Thematic Dairy Trivia

1. Caravane is a cheese made from the milk of which animal?

From Quiz Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese!

Answer: Camel

Found mainly in Mauritania, where it is made, Caravane is also available at select outlets in New York, where according to cheese lovers, its taste has "pleasant barnyard undertones".

From Quiz The Milk of Human Kindness

Answer: William Shakespeare

"The milk of human kindness" - a beautiful expression to describe compassion and care for others - is found in Act I, Scene 5 of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Macbeth" - also known as the Scottish Play. In the scene - one of the key moments of the play - Lady Macbeth reads a letter from her husband relating his encounter with the three witches, who hailed him as the future king of Scotland. In her soliloquy, the Lady regrets that her husband's nature is too compassionate to do what it takes for him to fulfill the prophecy (i.e. kill Duncan, Scotland's lawful king) - revealing herself to be the driving force behind Macbeth's ambition.

From Quiz Bitter Butter is Bad

Answer: 4,500 years

The first reference to butter in our written history was found on a 4,500-year-old limestone tablet illustrating how butter was made.

From Quiz Milk - Questions Related to the White Stuff

Answer: Got Milk?

First used in the Golden State on October 29th 1993 the campaign is credited with greatly increasing milk sales there. It was licensed for use by milk processors and dairy farmers, but was not as successful nationwide.

From Quiz Behold: The Power of Cheese

Answer: John Cleese and Michael Palin

Cleese plays the very proper businessman who "came over all peckish." (He got hungry-like.) Michael is the evasive shopkeeper who finally admits he has no cheese at all, that is after John finally threatens to kill him if he doesn't tell the truth. All this with a bunch of stockbrokers dancing to bouzouki music in the background.

From Quiz Food Knowledge: Dairy Products

Answer: Sambo

In "The Story of Little Black Sambo", first published in 1899, Sambo has to outwit the predators of his mythical Indian world, and turns tigers into 'ghee' - translated as butter - and returns home in time to have 169 pancakes for supper! Sambo is a blatant racist slur, and the name has caused much strife over the years.

From Quiz Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese!

Answer: Poutine

Having lived in Canada for ten years, I can vouch for poutine being delicious. Nanaimo bars are a wafer-like layer, topped with custard and melted chocolate while dulse is a seaweed snack, also known as sea lettuce. Jiggs Dinner is very popular in the Atlantic provinces of Canada and consists of salt beef, carrots, potatoes, turnip and cabbage boiled together and mixed with pease pudding.

From Quiz The Milk of Human Kindness

Answer: Hinduism

The Ocean of Milk (Kshir Sagar) is one of the cosmic oceans of Hindu cosmology. The famous episode of the churning of the ocean of milk, illustrated in the "Vishnu Purana", explains the origin of amrita (the Hindu equivalent of nectar and ambrosia in Greek mythology), the drink of immortality needed by the Devas (gods) to defeat the Asuras (demons) who had gained control of the universe. A mountain (Mount Mandara) was used as a churning rod, and Vasuki, the king of serpents, as a churning rope; the god Vishnu, in his avatar as Kurma, the turtle, supported the mountain on his back to prevent it from sinking into the sea. Devas and Asuras worked together at the churning, which lasted a millennium. During the elaborate process, a number of people and things emerged from the ocean of milk, such as the goddess Lakshmi (Vishnu's divine consort), the moon and the heavenly physician Dhanvantari, carrying a pot containing the amrita. Rejuvenated by the miraculous drink, the gods eventually defeated the Asuras.

From Quiz Bitter Butter is Bad

Answer: Greek

It is thought the word butter comes from bou-tyron, Greek for "cow cheese". In ancient Rome, butter was valued cosmetically. It was used as a cream to make skin smooth; both Greeks and Romans massaged it into their hair to make it shine.

From Quiz Food Knowledge: Dairy Products

Answer: Vitamin D

From Quiz Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese!

Answer: Richard

Richard Cheese and Lounge Against The Machine perform some brilliant lounge music covers of artists such as Disturbed, Van Halen, Limp Bizkit and Britney Spears in the swing style of Dean Martin.

From Quiz The Milk of Human Kindness

Answer: galaxy

The English word "galaxy" comes from the Greek "galaxías" (milky) - derived from "galaktós", the genitive form of "gala" (milk) - used to describe the Milky Way on account of its appearance as a faint, whitish band of light in the sky. In Greek mythology, the Milky Way originated from the milk spilled from Hera's breast when she realized she was nursing the baby Heracles. "Milky Way" is the English translation of the Latin "via lactea". The word "galaxy" later came to describe any of the systems of gravitationally bound stars and other matter found in the universe. Of the other possible answers, "supernova" and "comet" derive from Latin, while "pulsar" is a modern word, combining "pulsating" and "star".

From Quiz Milk - Questions Related to the White Stuff

Answer: Ernie

"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in The West) was a Christmas Number One in the U.K. charts in 1971. The song is full of double meanings as Ernie fights it out with rival Ted, for Sue's affections. Alfred Hill worked as a milkman in Hampshire. He changed his first name in honour of his hero, Jack Benny.

From Quiz Behold: The Power of Cheese

Answer: Green Bay, Wisconsin

They are the devoted, fanatical fans of the Green Bay Packers of the NFL. Their most popular headgear is a big foam rubber wedge of Swiss.

From Quiz Food Knowledge: Dairy Products

Answer: 1920s

From Quiz Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese!

Answer: Kit Kat

Hokkaido Melon with Mascarpone Cheese Kit Kat doesn't seem too odd when you consider other flavours available include Okinawa Sweet Potato, Soy Sauce, Wasabi, Ginger Ale and Miso Soup.

From Quiz The Milk of Human Kindness

Answer: Montana

With a respectable length of 1,173 km/729 mi, the Milk River is a tributary of the Missouri. It rises in the Rocky Mountains' Glacier National Park, flowing through a sparsely populated area on the border between Montana and the Canadian province of Alberta. It was given its name by Meriwether Lewis (of the Lewis and Clark expedition), who in his diary commented on the river's unusual whitish colour - due the clays and silts suspended in its waters. Nicknamed the Big Sky Country, as well as the Treasure State, Montana is the fourth largest state in the US, but also one of the least populated. Yellowstone, assumed to be the world's first national park, is located there.

From Quiz Milk - Questions Related to the White Stuff

Answer: Milkybar

Michael Mayne was the first Milkybar Kid in 1961. "The Milkybars are on me" has been going strong since then. Comic Relief 2005 had a funny Milkybar Kid sketch with Alan Partridge and Simon Pegg. What happened to Michael Mayne when he grew up? He became a Milkybar Man, of course.

From Quiz Behold: The Power of Cheese

Answer: Jimmy Buffett

Uncle Jimmy himself did this great song dedicated to cheeseburgers and all of us who love them. "Worth every damn bit of sacrifice/To get a cheeseburger in paradise." All the other choices are musicians who have worked with Jimmy.

From Quiz Food Knowledge: Dairy Products

Answer: Ice Cream Sodas

From Quiz Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese!

Answer: Parmigiano Reggiano

Each wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano contains about 550 litres of milk and can be worth around 760 Euros ($900 or £670).

From Quiz The Milk of Human Kindness

Answer: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953) is one of the most distinguished English-language poets of the 20th century. Written over a number of years, and completed in 1953, shortly before the poet's untimely death, "Under Milk Wood" was commissioned by the BBC. In the play, an omniscient narrator (First Voice/Second Voice) introduces the audience to the thoughts and dreams of the inhabitants of a fictional Welsh fishing village named Llareggub ("bugger all" read backwards). Its first reading on stage, on 14 May 1953 in New York City, featured Thomas himself as the First Voice; the first radio broadcast, on 25 January 1954, was recorded by an all-Welsh cast of actors, including Richard Burton as the First Voice. In 1972 "Under Milk Wood" was adapted as a film, directed by Andrew Sinclair and starring Burton, his then-wife Elizabeth Taylor and Peter O'Toole. None of the remaining three poets was Welsh: Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin were both from England, while T.S. Eliot was born in the US and became a British citizen later in his life.

From Quiz Bitter Butter is Bad

Answer: Dr Seuss

The book told the story of the Yooks and the Zooks who lived on opposite sides of a long curving wall. The Yooks wore blue and the Zooks wore orange. Their ideological difference was how to eat bread: with the butter side up, or with the butter side down. An arms race threatened mutual destruction. It was a work of fiction. After all, nothing like that could happen in real life...

From Quiz Milk - Questions Related to the White Stuff

Answer: Sean Penn

Ex Mr. Madonna indeed took the lead role in the Gus Van Sant directed "Milk." Harvey Milk was assassinated with Mayor George Moscone in 1978. The assassin's name was, incredibly, Dan White.

From Quiz Behold: The Power of Cheese

Answer: Who Moved My Cheese?

The rest of the title is "An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life".

From Quiz Food Knowledge: Dairy Products

Answer: Mrs. O'Leary

The story goes that a reporter thought it would make a good story in the local newspaper because in actual fact the exact cause of the fire was never determined.

From Quiz Cheese, Cheese and More Cheese!

Answer: Brie Larson

Brie's actual name is Brianne. She made her name in TV shows "Raising Dad" and "United States of Tara." Please forgive me the puns for the other names. I had a moment of weakness.

From Quiz The Milk of Human Kindness

Answer: lactic acid

Lactic acid (CH3CH(OH)COOH) is classified as an alpha-hydroxy acid (AHA), like other commonly-occurring compounds such as citric acid. Lactic acid fermentation is produced by bacteria, which convert simple carbohydrates such as glucose into lactic acid. This reaction occurs in muscle cells during vigorous exercise, causing irritation and a feeling of soreness in the muscles; though uncomfortable, this is a natural by-product of metabolism. Lactic acid coagulates the casein in milk, resulting in widely consumed products such as yogurt and kefir; the sour taste of sourdough bread is due to the lactobacilli naturally occurring in the starter dough, working in combination with yeast. Lactic acid is also used in the brewing of some styles of beer, such as Belgian lambic. The remaining options are all organic compounds. Sucrose (table sugar) is a simple carbohydrate, oleic acid is a fatty acid, and retinol is another name for Vitamin A1.

From Quiz Bitter Butter is Bad

Answer: "The Hobbit" - J R R Tolkien

"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit..." are the opening words of a well known tale by J. R. R. Tolkien. The scene is set for the arrival of Gandalf and some dwarfs. "The Hobbit" was published in 1937 and quickly became a favourite among generations of readers. Between 2012 and 2014, three movies based on the book and characters were made.

From Quiz Milk - Questions Related to the White Stuff

Answer: Turkish

Yogurt has been made for over 5000 years. Nomadic Turks use of yogurt is detailed in works written as early as the 11th Century. Milk is heated to 80 degrees centigrade, cooled to 45 degrees centigrade, the bacteria is added, this temperature is maintained for four to seven hours to enable fermentation.

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