QUIZ: test your social etiquette
QUIZ: test your social etiquette
Mary Killen tests your modern manners.
Mary Killen tests your modern manners.

What is the correct precedence for serving food to a table of twelve?
What should a host do when someone at the table is left looking spare, when the person beside him or her has failed to turn to chat?
How can you stop slightly drunken guests from over-staying their welcome during weekday dinners?
How much should you tip after staying in a country house?
How much does the Queen expect people to tip after a one night sleepover at Windsor Castle?
You are broke. What should you take as a present to a household which lacks for nothing?
What are the rules about uploading shots of parties and holidays onto social media?
How should I sign the visitor's book?
Many of your friends, who know the host less well than you do, have been invited to a smart party, but you
have not. How do you establish whether you have been snubbed or if your
invitation has been lost in the post?
What, said Henry James, are the only three qualities we should look for in a friend?