Cheese Quiz Questions

1. In French, the word “pie chart” is a cheese name. Which one is it?
   (a) Brie (b) Camembert (c) Picodon
2. What is the size of a serving of cheese?
   (a) 55g (b) 80g (c) 30g
3. How many kilos of milk does it take to make a kilo of cheese?
   (a) 50 (b) 10 (c) 3
4. Which cheese accounts for almost two-thirds of the Netherlands' production?
   (a) Gouda (b) Maasdam (c) Edam
5. In the 15th century this famous English cheese was made with ewe's milk, but it's now cow's milk cheese. What is it?
   (a) Cheshire (b) Double Gloucester (c) Lincolnshire Poacher
6. Which English cheese, factory-made as early as 1870, is better known in its sage-flavoured, green coloured version than its original form?
   (a) Derby (b) Cheshire (c) Gloucester
7. Soft French cheese known as the 'King of Cheeses.'
   (a) Brie (b) Salers (A pressed cheese from Auvergne) (c) Camembert (a soft cheese from Normandy)
8. What kind of cheese was given to Queen Victoria as a wedding present?
   (a) Blue Stilton (b) Red Windsor (c) Cheddar
9. The thin, dark line in French Morbier is due to?
   (a) Volcanic ash (b) Gauloise ash (c) Blue mould
10. Legend has it that a young French shepherd saw a beautiful girl on the horizon. Leaving his lunch box in a nearby cave, he went out to meet her. Returning months later a mould had transformed his plain cheese into this cheese.
    (a) Gorgonzola (b) Jeune mâle (c) Roquefort
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