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Can You Eat a Hassock? Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz about more or less antiquated words for household items.

A multiple-choice quiz by robynraymer. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
robynraymer

Time
2 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
108,250

Updated
Jul 11 24

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
2349

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. A hassock is a _______. Hint

bothersome task

fish

footstool

cloak

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Question 2 of 10

2. An antimacassar is a/an _______. Hint

wine decanter

kind of floor wax

unwanted guest

cover to protect furniture

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Question 3 of 10

3. A balustrade is a _______. Hint

terrace

low barrier

balcony

fountain with statues in it

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Question 4 of 10

4. A chiffonier is a _______. Hint

dining room table

drapery

chest of drawers

bedspread

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Question 5 of 10

5. A tureen is a ________. Hint

deep serving dish

stockpot

ladle

large mixing bowl

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Question 6 of 10

6. A valance is a _______. Hint

cushion

ballroom dance

drape

dog breed

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Question 7 of 10

7. Here's a freebie: A goblet is a _______. Hint

magical creature

drinking glass

throw rug

side table

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Question 8 of 10

8. A vanity is a _______. Hint

lace shawl

dressing table

corset

narrow, high-heeled shoe

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Question 9 of 10

9. A porte cochere is a _______. Hint

carriage pulled by four horses

terrace that slopes down to a lawn

luxury automobile

roofed structure over an entrance

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does a chafing dish do? Hint

keeps salad crisp

keeps sugar and salt dry

keeps sauces from curdling

keeps food hot

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. A hassock is a _______.

Answer: footstool

Another meaning for this Middle English word is "tussock, or clump of ground tufted with grass."

2. An antimacassar is a/an _______.

Answer: cover to protect furniture

Macassar was a kind of hair oil. Antimacassars were originally invented to protect furniture when macassar users leaned back. Antimacassars are those little crocheted doily-type things that your grandma used to put on the backs and arms of sofas and armchairs (or, at least, my grandma did).

3. A balustrade is a _______.

Answer: low barrier

Balusters are those vase-shaped upright supports. When a line of balusters are topped by a railing, it's called a balustrade.

4. A chiffonier is a _______.

Answer: chest of drawers

If you saw the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" or read "The Catcher in the Rye" you have heard about "chifferobes" and chiffoniers.

5. A tureen is a ________.

Answer: deep serving dish

Tureens were often used to serve soup. This word is from Middle French.

The soup may have been cooked in a stockpot (after the ingredients were combined in a mixing bowl) and transferred into the tureen using a ladle (which could subsequently be used to fill up individual bowls once the tureen had been put in place for service).

6. A valance is a _______.

Answer: drape

Those long, narrow tablecloth-like draperies on altars are valances. So are those long, narrow strips of cloth that hide the tops of longer curtains. In the UK valances are linens that decorate beds' bottom edges (the U.S. terms for these are "bedskirts" or "dust ruffles").

7. Here's a freebie: A goblet is a _______.

Answer: drinking glass

A goblet has a foot and a stem. A tumbler doesn't.

8. A vanity is a _______.

Answer: dressing table

There are also vanity cases (dressing cases) and make-up compacts called vanities.

9. A porte cochere is a _______.

Answer: roofed structure over an entrance

Most fancy hotels have porte cocheres to protect guests as they step out of vehicles. Literally, "porte cochere" means "coach door" (in French).

10. What does a chafing dish do?

Answer: keeps food hot

Chafe comes from a Middle English word that means "to keep warm." For example, when you chafe your hands you rub them together to warm them. Chafing dishes sometimes have places beneath them for cans of Sterno brand chafing fuel. These cans of flammable gel are lit like candles.

Source: Author robynraymer

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