Here's refreshing news: June is National Iced Tea Month. (Gee, wonder why it's not in November?) Anyway, this caffeinated potable is a great way to stay cool in the summer.

Test your knowledge of iced tea by taking our quiz.

1. Historians disagree on who ''invented'' iced tea. One theory has it that tea plantation owner Richard Blechyden first inadvertently introduced it at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis because of what circumstance:

a) He ran out of coffee and Coca-Cola.

b) It was too hot to serve hot tea, so he put ice in the vat.

c) He was given four large chunks of ice and didn't know what else to do with them.

2. Others say iced tea can be traced to 1890, when people at the Ex-Confederate Veterans Picnic in Nevada, Mo., imbibed. According to a clipping from The Nevada Noticer newspaper, how much iced tea did picnickers drink?

a) 3 gallons

b) 526 gallons

c) 880 gallons

3. What percentage of the iced tea consumed in the United States is black?

a) 95 percent

b) 97.5 percent

c) 99 percent

4. What percentage of all tea consumed in the United States is iced?

a) 57

b) 64

c) 85

5. In addition to its antioxidant qualities, tea is a low-calorie beverage. How many fewer calories does brewed iced tea, without sugar or sweetener, contain compared with a bottle of Nestea Classic, Sweetened, Lemon iced tea?

a) 0

b) 20

c) 80

Answers: 1: b; 2: c; 3: a (green tea, 4 percent; oolong, 1 percent); 4: c; 5: c

Sources: www.calorieking.com; teausa.com; teammuseum.org; foodreference.com.

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