You’ve been invited to a Tudor feast, but how will you fare? Complete our quiz to see if you’d be the perfect guest or a diabolical diner!*
1. What should you do before sitting down to eat?
A) Go to the toilet and loosen your belt
B) Look at the menu
C) Sing the latest song written by Henry VIII
2. What do you do with your hands when sitting at the table?
A) Wave at the other diners sitting with you
B) Place your elbows on the table and hold your hands together
C) Lay both hands on the table without joining them
3. There are shared dishes of food on the table. Do you…
A) Lunge straight in, keen to grab the best bits before your fellow dinners
B) Wait for your elders and betters to take their food first
C) Pick up the nearest dish and pass it round the table
4. While you’re eating you spot that you’ve got sauce on your fingers. Do you…
A) Wipe your fingers on your neighbour’s gown
B) Wipe them on a linen napkin placed over your shoulder
C) Quietly lick them clean, hoping nobody will notice
5. If you find bones in your meat do you…
A) Crunch them between your teeth and spit them on to the table
B) Give them to a dog
C) Place them in a special ‘voiding dish’ on the table
6. There’s a cup on the table that everyone drinks from. When drinking do you…
A) Swirl the liquid for the aroma
B) Take a large gulp, smacking your lips like a horse
C) Wipe your lips first and drink only a small amount
7. When placing food in your mouth do you…
A) Make sure you’ve cut the food into small pieces
B) Quietly lick any sauce off first
C) Cram so much into your mouth that your cheeks swell
RESULTS: HOW MANY DID YOU GET RIGHT?
1-3 correct: Go home in disgrace!
4-5 correct: You’ve got some work to do!
6-7 correct: You are a fine diner!
* All of the answers are taken from a Tudor book: A Lytell Booke of Good Maners for Chyldren, published in 1532
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