Exhibitions

• Current Exhibitions
• Future Exhibitions
• Past Exhibitions
• Traveling Exhibitions

Design du jour Quiz

Cooper-Hewitt invites you to weigh in on your favorite objects and designers in Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500-2005. The following questions are meant to be fun and informative, and the results will be revealed online at a later date. If you haven't seen the exhibition yet, we hope this will whet your appetite!

1. Choose your favorite exhibition object:

 

---

 

2. If you could host a dinner party using place settings from one of the following eras, which era would you choose?

18th century France		1950s Scandinavia		19th century France		18th century England

 

---

 

3. Which of the following tools is NOT used to serve ice cream?

a.		b.		c.		d.

 

---

 

4. Match the pictured tongs with the food they are used to serve:

-- Select -- 1. Asparagus 2. Fried Chicken 3. Sugar Cubes 4. Ice		-- Select -- 1. Asparagus 2. Fried Chicken 4. Ice		-- Select -- 2. Fried Chicken 4. Ice		-- Select -- 2. Fried Chicken
1. Asparagus		2. Fried Chicken		3. Sugar Cubes		4. Ice

 

---

 

5. Which of the following exhibition objects do you think is the oldest?

a.		b.		c.		d.

 

---

 

6. Which of the following unusual forks do you wish would make a comeback?

a.		b.		c.		d.

 

---

 

7. Until the late 17th century, utensils were not provided by hosts or inns and travelers had to carry their own set of flatware. Of the sets pictured below, which would you choose?

a.		b.		c.		d.

 

---

 

8. Which of the following 20th century flatware designers do you most admire?

a.		b.		c.		d.

 

---

 

9. Which of the following unusual spoons is your favorite?

a.		b.		c.		d.

 

---

 

10. Match the following objects with the year in which they were designed:

-- Select -- 1. 1881 2. 1770 3. 1966 4. 1903		-- Select -- 1. 1881 2. 1770 4. 1903		-- Select -- 1. 1881 4. 1903		-- Select -- 1. 1881

 

 

Feeding Desire: Design and the Tools of the Table, 1500–2005

Opens May 5, 2006

Optional information

First Name

Last Name

Email

Would you like to receive emails from Cooper-Hewitt anouncing upcoming programs and events?Yes No

Street Address

City

State

Zip

Comments