Free Cigar Trivia
What is a cigar?
A: A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried
and fermented tobacco leaves.
Where did the word cigar originate?
A: From the Spanish cigarro.
Who is credited with the introduction of tobacco
to Europe?
A: Christopher Columbus.
Three of Columbus's crewmen during On Columbus’s
1492 journey, three of his crew are said to have
encountered tobacco for the first time on what
island?
A: The island of Hispaniola.
Tobacco was widely diffused among all of the
islands of the what?
A: Caribbean.
A: Cigar, with twisted, dried tobacco leaves rolled in other leaves.
Spanish and other European sailors adopted the hobby of smoking what?
A: Rolls of leaves.
What French ambassador to Portugal, gave his name to nicotine?
A: Jean Nicot.
In 1542, tobacco started to be grown commercially where?
A: In America.
Where did the Spaniards establish the first cigar factory?
A: On the island of Cuba.
Originally tobacco was thought to have medicinal qualities, but some people considered it what?
A: Evil.
What two European Kings denounced tobacco?
A: Philip II of Spain and James I of England.
Around 1592, the Spanish gallon San Clemente brought what to the Philippines over the Acapulco-Manila trade route?
A: 50 kilograms (110 lb) of tobacco seed.
What was done with the seed?
A: The seed was distributed among the Roman Catholic missionaries.
In the 19th century, cigar smoking was common, while cigarettes were what?
A: Rare.
In the early 20th century, who wrote the famous smoking poem,” The Betrothed”?
A: Rudyard Kipling.
In 1869, Spanish cigar manufacturer Vicente Martinez Ybor moved his operations from Havana to where?
A: Key West, Florida.
Why did Vicente movie his operation?
A: To escape the turmoil of the Ten Years' War.
Soon, Key West became what?
A: An important cigar manufacturing center.
In New York, cigars were made by rollers working where?
A: In their own homes.
It was reported that as of 1883, cigars were being manufactured in how many apartment houses in New York?
A: 127.
As of 1905, how many cigar-making operations were there in the US?
A: 80,000. (Mostly small family operated shops)
How are most cigars are made now?
A: By machine.