Wait! Your Soup! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Sherry

Margaret Visser is a Canadian author of several books, and has won awards including the "Glenfiddich Medal for Best Food Book of the Year" and the "Jane Grigson Award".
The book in question is called "The Rituals of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, & Meaning of Table Manners" and was first published in 1992.
Along with sherry, sauterne is also suggested as a suitable accompaniment to the soup course of a meal.

Answer: Lichen

The lichen Cetraria islandica is colloquially known as Icelandic moss. It is boiled up with milk, sugar, and a little salt, and served piping hot in this traditional soup dish.

Answer: Good Manners

Bennett Cerf was one of the founders of Random House book publishers, and compiled several popular collections of puns and jokes.
He also appeared as a panellist on the television game show "What's my Line" from it's inception in the early 1950s until his death in 1971.

Answer: Thailand

Although many modern Japanese people now eat soup and noodles "the European way" without slurping, among older generations it has been slurped noisily for hundreds of years.
The tradition is said to stem from showing one's enjoyment of the meal provided by a host, no matter how humble that meal may be.
People in Laos, Indonesia, and The Philippines eat their soup with spoons rather than lifting the bowl to their mouths, but it is still perfectly acceptable to slurp.
In Thailand however, noisy eating is considered a breach of etiquette.

Answer: Coffee

The proverb in question dates from the time of the Turkish occupation of Hungary, and refers to the fact that the invaders would wait until the, to the native Hungarians exotic, black coffee was served after dinner before they issued any orders or directives. It implies "saving the worst/unpleasant news til last".

Answer: Tomato

The term madrilene comes from the French phrase "consommé ŕ la madrilčne" which literally translates as "soup in the Madrid style"
The earliest known use of the term dates back to the early years of the twentieth century.

Answer: Drunk

The earliest reference to the phrase I found claimed it was a Welsh saying, but it has obviously spread as it is defined in the "Urban Dictionary" and used in the 1996 film "Dumb and Dumber", among many other modern examples.

Answer: Dilligrout

According to records from the time, the original dilligrout soup served to King William and his Queen Mathilda, in 1066, was made of "almond milk, brawn of capons, sugar and spices, chicken, etc" and the chef was rewarded with his own Manorial estate.
At each succeeding Coronation, the then Lord of that estate, Addington Manor, would present a bowl of soup to the newly crowned Monarch.

Answer: Al Capone

It was Al Capone who funded the very first soup kitchen in Chicago, providing basic sustenance to anything up to 3000 people a day.
It is thought that he wanted to both repair his public image in the aftermath of the St. Valentines Day Massacre, and also to "keep people sweet" who might be tempted to turn police informant in exchange for a reward.

Answer: Aubergine

Baba gannouji hails from the Turkey, and literally translates as "spoiled old father".
It is made with pureed eggplant/aubergine, sesame seed paste (tahini), garlic, and stock.