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

What are the holes in Swiss cheese called?
(a) Bubbles (b) Löcher (c) Eyes
In Yorkshire, which cheese accompanies apple pie giving rise to the saying 'an apple pie without the cheese is like a kiss without the squeeze'?
(a) Wensleydale (b) Swaledale (c) Yorkshire Blue
Roquefort and Stilton are examples of 'blue cheeses.' Which of these cheeses are also blue?
(a) Maytag (b) Coloumiers (c) Taleggio
What do you call the fear of peanut butter getting stuck to the roof of your mouth?
(a) Ablutophobia (b) Aichmophobia (c) Arachibutyrophobia
Where would you go to eat kimchi?
(a) Korea (b) China (c) Romania
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
In 1994 film Four Weddings and a Funeral, whose funeral does the group attend?
(a) Gareth (b) Gerhard (c) Gerrard
How many permanently inhabited Islands are there in the British Isles?
(a) 136 (b) 36 (c) 336
Prince Philips elder sister Princess Sophie named her eldest son?
(a) Karl Adolf, after Hitler (b) Andrew, after her and Prince Philips father, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark (c) Philip, after her adored brother
Where on the Moon did the Apollo 11 lunar module land?
(a) Sea of Tranquility (b) Sea of Showers (c) Southern Sea

Answers

(c) Eyes - Swiss cheese without eyes is known as "blind".
(a) Wensleydale
(a) Maytag - Maytag Blue is a US produced cheese that is ranked among the world’s finest
(c) Arachibutyrophobia
(a) Korea (a traditional side dish of salted and fermented vegetables, such as napa cabbage and Korean radish)
(b) Ebola
(a) Gareth (played by Simon Callow)
(a) 136 the largest two being Great Britain and Ireland.
(a) Karl Adolf, after Hitler
(a) Sea of Tranquility

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