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

by Charlotte Kitto

General Knowledge Quiz
(Plus Cheese)

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General Knowledge Quiz

  1. In which town in Wales does the The Big Cheese Festival take place?
    (a) Rhyl (b) Newport (c) Caerphilly
  2. Where were the first wheels of Parmigiano Reggiano PDO born?
    (a) In the province of Parma (b) In the Province of Reggio Emilia (c) In the province of Modena
  3. Where was the first residue of cheese discovered?
    (a) Greece (b) Egypt (c) France
  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. Which of these is a Middle-Eastern 'pocket bread'?
    (a) Bagel (b) Tortilla (c) Pitta
  6. Sir John Flamsteed was the first holder of which royal post?
    (a) The Kings Chemist (b) Astronomer Royal (c) The Principal Painter in Ordinary
  7. The BBC has ceased production of the show Eggheads because the audience is too?
    (a) Clever (b) Stupid (c) Old
  8. In which English county is Stratford on Avon?
    (a) Herefordshire (b) Warwickshire (c) Wiltshire
  9. How many books did Prince Phillip publish?
    (a) None, but he had a library of 8,385 books as of November 1990, including “560 books on birds, 456 books on religion (b) 14 (c) 4
  10. How far is the Moon from Earth?
    (a) 255,784kms (b) 187,890 kms (c) 384,400kms

Answers

  1. c) Caerphilly
  2. (b) In the Province of Reggio Emilia
  3. (b) Egypt
  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) Pitta
  6. (b) Astronomer Royal
  7. (c) Old
  8. (b) Warwickshire
  9. (b) 14
  10. (c) 384,400kms

 

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