Q 01/05

Which human organ is named after an early Roman cheesecake made of layered dough, cheese and honey?

A) Pancreas

B) Placenta

C) Thymus

D) Appendix

Answer · why

B) Placenta

The placenta was named for its flat, round shape, which was thought to resemble the cake. The Roman recipe stacked many layers of dough with cheese an...

Q 02/05

Which 1980s sitcom's four Miami housemates talked through problems over cheesecake at the kitchen table?

A) Designing Women

B) The Golden Girls

C) Kate & Allie

D) The Facts of Life

Answer · why

B) The Golden Girls

The Golden Girls made the late-night cheesecake summit a ritual, and each of its four lead actresses won a Primetime Emmy for the show.

Q 03/05

The best-known cream cheese for cheesecake was first made in Chester, New York, but carries which city's name?

A) Pittsburgh

B) Indianapolis

C) Philadelphia

D) Baltimore

Answer · why

C) Philadelphia

Philadelphia was chosen in 1880 purely as marketing, because the city and the farms around it had a reputation for rich, high-quality dairy.

Q 04/05

In which sitcom does aspiring actress Penny wait tables at The Cheesecake Factory until the seventh season?

A) The Big Bang Theory

B) How I Met Your Mother

C) Two and a Half Men

D) Parks and Recreation

Answer · why

A) The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory had Penny quit the restaurant to chase acting full time, though she had also trained as a bartender back in the first season.

Q 05/05

The Sara Lee dessert brand began with a cream cheesecake that baker Charles Lubin named after which relative?

A) His wife

B) His grandmother

C) His sister

D) His daughter

Answer · why

D) His daughter

His daughter Sara Lee Lubin was eight when her name went on the cake, and the whole business was soon renamed Kitchens of Sara Lee.