useless trivia: What Word Means: Walked Through Shallow Water?

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say cheese: probably french origin; tangy, sharp; appetizer, salad, dessert.?

say cheese: swiss origin; nutty, sharper than swiss; cooking, dessert.?

say cheese: italian origin; pungent flavor; crumbly; in salads, for dessert.?

say cheese: english origin; mild to very sharp; snack, cooking, dessert.?

entertainment grabbag 4: what inescapable purveyor of background celebrated its 60th b-day in 1994?