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Festivals Featuring Cheese — Daily trivia Monday, April 27, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Where is the annual Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake held?
- AStilton, Cambridgeshire
- BCheddar, Somerset
- CBrockworth, Gloucestershire
- DWensleydale, North Yorkshire
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Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Brockworth, Gloucestershire. Racers chase a 7lb wheel of Double Gloucester down Cooper's Hill, a slope so steep that competitors are frequently injured.
Q 02Beyond tasting, many cheese festivals aim to preserve what aspect of cheese production?
- AIndustrialization of dairy farms
- BTraditional methods and local cultures
- CGenetic modification of milk sources
- DMass-market distribution chains
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Traditional methods and local cultures
Traditional methods and local cultures. Festivals showcase artisanal makers and regional recipes, celebrating the heritage behind each cheese as much as its taste.
Q 03Which Dutch city's weekly cheese market still seals deals with the hand-clapping 'handjeklap' method?
- ARotterdam
- BGouda
- CHaarlem
- DLeiden
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Gouda
Gouda's cheese market runs on Thursday mornings through the summer season on the Markt beside the historic Waag, where farmers and merchants settle a price by slapping palms — each clap a new offer — before a final handshake.
Q 04Which Dutch city's cheese market features 'kaasdragers' in white uniforms and coloured hats?
- ADelft
- BLeiden
- CUtrecht
- DAlkmaar
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Alkmaar
The Alkmaar Cheese Market, held on Waagplein, is a centuries-old tradition where cheese carriers belonging to a guild transport large cheese wheels on barrows, which are then weighed at the historic Waaggebouw.
Q 05Which PDO cheese is celebrated at 'Caseifici Aperti' (Open Dairies) in Emilia-Romagna?
- APecorino Romano
- BMozzarella di Bufala Campana
- CParmigiano Reggiano
- DAsiago
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Parmigiano Reggiano
Parmigiano Reggiano. On its Caseifici Aperti weekends, dozens of dairies welcome the public for guided tours, visits to the ageing warehouses and tastings.
Q 06At which iconic San Francisco landmark did SF Cheese Fest hold its 10th-anniversary edition in 2025?
- AFerry Building Grand Hall
- BGolden Gate Park
- CGhirardelli Square
- DPier 39
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Ferry Building Grand Hall
Ferry Building Grand Hall. The 10th SF Cheese Fest filled it on 13 September 2025 with California cheeses made from cow, goat, sheep and even water buffalo milk.
Q 07Italy's biennial Bra Cheese Festival is associated with which international local-food movement?
- ASlow Food
- BFarm-to-Table
- COrganic Movement
- DArtisan Guild
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Slow Food
The Bra Cheese Festival, held in Bra, Piedmont, Italy, is organized by the Slow Food movement. It is renowned for its focus on artisanal and raw milk cheeses, promoting biodiversity and traditional cheesemaking methods.
Q 08What do teams roll instead of real cheese at the UK's Stilton Cheese Rolling Festival?
- AInflated plastic cheese replicas
- BWooden cheese-shaped blocks
- CFoam cheese wedges
- DCardboard cutouts of cheese
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Wooden cheese-shaped blocks
Wooden cheese-shaped blocks. Stilton village can't even make Stilton cheese: only cheese made in Derbyshire, Leicestershire or Nottinghamshire may carry the name.
Q 09Croatia's Kolan Cheese Festival celebrates a renowned sheep's milk cheese from which island?
- APag
- BBrač
- CHvar
- DKorčula
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Pag
Pag. Kolan, a village on the island, holds a Fešta od sira celebrating Paški sir, Pag's hard sheep's milk cheese.
Q 10Which Guild of Fine Food competition judges thousands of cheeses at a rotating global location?
- AGlobal Dairy Summit
- BArtisan Cheese Championship
- CInternational Fromage Cup
- DWorld Cheese Awards
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World Cheese Awards
The World Cheese Awards, run by the Guild of Fine Food, judged 5,244 cheeses in Bern in 2025.
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