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)

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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.
How many pounds of milk are needed to make 1 pound of cheese?
(a) 5 pounds of milk (b) 10 pounds of milk (c) 8 pounds of milk
This is a natural complex of enzymes produced in any mammalian stomach to digest the mother's milk, and often used in the production of cheese?
(a) Rennet (b) Chymosin (c) Curds
What are canapés?
(a) Meat and cheese trays (b) Savoury dessert pastries (c) Small open sandwiches
Which group of people are associated with 'Ital' food
(a) Scandinavians (b) Rastafarians (c) Italians
Which of the following trees usually flower in May?
(a) The Judas Tree (b) The Foxglove Tree (c) The Rowan Tree
In what year was the first ever "cat video" recorded?
(a) 1894 (b) 1912 (c) 1932
What is the largest island in the world?
(a) Australia (b) Madagascar (c) Greenland
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
What year did the first spacecraft reach the moon?
(a) 1959 (b) 1962 (c) 1968

Answers

(a) A 100% sheep’s milk cheese inspired by the ash-coated cheeses of France made on Green Dirt Farm, Missouri.
(b) 10 pounds of milk
(a) Rennet
(c) Small open sandwiches
(b) Rastafarians
(a) The Judas Tree (b) The Foxglove Tree (c) The Rowan Tree - All flower in May!
(a) 1894 - Thomas Edison's 'The Boxing Cats' From 1894
(c) Greenland - Australia [ a continent so not strictly an island] Madagascar [ 227,000 sq miles] Greenland [is the world’s largest island. While Australia is an island, it is considered a continent. Greenland has an area of 840,000 sq. miles, but a meagre population of 56,452. The population is over 85% Inuit.]
(a) Karl Adolf, after Hitler
(a) 1959 (Luna 1, a Soviet craft)

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