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1. "Last Dinner on the Titanic" is dedicated "To the memory of all those who prepared and served the food aboard the R.M.S. Titanic".
2. The "Titanic" was amply stocked with provisions for her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. The ship carried the greatest number of bottles of which of these beverages?
3. The kind of china "Titanic" passengers had their meals served on varied with stateroom class and time of day, but which motif featured prominently on all the ship's china?
4. The ship's bugler played this tune to call "Titanic" passengers to meals.
5. A surviving First Class breakfast menu from April 11, 1912 features more than 25 items. Which of the following was NOT available as a First Class breakfast choice?
6. Third Class passengers ate well on the "Titanic", four times a day. Which of the following menus includes dishes from a typical ship's Third Class savory tea?
7. By all accounts, the food served in the "Titanic"s Second Class Dining Saloon was comparable to that in First Class on many other ships. Not including coffee, how many courses did Second Class dinners contain?
8. One of the most successful culinary features of the "Titanic" and her sister ships was the à la carte restaurant, modeled after the seagoing "Ritz" establishments pioneered by the Hamburg-Amerika Line (HAPAG). On what was to be the ship's last night, millionare George Widener and his wife hosted a festive dinner in the à la carte restaurant in honor of whom?
9. The last dinner on the "Titanic" in the First Class Dining Saloon was a splendid meal of multiple courses and much complexity. Among other famous passengers, Benjamin Guggenheim, Isidor and Ida Straus, and Molly Brown dined there that night. The menu has survived, and features Punch Romaine. What was Punch Romaine, and when was it served?
10. So, you've taken this quiz, you've looked at the menus, and you think it would be great fun to host a First Class "Titanic" dinner party. If you are being as historically accurate as possible, which of the following should you AVOID?
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