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1.

Feta cheese originally was made from the milk of what animal?

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Answer: Goat
2.

What is the process that turns milk into cheese called?

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Answer: Curdling
3.

What cheese was named after the town in Wisconsin where it was first made?

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Answer: Colby
4.

What colorful cheese is often used to crumble over salads?

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Answer: Blue Cheese
5.

What cheese is traditionally used on a Reuben sandwich?

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Answer: Swiss
6.

From what animal product is cheese made?

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Answer: Milk
7.

Ricotta cheese is native to what country?

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Answer: Italy
8.

Which cheese is often grated on top of spaghetti?

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Answer: Parmesan Cheese
9.

What sort of cheese is known for having big holes in it?

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Answer: Swiss
10.

What animal's milk is used to make most kinds of cheese?

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Answer: Cow
11.

Feta cheese is a product and popular ingredient in the cuisine of what country?

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Answer: Greece
12.

What kind of cheese is usually found on pizza?

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Answer: Mozzarella
13.

Which cheese tastes like Romano and contains peppercorns?

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Answer: Pepato
14.

What kind of cheese is made from yak's milk?

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Answer: Tibetan
15.

What gives blue cheese its color?

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Answer: Mold
16.

What cheese's name literally means "recooked" in Italian?

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Answer: Ricotta
17.

What animal's milk is used to make chevre?

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Answer: Goat
18.

What causes the blueness in blue vein cheese?

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Answer: A Fungus
19.

What is the final step of the cheese making process?

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Answer: Ripening And Storage
20.

In what country was Monterey Jack cheese invented?

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Answer: The U.S.A.
21.

The Cabot Cheese Company got its start in 1919 in which U.S. state?

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Answer: Vermont
22.

What cheese is named after the farm in Denmark where it was first made?

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Answer: Havarti
23.

What was the leading state in cheese production in 2005?

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Answer: Wisconsin
24.

Which cheese has blue mold in it?

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Answer: Gorgonzola Cheese
25.

In which country was cheddar cheese first produced?

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Answer: England
26.

What category of cheese does cottage cheese belong in?

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Answer: Soft Cheese
27.

What kind of cheese is sometimes made from buffalo milk?

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Answer: Mozzarella
28.

What Mexican cheese, used in making enchiladas, is often rolled in paprika for increased flavor?

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Answer: Anejo Enchilado
29.

What country does Brie cheese originate from?

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Answer: France
30.

According to the Monty Python skit "Cheese Shop", what is the most popular cheese in the world?

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Answer: Cheddar
31.

What factor in the cheese making process is varied to make a variety of cheese textures?

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Answer: Curd-Whey Ratio
32.

What kind of cheese is flamed in brandy and served in Greece as Saganaki?

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Answer: Kasseri
33.

What cheese, originally made in France, has a rich mushroom flavor?

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Answer: Brie
34.

Stilton cheese is native to what country?

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Answer: England
35.

What cheese, named for an Italian town, tastes like a cross between Cheddar and Parmesan?

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Answer: Asiago
36.

What type of cheese is characterized by its edible white rind and soft, oozy texture?

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Answer: Brie
37.

What kind of cheese has the same name as a brand of washing machines?

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Answer: Maytag Blue
38.

Besides natural and made in California, what does the "Real California Cheese" seal certify?

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Answer: Exclusively From California Milk
39.

What bacteria is responsible for the holes in swiss cheese?

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Answer: P. shermani
40.

In the cheese making process, what is the typical coagulum time?

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Answer: About 30 Minutes
41.

What is unique about Caravane cheese produced in Mauritania by the Tiviski dairy?

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Answer: It Is Made From Camel's Milk
42.

Which Sardinia cheese is okay to eat when it has maggots squirming in it?

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Answer: Casu Marzu
43.

What mountain flower flavored cheese is considered to be the world's most expensive?

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Answer: Caciocavallo Podolico
44.

To the nearest 2500 years, when is it believed was cheese first created?

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Answer: 2501-5000 years ago
45.

In what decade did Kraft first introduce Kraft Dinners to the U.S. and Canada?

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Answer: The 1930's
46.

In which U.S. city did Kraft first introduce Philadelphia Cream Cheese?

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Answer: New York City
47.

When is it unnecessary to pasteurize milk that is used to make cheese?

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Answer: If Cheese Ripens For Over 30 Days
48.

What is another name for the enzymes which are used to ripen cheese by coagulating milk proteins?

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Answer: Rennet
49.

What rindless, mild-tasting cheese is native to Cyprus?

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Answer: Halloumi
50.

Where is the only manufacturing plant in America that makes limburger cheese?

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Answer: Wisconsin
51.

What is the most common type of starter culture used in the cheese-making process?

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Answer: Mixed Strain
52.

In what country was gruyere cheese first produced?

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Answer: Switzerland
53.

How long have people around the world been making and eating cheese?

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Answer: Four Thousand Years
54.

What is the source of limburger cheese's strong aroma?

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Answer: Enzymes On The Surface
55.

In 2006, which cheese did Wisconsin produce the most of?

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Answer: Mozzarella
56.

What is the name of claymation figure's "Wallace and Gromit's" favorite English cheese?

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Answer: Wensleydale
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