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Cheese... or Italian Painter?

Try to guess where each of these is a variety of cheese or the name of an Italian painter.
With inspiration from Pasta... or Composer?
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First submittedDecember 8, 2023
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1. Michelangelo
Cheese
Painter
2. Giotto
Cheese
Painter
3. Mascarpone
Cheese
Painter
4. Stracciatella
Cheese
Painter
5. Tintoretto
Cheese
Painter
6. Titian
Cheese
Painter
7. Giorgione
Cheese
Painter
8. Ricotta
Cheese
Painter
9. Pecorino
Cheese
Painter
10. Gorgonzola
Cheese
Painter
11. Caravaggio
Cheese
Painter
12. Mozzarella
Cheese
Painter
13. Burrata
Cheese
Painter
14. Asiago
Cheese
Painter
15. Botticelli
Cheese
Painter
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39 Comments
Quizmaster
+20
Level ∞
Dec 16, 2023
I noticed at the Louvre that they credited one painting to "Parmesan". I was excited to add this one and put the answer as "Both".

But after doing more research, it doesn't seem that there's any painter known simply as "Parmesan". I think it might have been "Parmigianino". Not sure why the Louvre had it as Parmesan.

Fianchetto
+10
Level 78
Dec 16, 2023
My process was that if it sounded familiar and wasn't a painter I knew, it was cheese. 14/15
Kingsfisher
+13
Level 69
Dec 16, 2023
My approach was exactly the same as yours, but on the contrary.... It's worth thinking about gluttony
QuizzerBros
+6
Level 69
Jan 2, 2024
@fianchetto, I must say your username sounds a lot like a type of cheese... or an Italian painter for that matter
Fianchetto
+2
Level 78
Jan 2, 2024
It’s a chess term. But it is Italian I think.
Neodymium
+2
Level 63
Jan 4, 2024
from italian to flank i think
Ears
+1
Level 93
Dec 16, 2023
He, he, he. It's amazing how, if you don't know, some could be either.
scambigol
+3
Level 80
Dec 16, 2023
BoTTicelli with double T, at least in Italian
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 16, 2023
Fixed
preproman
+13
Level 71
Dec 16, 2023
@Quizmaster "Le Parmesan" it's merely the translated French name for "Il Parmigianino". In English it would be "The little one from Parma" (or "Lil' Parmesan", if he were a hip hop artist).
Djilas
+1
Level 86
Dec 16, 2023
Non-royal names used to be much more commonly translated, like Michel-Ange/Michel Ángel or Raphael.
phalocrocorax
+3
Level 84
Dec 16, 2023
Donatello was a sculptor, not a painter (unlike his chelonian associate Michelangelo, who was both).
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 16, 2023
Okay, changed Donatello to Michelangelo.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Jan 4, 2024
@phalocrocorax - nice use of "chelonian"!
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Dec 18, 2023
73
Neodymium
+1
Level 63
Jan 4, 2024
100%!
loganite
+2
Level 93
Dec 19, 2023
You may be able to fool me on Italian painters, but I'll be damned if you can fool me on cheese! ;)
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Dec 21, 2023
My mother-in-law emigrated from Asiago many years ago and although I've heard lots of things about the town (mostly about skiing and snow) but have never heard about a type of cheese that is named after the town. The things you learn on this site.
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 91
Jan 4, 2024
Asiago cheese is a popular variety of bagel in the US. I was surprised to see it was the least guessed answer, but if it isn't common outside the States I guess the percentage makes sense.
southpaw
+1
Level 50
Mar 24, 2024
It's a DOP in Italy, and people eat it as cheese in the US, not just as a bagel ingredient.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Dec 21, 2023
Add Carpaccio to confuse people!
Giandefeo
+2
Level 69
Dec 22, 2023
Easy quiz for an Italian, but amazing.
southpaw
+1
Level 50
Mar 24, 2024
And others.
Fannibaling
+2
Level 72
Jan 2, 2024
As an Italian, it was very easy but so much fun hahaha
JackintheBox
+2
Level 82
Jan 2, 2024
As a non-Italian, it was pretty difficult!
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
May 22, 2024
Well of 6 I had not idea the others were easy to me, because a well-known painter or cheese. But on those 6, not an inkling, had to guess got half of them
Erasmux
+1
Level 56
Jan 2, 2024
This one was genuinely good and funny, 10 out of 10.
Froststar101
+2
Level 73
Jan 2, 2024
I didn't know all the cheeses, but I knew all the painters, so I got 100%.
vacationmom
+1
Level 67
Jan 3, 2024
Huzzah, Art History finally paid off!
orange3472
+2
Level 72
May 16, 2024
Heard of 8/8 cheeses, 2/7 painters...
Sifhraven
+1
Level 76
May 22, 2024
6/8 cheese and 3/8 painters here. Though I mainly know straciatella as an icecream flavour. But I think I might have come across it once that it was a cheese too.
ViktorAmI
+1
Level 28
Dec 21, 2024
Funny quiz! But I'd replace Titian with Masaccio. Masaccio sounds more like cheese than Titian, IMO.
MovieQuizGuy
+1
Level 64
Feb 5, 2025
I don't know much cheese, but it's good to know I've learned my art history.
JosefCool
+1
Level 20
Mar 30, 2025
If you're italiano (like me) and had attention in history class (not like me) it is ez
alejetpunk
+1
Level 36
Nov 7, 2025
Yes bro I'm italiano, too but it's not about history class, it's about general knowledge :-)
Tanuzz
+1
Level 53
Oct 11, 2025
ok, sto ridendo più del dovuto
alejetpunk
+1
Level 36
Nov 7, 2025
Si infatti fra
Pjoco
+1
Level 63
Oct 22, 2025
nice...but very easy...20 seconds...
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