16. In "The Neverending Story" by Michael Ende, how did the characters known as Cheeziewheezies get their name?
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Answer:
They bite chunks of rock out of their home mountains, making them look like Swiss cheese.
Emmenthal, what Americans call Swiss cheese, is easy to spot, since it is full of holes. That's what the Cheeziewheezies, also known as Rockbiters, make their mountains look like by eating holes in them.
I need to explain one of the incorrect answers, because it's interesting. Well, maybe 'interesting' isn't quite the right word.
There are different kinds of cheese. There's hard cheese, like emmenthal. Then there is soft cheese. This kind of cheese usually comes in a 'rind', a sort of shell that protects it. Limburger comes in a rind. That's not the, er, interesting thing about it though. Here's what The Encyclopedia Britanica says about limburger:
"The flavour of Limburger is pronounced but not as strong as the odour, which can be detected at a considerable distance when the cheese is exposed."
The encyclopedia also says:
"Limburger traditionally was used to make Limburger sandwiches, with cheese and onion served on rye bread."
Yikes! Talk about dog breath!
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