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

Which Country is Brie Cheese originally from?
(a) Switzerland (b) France (c) Austria
Your nose should be one guide to optimal cheese ripeness. It takes a very long time for cheese to actually go bad. What odour is a sign that cheese is probably well past its best?
(a) Ammonia (b) Penicillin (c) Yeast
Which of these cheeses is not Swiss?
(a) Sbrinz - considered to be the oldest European cheese, an ancestor of Parmigiano Reggiano (b) Vacherin Fribourgeois - enjoyed with a white Burgundy to bring out savoury custard notes. (c) Neufchâtel - similar to Camembert, with a dry, white, edible rind
What is traditionally eaten in Spain at midnight on new year's eve?
(a) 12 Olives (b) 12 dried figs (c) 12 Grapes
Where is haggis from?
(a) Ireland (b) Norway (c) Scotland
What colour is the gemstone malachite?
(a) Green (b) Blue (c) Orange
What is the name of the second James Bond film?
(a) Dr No (b) Goldfinger (c) From Russia with love
Dinnerladies The Reeperbahn is a celebrated center of nightlife in which German City?
(a) Berlin (b) Munich (c) Hamburg
Prior to decimalisation how many farthings were there to the UK pound?
(a) 960 (b) 800 (c) 48
Which country was the second to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon?
(a) China (b) United States (c) Soviet Union

Answers

(b) France
(a) Ammonia – This smell is a result of the aging process. A cheese with a really strong aroma of ammonia that doesn’t dissipate within a minute or so is past its best.
(c) Neufchâtel
(c) 12 Grapes
(c) Scotland (lungs, stomach, liver, and heart from a lamb or sheep, and then mix it up with onion, oat flour, herbs, and spices. Then it's stuffed in a casing made of the animal's stomach and cooked for several hours.)
(a) Green
(c) From Russia with love
(c) Hamburg
(a) 960 (20s X12pX4f)
(c) Soviet Union

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