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Why was the table cleared before dessert, and which cheesecake has no cheese? These dessert trivia questions and answers fill four rounds, one of them on cheesecake alone.
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Cheesecake trivia questions and answers
Cheesecake goes from honey-soaked plakous in Athens to cotton cheesecake in Japan and purple ube in the Philippines. Tap one of the four answers: the card marks it, says why in a sentence, and names its article. A set holds ten questions.
Dessert trivia questions in three more rounds
The word and the dessert course starts with a French verb and a storeroom. Sweets, custards and frozen things tells sherbet from sorbet and gelato from ice cream. Puddings and jellies has a pudding cloth, a ship's dinner and a blue jelly.
Questions and answers
What is a good trivia question about cheesecake?
Try this: which soft French cheese was a New York dairyman trying to recreate in the 1870s when he developed American cream cheese? The answer is Neufchâtel. The Cheesecake round has more like it.
Where did cheesecake originate?
Its exact origin is uncertain. Cheesecake is reputed to have originated in ancient Greece, where cakes containing cheese were served to athletes at the first Olympic Games in 776 BC. It took its modern form around the 18th century.
Why is it called dessert?
The word comes from the French desservir, to clear the table. Dessert was the final course, presented after the table had been cleared. A French work of 1393 already lists a course of desserte.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked under it: Dessert, Cheesecake, Pudding or Gelatine dessert. Brands, restaurants, living cooks, desserts and drinks with alcohol, and nutrition figures are left out.