used in this episode were actually used on Jeopardy during the Ultimate Tournament of Champions on May 10 2005.
  • Cliff went into final Jeopardy with $22,000.00, his closest competition had $3,300.00, but he still bet it all.
  • The only answer/question actually shown in the episode was Final Jeopardy.
  • The Final Jeopardy answer is 'Archibald Leach, Bernard Schwartz and Lucille LeSueur.'
  • Cliff's question is 'Who are three people who have never been in my kitchen?'

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