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

The village of Cheddar is in which British county?
(a) Somerset (b) Herefordshite (c) Lincolnshire
Headcheese is?
(a) Slang for the boss (b) A cold cut terrine or meat jelly, often made with flesh from the head of a calf or pig usually set in aspic (c) Tete de fromage, literally the head of a cheese department.
What are the holes in Swiss cheese called?
(a) Bubbles (b) Löcher (c) Eyes
The heat of chilli peppers is measured using
(a) Scoville scale (b) Beaufort Scale (c) Fujita scale
In what year did Russia classify beer as alcohol?
(a) 1963 (b) 1990 (c) 2011
Grand Mal and Petit Mal are forms of which medical disorder?
(a) Epilepsy (b) Scurvy (c) Leprosy
What does Tom Hanks compare life to in Forest Gump?
(a) A box of chocolates (b) A bowl of cherries (c) An elevator, a lot of ups and downs.
On average Europeans use their cars for what proportion of the miles that they travel?
(a) Seven in ten (b) Five in ten (c) Three in ten
How long do bear markets last on average?
(a) 1.4 years (b) 2.8 years (c) Over 3 years
What is the largest mare on the moon known as?
(a) Mare Fecunditatis (b) Mare Humorum (c) Mare Imbrium

Answers

(a) Somerset
(b) A cold cut terrine or meat jelly, often made with flesh from the head of a calf or pig usually set in aspic
(c) Eyes - Swiss cheese without eyes is known as "blind".
(a) Scoville scale
(c) 2011
(a) Epilepsy
(a) My mom always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.”
(a) Seven in ten
(a) 1.4 years
(c) Mare Imbrium

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