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

May 10, 2021October 15, 2025 by Charlotte Kitto

General Knowledge Quiz
(Plus Cheese)

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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Published May 10, 2021October 15, 2025

General Knowledge Quiz

Dirt Lover is?
(a) A 100% sheep’s milk cheese inspired by the ash-coated cheeses of France made on Green Dirt Farm, Missouri. (b) A direct translation from the German – Schmutzliebhaber – used to describe a foul tasking cheese. (c) A term used in banter between miners when eating their lunch boxes in the dark.
When did cheese rationing stop after WW2?
(a) 1947 (b) 1960 (c) 1954
The shape of which cheese does not resemble a teardrop?
(a) Caciocavallo (b) Clochette (c) Tetilla
About how many chocolate bars will the average Brit eat in their lifetime?
(a) 2000 (b) 7000 (c) 15000
Which of these is a Middle-Eastern 'pocket bread'?
(a) Bagel (b) Tortilla (c) Pitta
In 1907 Francis Galson, a statistician, observed that in a contest to guess the weight of an ox at a country fair, the median guess of nearly 800 people was accurate to within
(a) One percent (b) Three percent (c) Five percent
Where is Valhalla?
(a) midgard (b) alfheim (c) Asgard
Stockholm Archipelago in the Baltic Sea has how many islands?
(a) 24,000 (b) 240 (c) 24
How many sisters did Prince Philip have?
(a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
How long does a day last on the moon?
(a) 24 hours (b) 13 days (c) 27 days

Answers

(a) A 100% sheep’s milk cheese inspired by the ash-coated cheeses of France made on Green Dirt Farm, Missouri.
(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)
(b) Clochette
(b) 7000
(c) Pitta
(a) One percent (Wisdom of Crowds)
(c) Asgard
(a) 24,000
(b) 4
(c) 27 days

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