You got 5 correct out of 10. :( 1. Choose the "non-U" word from the list: drawing room sitting room lounge 2. Choose the "non-U" word from the list: toilet lavatory loo 3. Choose the "non-U" word from the list: sick rich bike cycle 4. Choose the "U" word from the list: dentures couch ill looking glass "Looking glass" is now an archaic term. "Mirror" is the standard noun. 5. Choose the "U" word from the list: spectacles glasses serviette settee 6. Choose the "U" word from the list: glasses dessert napkin toilet 7. Lady Mountclunge: "I'm awfully sorry. Could you tell me where the ___________ is by any chance?" loo toilet bog dunny 8. Master Dugsnot: "Mother Dearest, after we've eaten the roasted partridge with cranberry sauce, what are we having for ____________?" dessert afters pudding 9. Duchess Highflaps: "Oh, dear me. I am feeling rather sick. I'm going to lie here on the _____________ in the drawing room." sofa settee couch chesterfield 10. Which of these actors often plays posh characters in movies? Natalie Portman Tom Cruise Brad Pitt Keira Knightley Philip Seymour Hoffman

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