| 1. | How will the letters "b" and "d" (in that order) help you at dinner? |
| a. | | Bread on the left, drink on the right |
| b. | | They will remind you of good manners, or to |
| c. | | They will remind you to always compliment your host, |
| d. | | Beverage on the left, dessert on the right
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| 2. | You should always wait until everyone is served to begin eating your meal. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 3. | When you are almost done with your soup and want to get at the last little bit, how should you do this? |
| a. | | Keep spooning up as much as you can, then stop eating |
| b. | | Tip the bowl slightly, then spoon up the last bit |
| c. | | Tip the bowl and sip from the side |
| d. | | Leave the last little bit; it's poor etiquette to get every last drop
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| 4. | If you don't drink, but wine is being served at dinner, what should you do? |
| a. | | Turn your wine glass upside down to decline |
| b. | | Hold your hand over the glass, and shake your head at the host or waiter |
| c. | | Announce your desire not to drink and ask that your glass be taken away |
| d. | | Allow the wine to be poured; there's no need to draw attention to yourself. You don't have to drink it
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| 5. | What does Miss Manners say about how you should behave while dining at home alone?
When is it proper to season your food? |
| a. | | You should behave as well as if you were dining with other people
Never; it's an insult to the cook |
| b. | | You should behave however you want – elbows on the table, eating without utensils, etc.
After your first taste |
| c. | | You should behave almost as well as you would in public, including putting a napkin in your lap
Before you taste it |
| d. | | You can relax most etiquette standards, but she insists you should still sit at the table, use proper silverware and not gobble food
After you've had several bites
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| 6. | When you are dining, but not currently eating, what should you do with your hands? |
| a. | | Put them in your lap |
| b. | | Put them at your sides |
| c. | | They can be on the table, but with the wrists resting on the edge of the table |
| d. | | If you're not eating, it's OK to put your elbows on the table when engaging in conversation
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| 7. | It's improper etiquette to ask for a doggy bag unless you're dining very informally. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 8. | In American dining style, you should generally hold your utensils with the same hand with which you write. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 9. | Say you're eating a steak. How many bites should you cut at a time? |
| a. | | 1-2 |
| b. | | 3-4 |
| c. | | 5 |
| d. | | You will generally be excused if you cut the entire steak, especially if your dining is informal
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| 10. | If you stop eating briefly to talk or have a drink, where should you place your hand utensils? |
| a. | | To the right of your plate |
| b. | | To the left of your plate |
| c. | | Fork and knife crossed at the top of your hand |
| d. | | Above plate, placed horizontally |
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| 11. | What is the only fork you'll find to left of your plate in a place setting? |
| a. | | Oyster |
| b. | | Dessert |
| c. | | Salad |
| d. | | Dinner
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| 12. | When you are finished eating, where should you place your napkin? |
| a. | | On your chair behind you |
| b. | | On top of your plate |
| c. | | To the right of your plate |
| d. | | To the left of your plate
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| 13. | Proper etiquette rules prohibit cutting a roll, but rather you should tear the roll. |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False
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| 14. | When passing someone an item on the table, you should pass how? |
| a. | | To the left |
| b. | | To the right |
| c. | | Directly to whoever is requesting an item |
| d. | | Items should never be passed, and it's in poor taste to request something
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| 15. | Where does Jose Bonfiglio Live? |
| a. | | Venezuela |
| b. | | Chia Island |
| c. | | Ferrolicious Island |
| d. | | Hyesa Ville |
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| 16. | what should you do when a lady leaves the table to use the restroom? (if you are an adult male) |
| a. | | remain seated |
| b. | | stand until she leaves |
| c. | | ignore her |
| d. | | also go to the restroom |
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| 17. | What do you do with your utensils once you have completed your meal |
| a. | | Throw them at the waiter |
| b. | | Place them parallel on plate |
| c. | | put the to the right of the plate |
| d. | | cross them and leave them on the plate |
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| 18. | How do you spell Yacob? |
| a. | | Jacob |
| b. | | Yacob |
| c. | | Jakeb |
| d. | | Dave |
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What others think about Dining Etiquette |
| By: kev on Jul 19, 2013 |
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| By: Cecelia on May 7, 2013 |
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| By: stacey on Mar 21, 2013 |
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| By: Tanny on Mar 1, 2012 |
| | It is very important amd should be learnt by everyone. |
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| By: Shelly on Mar 4, 2011 |
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| By: Jane m. on Feb 10, 2011 |
| | My biggest pet peeve is elbows on the table! |
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| By: ng on Jan 30, 2011 |
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| By: Ms M on Dec 30, 2010 |
| | I enjoyed the quiz. I think proper etiquette is important for our young boys and girls to learn early. I remember going out to a fancy restaurant when I was 15 years old (EEons ago) with 2 other teen friends. We were brought finger bowls, and the boy drank the water out of it. |
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| By: halima on Dec 6, 2010 |
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| By: Dayle on Nov 18, 2010 |
| | I love making presentations to my students regarding dining etiquette. |
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| By: Roma Stevens on Nov 18, 2010 |
| | Enjoyed the quiz. Am hopiing to teach my teenagers some manners before the holiday parties. |
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| By: Travis Wilkins on Oct 25, 2010 |
| | I have no etiquette whatsoever i had a very difficult time with this quiz. |
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| By: brittney on Oct 25, 2010 |
| | dining etiquette in life is very important and plays a major role on how well you act and respond to public things and other |
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| By: sharda mottley on Oct 22, 2010 |
| | its important to have good manners |
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| By: brittney mottley on Oct 22, 2010 |
| | I think dining etiquette is very important to formal guest and shows respect to them and others around you |
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| By: Darquishs Petty on Oct 22, 2010 |
| | I think etiquette is very important because it shows you how to use manners and how to be respectful. |
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| By: Aadish Jain on Aug 6, 2010 |
| | I always crumple my napkin after eating. |
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| By: Helga on Jul 27, 2010 |
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| By: Ms E on Jul 13, 2010 |
| | corrected a spelling error |
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| By: P Arnold on Mar 28, 2010 |
| | When the little boy eating with his hands, was instructed to use a fork, said "Hands were invented before forks" his mother said, "That may be true but yours weren't." |
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| By: sakina on Mar 18, 2010 |
| | it is very intresting quiz.now iam worried about my score. |
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| By: Mia on Mar 17, 2010 |
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| By: Mia on Mar 17, 2010 |
| | Dining etiquette keeps dinners enjoyable, and the company too. |
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| By: Sally on Mar 29, 2010 |
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| By: My Nguyen on Mar 16, 2010 |
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| By: PJJ on Mar 8, 2010 |
| | Some of these questions will vary depending on which country you are in |
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| By: Esperanza Moreno on Feb 23, 2010 |
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| By: Beverly on Dec 22, 2009 |
| | I heard a hilarious (allegedly true) story of two women who were brought to a business dinner by a couple of salesmen who did not have dates. The women did not know what sorbet was for so they used it to wipe their mouths with their napkins. |
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| By: asdf on Feb 22, 2010 |
| | What happened to the rule about putting utensils in the 10-20 position on the plate once you have finished eating? |
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| By: Jan on Feb 12, 2010 |
| | tip - utensils on left side of plate have four letters just like the word left has 4 letters - fork
things on the right have five letters like right - knife, spoon (and also glass) |
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| By: China on Jan 22, 2010 |
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| By: hunter on Dec 20, 2009 |
| | i love etiquette, it will always get you invited back |
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| By: Karen on Oct 29, 2009 |
| | The genteman should lead and the lady follow when going to a table in a restaurant. |
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| By: james on Oct 26, 2009 |
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| By: surya on Oct 23, 2009 |
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| By: da kidd. on Sep 18, 2009 |
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| By: kiki on Sep 14, 2009 |
| | interesting and challenging |
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| By: joe blow on Aug 24, 2009 |
| | dont be a slob and eat like a civilized human being. |
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| By: YUVA on Aug 16, 2009 |
| | I AM VERY NEW TO THIS FORUM.BUT IT COVERS AT A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS |
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| By: Jennifer on Aug 16, 2009 |
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| By: Nitesh on Aug 8, 2009 |
| | It is very important to be aware of dining etiquette and follow them. But at the same time you should be relaxed and not overly cautious of this. Enjoy your food. |
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| By: Celeste on Aug 4, 2009 |
| | Is it ok to blow your nose at the table? |
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| By: Cathie Faubert on Jul 31, 2009 |
| | The hostess should only remove dirty dishes/cutlery after all the guests have eaten their meal. |
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| By: jana on Jul 29, 2009 |
| | Hold your empty plate until all diners are finished eating - shoo away the bus boy until then... |
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| By: kevin on Jun 23, 2009 |
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| By: katie on May 12, 2009 |
| | eye luv thess kwis ids qut! |
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| By: Anne on Apr 21, 2009 |
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| By: aj on Apr 19, 2009 |
| | Are the correct answers actual facts or based on the answers people give in the quiz? |
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| By: max on Apr 13, 2009 |
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| By: Pablo on Apr 2, 2009 |
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| By: Kourtney on Mar 27, 2009 |
| | This was an interesting quiz! |
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| By: BrittanyyDawnn on Mar 27, 2009 |
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| By: HEather on Mar 27, 2009 |
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| By: Chad on Feb 9, 2009 |
| | Thanks fro having good etiquette |
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| By: marija on Feb 1, 2009 |
| | i'm excited to know my score |
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| By: Stephen on Jan 13, 2009 |
| | I wish more people knew proper etiquette |
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| By: mz unmanners on Dec 13, 2008 |
| | fork up or down when eating meat |
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| By: Ulysses Lutz on Dec 3, 2008 |
| | Women really appreciate men who know and use correct dining etiquette |
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| By: Gina on Nov 21, 2008 |
| | If you don't know what to do, dicreetly watch what others are doing. |
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| By: Ashley S on Nov 20, 2008 |
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| By: Luevenia Calhoun on Nov 19, 2008 |
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| By: reema on Nov 19, 2008 |
| | am a perfectionist a trainer n like 2 c people civilised at the table just 4 humanity's sake! |
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| By: ashley on Nov 13, 2008 |
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| By: Jer'Lisa Minor on Nov 13, 2008 |
| | Everyone should learn the proper dinning etiquette! |
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| By: Amber on Nov 13, 2008 |
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| By: Jenny on Nov 12, 2008 |
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| By: dollie on Nov 12, 2008 |
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| By: D Rob on Nov 11, 2008 |
| | It is really an important thing to learn about dining etiquette. I had an embarassing experience once when I used the dessert spoon for soup:-) Luckily, I was dining with a good friend, so we just laughed about the whole thing afterwards. That will never happen to me again:-) LOL |
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| By: Faye on Nov 10, 2008 |
| | it's fun. I'm waiting to see my score! |
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| By: Lynnea Johnson on Oct 17, 2008 |
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| By: ADIL on Jul 25, 2008 |
| | if u r host then offer your guest every thing on table. |
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| By: passion on Jul 13, 2008 |
| | Dining etiquette can be lots of fun. I always enjoy knowing which utensils to use and when. |
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| By: Julie on Jul 10, 2008 |
| | sometimes, etiquette may not work. you may leave your napkin on your chair to go to the loo, and find your plate cleared! |
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| By: Neerja Sinha on Jul 9, 2008 |
| | In India, most of us simply love to eat with our hands!!!!!! |
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