Cheese (Plus More) Quiz Questions and Answers for Pub Quizzes and Social Nights

General Knowledge Quiz
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What started as a light-hearted way to stay connected during COVID lockdowns quickly became one of our most popular traditions — and we’ve kept it going ever since.

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General Knowledge Quiz

  1. Which of these is NOT a type of Lancashire Cheese
    (a) Young creamy (b) Mature tasty (c) Mature pungent
  2. Is Stinking Bishop cheese named after?
    (a) The sour milk used in production (b) A legend about a local Bishop (c) A pear
  3. What was the name of the sailor who dreamed of Toasted Cheese in Treasure Island?
    (a) Ben Gunn (b) Long John Silver (c) John Trelawney
  4. Cold Duck is a liquid comprising?
    (a) Juice from cooking duck flamed in brandy (b) A fizzy concoction of sparkling burgundy and champagne. (c) A drink comprising of Angostura bitters and vodka used as an intermediate step in going in for Cold Turkey.
  5. What are canapés?
    (a) Meat and cheese trays (b) Savoury dessert pastries (c) Small open sandwiches
  6. Which infectious virus is named after a river valley in Congo Democratic Republic, where the first outbreak was recorded in 1976?
    (a) Rubella (b) Ebola (c) Typhoid
  7. In George Orwell’s novel 1984, the official language of Oceana is known as?
    (a) Elvish (b) Newspeak (c) Klingon
  8. Which of these countries has the largest land area? (a) Russia (b) China (c) Mongolia
    (a) Russia (b) China (c) Mongolia
  9. What is the middle name of Angela Merkel?
    (a) Ester (b) Dorothea (c) Clara
  10. What is a blue moon?
    (a) when the moon looks bluish (b) the full moon in January (c) a thirteenth full moon in a calender year

Answers

  1. (c) Mature pungent
  2. (c) A Pear, in this case one that was used to wash the rind. That pear was known as stinking bishop
  3. (a) Ben Gunn
  4. (b) A fizzy concoction of sparkling burgundy and champagne. (Popular in the 1970s,the name comes from a translation of the German Kalte Ente.)
  5. (c) Small open sandwiches
  6. (b) Ebola
  7. (b) Newspeak
  8. (a) Russia (16,376,870 sq.km) China (9,388,211 sq. km) Mongolia (1,553,560 sq. km)
  9. (b) Dorothea
  10. (c) a thirteenth full moon in a calender year

 

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