Quarters (1983)

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   "Quarters" is one of the most popular of drinking games.  It's not in the OED.
   I don't know if American "drinking games" will be in the OXFORD ENCYLCOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK.  I remember it in the late 1970s-early 1980s.


   September 1983, NATIONAL LAMPOON, pg. 79, col. 1 ad:
QUARTERS
   OFFICIAL GAME GLASS
GRAB YOUR FRIENDS, GET SOME BEER
THE OFFICIAL QUARTERS GAME-GLASS IS HERE!!!


(PROQUEST HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS)(I searched for "quarters" + "game" + "glass" + beer")
   Classified Ad 3 -- No Title
The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Jul 28, 1978. p. C11 (1 page)
(Illegible--ed.)

   The Day Liberty Lost Her Head; The Great Pastime of Bar Bets The Statue of Liberty Ploy
By Joseph P. Mastrangelo. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Aug 22, 1979. p. B1 (2 pages)
(Illegible--ed.)

   Leonards, Neighborhood Bar; A Classic of Its Kind, Pub in Wheaton Is Home for 300 Regulars Leonard's: A Classic Neighborhood Bar
By Bob Levey Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Mar 30, 1981. p. C1 (2 pages)
(Not here--ed.)

   Take Advantage Of the Home Field; 2-Minute Drill
By Phyllis C. Richman and Bob Kelleter. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: Jan 22, 1984. p. L1 (2 pages)
(Illegible--ed.)

   THE BEACH; Ocean City Ritual Lures The Young and Restless Summer Season Is Under Way With Ocean City's Rowdy Ritual Human Tide Rolls Onto Ocean City Streets
By Arthur S. Brisbane Washington Post Staff Writer. The Washington Post (1974-Current file). Washington, D.C.: May 27, 1984. p. A1 (3 pages)
(Second Page):
   "During Memorial Day weekend we sold a lot of what you call quarter glasses.  You try to flip a quarter into the glass and if you miss you take a drink of beer.  You play until you fall down."