--- title: Bucks Fan Names 27 Cheeses in 30 Seconds at Basketball Game description: A Wisconsin woman reached legendary status when she named 27 cheeses in just 30 seconds at a Milwaukee Bucks game. canonical: https://time.com/5444811/woman-cheeses-bucks/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-05T16:56:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:55:48.704Z og:title: Wisconsin Woman Names 27 Cheese in Just 30 Seconds og:description: A legend and a hero og:url: https://time.com/5444811/woman-cheeses-bucks/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1959578276014e1/69893e434ee26206dd313452/woman-names-27-cheeses-in-30-seconds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: various types of cheese og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Wisconsin Woman Names 27 Cheese in Just 30 Seconds twitter:description: A legend and a hero twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1959578276014e1/69893e434ee26206dd313452/woman-names-27-cheeses-in-30-seconds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Instant Legend Naming 27 Cheeses in 30 Seconds Embodies Peak Cheese Pride > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-brief-2026q3/newsletters?i=307c7620-df48-4933-8375-d2405b3a6df4&cr=time-nl-brief-2026q3-v1)  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 5, 2018 4:56 PM UTC  various types of cheese on rustic wooden table various types of cheese on rustic wooden table Magone—Getty Images/iStockphoto  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 5, 2018 4:56 PM UTC A Wisconsin woman achieved legend status after she successfully named [27 different types of cheeses](http://time.com/4619162/cheese-health-food-cholesterol/) in just 30 seconds during a fan contest at the [Milwaukee Bucks](http://time.com/collection-post/4969807/giannis-antetokounmpo-next-generation-leaders/)‘ home game on Sunday night. In what might be the most Wisconsin moment ever, Jamie Kiesl, a Mequon, WI resident, reeled off the names of 27 cheeses, ranging from Muenster to Mascarpone, all while [wearing a large wedge of decorative cheese on her head](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2046390%5F2046393%5F2046355,00.html). While Kiesl’s rapid fire cheese listing would be impressive in any situation, it was especially exciting since she lapped Bucks player Sterling Brown by a whopping 10 (Brown named 17 types of cheese in the same time frame in a pre-recorded segment), making her a hero to both basketball and cheese enthusiasts. In an interview with the [_Milwaukee Journal Sentinel_](https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nba/bucks/2018/11/04/fan-successfully-names-27-cheeses-30-seconds-bucks-game/1886694002/), Kiesl explained her enviable cheese knowledge succinctly: “I’ve lived in Wisconsin my whole life.” Watch Kiesl’s legendary cheese naming at the Milwaukee Bucks game below. > [](https://twitter.com/Bucks/status/1059194331007979525) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5444811/woman-cheeses-bucks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5444811/woman-cheeses-bucks/"},"headline":"Instant Legend Naming 27 Cheeses in 30 Seconds Embodies Peak Cheese Pride","datePublished":"2018-11-05T16:56:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:55:48.704Z","description":"A legend and a hero","url":"https://time.com/5444811/woman-cheeses-bucks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1959578276014e1/69893e434ee26206dd313452/woman-names-27-cheeses-in-30-seconds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1959578276014e1/69893e434ee26206dd313452/woman-names-27-cheeses-in-30-seconds.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"various types of cheese","caption":"various types of cheese","creditText":"Magone—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5444811/woman-cheeses-bucks/","name":"Instant Legend Naming 27 Cheeses in 30 Seconds Embodies Peak Cheese Pride"}}]}] ```