The Top 15 Dinning Questions Everyone Should Know

Per a request from some of the readers, I am sharing with you about the wine and dinning etiquette questions which were presented at the wine event held on Friday evening

Sep. 9^th 2005

.  Please see below.  The answers are provided at end of each question.

Question 1

Your napkin remains on your lap until after the meal.  If you have to get up from the table during the table, leave your napkin on your –

a. Chair             b.table

at the end of the meal, you should leave the napkin on your –

a. Chair             b. table

Answer: a &b

Question 2

A formal meal can be more daunting than delicious with all of that silver and glassware to handle.  The simple rule to follow is to begin with silverware on the –

a. outside          b. inside

of the place setting and then work –

a. inward           b.outward

with each course.

Answer: a&a

Question 3

How you hold your wineglass affects taster and temperature of your drink.  Hold a red wineglass at the –

a.base of the bowl          b. by the stem

Question 4

At an informal gathering, the host serves dishes to his or her –

a. left                b.right

Answer: b

Question 5

What does it mean when people say-

Don’t talk when your mouth full?

Answer: which means don’t talk when you have food in your mouth.  Always clear the food in your mouth before talking.  It’s just simply not pleasant for other people to see the food mixing in your mouth.

Questions 6

In trying to attract a waiter’s attention, you should –

1. wait until he checks on your table

2. subtly raise your hand when he is in close proximity

3. get up from your table and locate him in the restaurant

4. call out his name or “waiter”

Answer: b

Question 7

The wine list is given to –

1. everyone at the table

2. the guest of honor

3. the wine connoisseur

4. the host

5. the ladies

Answer: d

Question 8

An inappropriate dinner party gift is –

1. nothing

2. flowers

3. cookies or candy

4. alcohol

Answer: b

Questions 9

The right posture at table includes –

1. sit up straight

2. Your hand (at the wrists) may rest on the table top

3. Support yourself with your elbows resting on the table

4. Push back your chairs and cross your legs

Answer: a & b.  re: c – you can do it when you talk but not at the time you are eating.

Question 10

Before you begin to eat, wait for –

1. your host to begin

2. until the guest of honor, the person seated on the host’s or hostess’s right, starts to eat

Answer: a or b

Question 11

When you want to drink during the meal, you should-

1. clear the food in your month

2. wipe your month before you drink

Answer: a&b

Question 12

When to sit down at the table-

1. sit down until receive your host’s signal

2. just take the chair nearest you if the host didn’t give any signals

3. point out a chair for each guest and say “please sit here.”

Answer: a&b

Question 13

When butter is being passed –

a. Cut a pat and place it on your bread plate.

b. Tear off a small piece of bread to butter.

c. Never butter the whole slice.

Answer: a.b&c

Question 14

At a formal dinner, the salad fork should be placed –

1. next to the soup spoon

2. to the left of the butter knife

3. to the right of the butter knife

4. beside the plate when the course is served

Answer: d

Question 15

If you drop your utensil at a restaurant –

1. go to the kitchen and replace it yourself

2. ask the waiter to replace it

3. apologize to everyone at the table and ask if someone has an extra

4. pick it up discreetly

Answer: b

Source: 21^st Century Etiquette by Choarlotte Ford

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