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Cheese Quiz Questions

  1. What age is the oldest edible cheddar recorded?
    (a) 20 years (b) 40 years (c) 100 years
  2. Which of these is not a cheese?
    (a) Black Bomber (b) Scarlet Bandit (c) Carrot Rebel
  3. Which country does Halloumi come from?
    (a) Cyprus (b) Greece (c) Italy
  4. Which country does “Paneer” come from?
    (a) Italy (b) Egypt (c) India
  5. When did cheese rationing stop after WW2?
    (a) 1947 (b) 1960 (c) 1954
  6. Which cheese accounts for almost two-thirds of the Netherlands' production?
    (a) Gouda (b) Maasdam (c) Edam
  7. Carbon dioxide produced by bacteria present during maturation gives which cheese its holes?
    (a) Emmental (b) Bethmale (c) Jarlsberg
  8. Perhaps the most famous Spanish cheese is ?
    (a) Castellano (b) Ibérico (c) Manchego
  9. 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
  10. Which English cheese is known as the King of Cheeses?
    (a) Cheddar (b) Stilton (c) Red Leicester

Answers

  1. (b) 40 years
  2. (b) Scarlet bandit - it's a spring onion
  3. (a) Cyprus
  4. (c) India
  5. (c) 1954 (Although rationing formally ended in 1954, cheese production remained depressed for decades afterwards. During rationing, most milk in Britain was used to make one kind of cheese, nicknamed Government Cheddar)
  6. (a) Gouda
  7. (a) Emmental
  8. (c) Manchego
  9. (a) Derby
  10. (b) Stilton - Stilton, a mellow blue cheese that also has a 'white' version

 

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