Cheese Quiz Questions and Answers

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Cheese Quiz Questions

  1. Which country does Halloumi come from?
    (a) Cyprus (b) Greece (c) Italy
  2. Which blue cheese was first thought to be discovered by a young shepherd boy on a lonely hillside who became distracted by a beautiful girl passing by, and as a consequence, unwittingly left his packed lunch in a cave for several months which unsurprisingly started to develop a bit of mould?
    (a) Danish Blue (b) Gorgonzola (c) Roquefort
  3. Where does the UK annual Cheese Rolling Festival take place?
    (a) Solsbury Hill (b) Pendle Hill (c) Cooper's Hill
  4. The cheese slicer is a tool that has played an important role in Swedish cheese culture but where was it invented?
    (a) France (b) Switzerland (c) Norway
  5. What is the interior of a Cheese round called?
    (a) The paste (b) The core (c) The belly
  6. What country invented cheesecake?
    (a) Ancient Greece (b) Modern Greece (c) post 1800 America
  7. The cheese called Baby Bel was invented in 1931 in which country?
    (a) France (b) Italy (c) Switzerland
  8. Which of these is produced from camel milk?
    (a) Caciotta (b) Cameo (c) Caravane
  9. A cheese described as "Rich" is?
    (a) Expensive (b) Super creamy (c) Full flavoured
  10. Holland's most exported cheese made in wheels with a waxed red or yellow rind; used in fondues.
    (a) Maasdammer (b) Prima Donna "Dutch Parmesan" (c) Gouda

Answers

  1. (a) Cyprus
  2. (c) Roquefort
  3. (c) Cooper's Hill
  4. (c) Norway
  5. (a) The paste
  6. (c) post 1800 America - dairyman William Lawrence of Chester, New York, who accidentally stumbled on it in 1872
  7. (a) France
  8. (c) Caravane
  9. (b) Super creamy
  10. (c) Gouda

 

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