Q 01/05

Gouda cheese is not made in the Dutch city of Gouda, so how did the cheese get that name?

A) A guild there owned it

B) It was invented there

C) Its first maker lived there

D) It was traded there

Answer · why

D) It was traded there

It was traded there: farmers from the surrounding countryside brought their cheeses to the city's market, where the council enforced strict quality co...

Q 02/05

Gouda, the Dutch cheese sold in big waxed wheels, is traditionally made from which animal's milk?

A) Goat

B) Sheep

C) Cow

D) Buffalo

Answer · why

C) Cow

Cow's milk is the base of classic Gouda, though Dutch farmhouse makers also produce goat and sheep versions under the same protected farm label.

Q 03/05

Which Dutch biscuit, like the famous cheese, was first made in the city of Gouda?

A) Speculaas

B) Stroopwafel

C) Kruidnoten

D) Arnhemse meisjes

Answer · why

B) Stroopwafel

Stroopwafel bakers in Gouda are said to have begun by sweetening leftover crumbs with syrup, and by 1960 the city had 17 factories turning them out.

Q 04/05

Gouda comes in flat wheels, but which other Dutch cheese is traditionally sold as a ball in red wax?

A) Maasdam

B) Kollumer

C) Edam

D) Leyden

Answer · why

C) Edam

Edam hardens instead of spoiling as it ages, which made the little red spheres a favourite food for long sea voyages and remote colonies.

Q 05/05

On Dutch farms, the craft of making Gouda was traditionally handed down between which relatives?

A) Mothers to daughters

B) Fathers to sons

C) Uncles to nephews

D) Grandfathers to grandsons

Answer · why

A) Mothers to daughters

Mothers to daughters: cheesemaking was women's work on Dutch farms, and since 1988 a bronze statue of a farm woman clutching a Gouda has honoured them...