Anglophile or Francophile?

Do you want to take a fun little test?

Do your design sensibilities lean toward France or toward England?

So, are you a Francophile or an Anglophile?

Answer a) or b) to the following short preference questions.

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Do you prefer:

1. In furniture

a) Chippendale

or

b) Roccoco

2.  China

a)transferware

or

b) Sèvres

3. Pups

a) Retriever

or

b) Shepherd

4. Furniture style

a)Barley twist leg

or

b) straight and narrow with fluting

5. Afternoon snack

a)Scone

or

b)Macaron

6. Sporting 

a) fox hunt

or

b) Stag hunt

7. Sweets

a)trifle

or

b) truffle

8. Literature Classic

a) William Shakespeare

or

b) Victor Hugo

9. Headwear

a)  fascinator

or

b) chapeaux

10. Spy

a)James Bond

or

b) Inspector Clouseau

11. Decorative arts

a) family portrait

or

b) family crest

12. Appetizer

a) smoked salmon

or

b) smoked trout

13. Cheese tray 

a) stilton

or

b) roquefort

14. Spice

a) curry

or

b) herbs de provence

15. Wood panels

a) quarter sawn oak

or

b) satin finish walnut

16. Gardening

a)knot garden

or

b) topiary garden

17. sporting activity

a)punting

or

b) bicycling

18. chef

a)Gordon Ramsey

or

b)Jacques Pepin

19. Palace

a) Buckingham

or

b) Versailles

20. Beauty

a)Catherine,  as in Duchess

or

b) Catherine, as in Denueve

21. Artist

a) Gainsborough

or

b) Gaugin

22. Gardens

a) Sissinghurst

or

b) Giverny

23.Comfort food

a)Bangers and mash

or

b) Cassoulet

24. Decorator

a) Mario Buatta

or

b) Charles Faudree

25. Travel

a) Cotswolds

or

b) Provence

26. apéritif

a) sherry

or

b) lillet

27.  Flower

a) foxglove

or

b) sunflower

28. Morning caffeine 🙂

a) tea with lemon

or 

b) café au lait

 

Finished?

Count your a’s and b’s.

( really, both #16 could be either French or English)

mostly A’s are Anglophiles

mostly B’s are Francophiles

Anglophile here, which are you?