Student Drinking Games

Liven up your trips to the pub or parties by trying out some of the drinking games below. Just don't blame us when you get thrown out for being too loud!

Fuzzy Duck
This is a good game to play after everybody's already had a few. Begin the game by saying "fuzzy duck" to the person to your left. That person then says "fuzzy duck" to the person on his/her left. This continues until someone decides to change the direction of play by saying "does he" (duzzy). "Does he" changes the direction and the phrase that is said. Not only does the direction change but the people must say "ducky fuzz." Now the game is going to the right with "ducky fuzz." The direction is then changed back by saying "duzzy." The words to say go back to "fuzzy duck." Any screw-ups and you must drink two fingers worth of your drink. After a while when the mistakes are more frequent, it turns into, "Does he F**ck?" or "F**k he does."

I Have Never...
This is a great game for a group of close friends or people who really like to share hints of their pasts. Play this in the first week of uni and it will ensure you all get to know each other pretty quickly through this obscure game. It will enable you to collate a complex jigsaw of your flatmate's dark past. Everyone sits around around a table, or on the floor. One person goes first by making a TRUE statement that begins with "I have never...." For example, "I've have never been to Disneyland." Then, if any other player HAS DONE what the person said, they simply drink. As the game progresses, the statements tend to get more personal and explicit. But the game only works when people are honest, and usually tends to be most interesting and revealing when everyone is drunk. However, if somebody drinks on an "I have never..," no explanation is necessary. For example, if someone says, "I've never had sex with an inflatable doll," and someone ends up drinking to it, no explanation is needed, just a drink of affirmation.

The Coin Game
Simple but deadly. Someone is declared coin flipper. He/she flips the coin for each player. If they guess 'heads or tails' incorrectly they drink 2 fingers. If they guess correctly, the coin player must drink 2 fingers then the next player in the circle gets asked 'heads of tails.' Once every player in the circle has been asked then the job of 'coin flipper' moves on to the next person in the circle.

The Name Game/Drink While You Think
Everybody sits in a circle, and someone starts by saying the name of someone famous, or pretty close to being famous as far as those people are concerned. The next person says a name that starts with the first letter of the last name of the previous name. For Example: the first person says "Bart Simpson," then the second person may say "Sean Bean." If a player can't think of a name within a couple of seconds, they must consume for the duration until they can think of an appropriate name. Play never stops, it is always moving. Now, if someone says a name that begins with the same letter on first and last names (ie: Mickey Mouse) then the direction of the circle reverses.

Centurians
The game of legends! To many students the concept of getting pissed on shots of lager sounds like a crap one. However, this game is no myth - it does work! Get your mates together, grab some shot glasses, a fridge full of tinnies and... a watch. Nominate someone to keep an eye on the time and for each minute that passes everyone must down a shot of beer. Piece of piss I hear you say... well go try it then!

Arrogance
This game is a simple way of getting hammered! A group of you sit around a table with a glass (preferably a pint glass!) in the middle of the table. Moving around the table a player will pour a certain amount of alcoholic beverage (beer, wine, spirits, Absinth - depending on how adventurous you are!) into the glass at their discretion. They then toss a coin and call heads or tails. Depending on whether they won on the outcome of the flip of the coin then either they or the person sitting next to them drink the amount of booze in the glass. After they have drunk it the role of pourer moves to the person who they were challenging with the flip of the coin. You then carry on moving the play around the table.

Cocktail Recipes

B-52 - Ingredients: one shot of Bailey's, one shot of Kahlua, one shot of Grand Marnier. Technique: fill mixing glass with ice. Add Bailey's, Kahlua and Grand Marnier, then shake. Pour into a glass filled with ice.
Between the Sheets - Ingredients: one shot of brandy, one shot of Cointreau, one shot of rum, 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Technique: fill mixing glass with crushed ice. Add ingredients, then shake. Pour into a glass filled with ice cubes.
Black Russian - Ingredients: two shots of vodka, one shot of Kahlua. Technique: fill a glass with ice. Add vodka and Kahlua, then stir.
Bloody Mary - Ingredients: two shots of vodka, 75ml of tomato juice, 25ml of lemon juice, 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, dash of Tabasco sauce. Technique: combine ingredients in a mixing glass, then shake with cracked ice. Pour into a glass filled with ice cubes.
Blue Geezer - Ingredients: three shots of blue bols, two shots of vodka, bottle of orange juice, lemonade. Technique: combine ingredients in a pint glass, then top up with lemonade.
Daiquiri - Ingredients: two shots of rum, 25ml of lime juice, 25ml of lemon juice, 1 teaspoon of icing sugar. Technique: fill mixing glass with ice. Add rum, lime juice, and icing sugar, then shake. Pour into a chilled glass and garnish with a slice of lime.
Kamikaze - Ingredients: one shot of vodka, one shot of triple sec, 25ml of lime juice. Technique: shake and serve in a glass over ice cubes.
Manhattan - Ingredients: two shots of whiskey, one shot of sweet vermouth. Technique: add ingredients to a glass of ice cubes and stir, garnish with a cherry.
Screwdriver - Ingredients: two shots of vodka, 150ml of orange juice. Technique: pour ingredients into a glass a ice cubes, stir.
Sex on the Beach - Ingredients: two shots of vodka, one shot of peach schnapps, 50ml orange juice, 50ml pineapple juice, 25ml grenadine. Technique: add ingredients to a glass of ice cubes and stir.
Snakebite and Black, also known as Purple - Ingredients: lager, cider, 75ml of blackcurrent cordial/squash. Technique: pour blackcurrent into a pint glass, then add equal quantities of cider and lager filling the glass to the top. This is the ultimate student cocktail.
Snakebite and Blue - Ingredients: lager, cider, 75ml of Blue Bols/Blue Curacao. Technique: pour the Blue Bols/Curacao into a pint glass, then add equal quantities of cider and lager filling the glass to the top.
Tequila Sunrise - Ingredients: two shots of tequila, 25ml of grenadine, 150ml orange juice. Technique: fill a glass with ice. Add tequila and fill with orange juice, then stir. Slowly pour in grenadine and let it settle. Before serving, stir very gently once, to create the 'sunrise' effect.
Turbo Shandy - sod all this poncy stuff, this is a student favourite! - Ingredients: lager, bottle of Smirnoff Ice, a shot of vodka (optional!). Technique: pour the bottle of Smirnoff Ice into a pint glass and then top up with lager. Throw in a shot of vodka if you're feeling mad for it.
White Russian - Ingredients: one shot of vodka, one shot of Kahlua, 25ml of cream. Technique: fill a glass with ice. Add vodka and Kahlua, then stir. Float cream on top by pouring it slowly over a teaspoon.

Drinking Trivia

• A raisin dropped into a glass of champagne will repeatedly bounce up and down between the top and the bottom of the glass.
  
• Drunk drivers in San Salvador can be punished by death before a firing squad.
  
• The most popular gift in Eastern Europe is a bottle of vodka.
  
• British wine isn't the same as English wine. British wine is made from imported grapes; English wine is not.
  
• The Manhattan cocktail was invented by Winston Churchill's mother.
  
• The term "brand name" originated among American distillers, who branded their names and emblems on their kegs before shipment.
  
• Drinking lowers rather than raises the body temperature. There is an illusion of increased heat because alcohol causes the capillaries to dilate and fill with more warm blood.
  
• In old England, bartenders would advise unruly customers to mind their own pints and quarts (measures of which alcohol were served). It's the origin of "mind your P's and Q's."
  
• Methyphobia is fear of alcohol.
  
• In old England, a whistle was baked into the rim or handle of ceramic cups used by pub patrons. When they wanted a refill, they used the whistle to get service. So when people went drinking, they would "wet their whistle."
  
• Vodka ("little water") is the Russian name for grain spirits without flavour added.
  
• Alcohol is derived for the arabic al kohl, meaning "the essence."