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 does Halloumi come from?
(a) Cyprus (b) Greece (c) Italy
Which English county has three cheese varieties that use its name?
(a) Cheshire (b) Lancashire (c) Gloucester
Where does the UK annual Cheese Rolling Festival take place?
(a) Solsbury Hill (b) Pendle Hill (c) Cooper's Hill
Where can you find the best moules-frites?
(a) France (b) Luxemburg (c) Belgium
Which of these is a Middle-Eastern 'pocket bread'?
(a) Bagel (b) Tortilla (c) Pitta
The psychological need to steal things often of little value is known as?
(a) Kleptomania (b) Egomania (c) Dipsomania
Which Dylan song was the subject of a plagiarism controversy when a high school student from New Jersey claimed to be its original author?
(a) Don’t think twice its alright (b) Blowing in the wind (c) Masters of War
Oakham is the county town of which English county?
(a) Rutland (b) East Yorkshire (c) Suffolk
Which British Prime Minister famously said a week is a long time in politics?
(a) Harold McMillan (b) Anthony Eden (c) Harold Wilson
Which famous composer wrote the “Moonlight Sonata”?
(a) Mozart (b) Beethoven (c) Chopin

Answers

(a) Cyprus
(b) Lancashire! Creamy Lancashire, Crumbly Lancashire and Tasty Lancashire are very different cheeses!
(c) Cooper's Hill
(c) Belgium (it's considered as almost the national dish)
(c) Pitta
(a) Kleptomania
(b) Blowing in the wind - In 1962, Dylan let a folk magazine called Sing Out! publish the lyrics. The student, Lorre Wyatt from Millburn, New Jersey, got the magazine and played it for the band he was in, claiming he wrote it. They performed it for their school a few months before Dylan released the song, which led everyone in the school to believe Dylan had stolen the song from Wyatt.
(a) Rutland
(c) Harold Wilson
(b) Beethoven

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