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31.
  Pardon My French   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are some everyday French expressions that have made their way into written or spoken English today. See how many you know. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, Creedy, Jun 09 11
Average
Creedy gold member
2489 plays
32.
  Absurd French 148   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Simply choose the best equivalent in English for each of these French sentences. After all, how else will you know how to get your neighbor's famished elephant out of your vineyard politely? Bonne Chance!
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Jul 25 09
Average
Bruyere editor
4889 plays
33.
  Basic French Verb test    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a very basic French verb test for our beginners. Simply choose the correct French verb.
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Oct 18 02
Average
Bruyere editor
4327 plays
34.
  What's the Weather in France?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well can you understand the weather forecast in French?
Easier, 10 Qns, Taylor7AT, Feb 07 17
Easier
Taylor7AT
6689 plays
35.
  French Numbers with a Canadian Twist   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For this quiz, you'll need to figure out the numerical answers to the Canadian focused questions and then find the correct French answer. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, ramonesrule, Sep 15 20
Average
ramonesrule
Sep 15 20
342 plays
36.
  Questions pour un champion   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Choisissez la meilleure question pour chaque réponse suivante. Choose the best question for the following answers. Careful, they must be the most logical. Bonne Chance!
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Jun 07 22
Average
Bruyere editor
Jun 07 22
4485 plays
37.
  How do you say that in English?    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here are some French phrases used in everyday English. The quiz looks for the literal translation. For example: Bonjour = good day, not hello or howdy. So...Bonne chance!(hint: The French word will be in quotation marks and no accent marks
Average, 15 Qns, grisham, Oct 30 13
Average
grisham
2110 plays
38.
  How Good is Your French?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
See how much you remember of French from school, or if you are still at school, see how good you are!
Average, 10 Qns, crazycube, Oct 31 07
Average
crazycube
4496 plays
39.
  It's A Baguette!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A 'baguette' is a 'long, thin loaf of French bread'. Let's review some other common French words or phrases used as part of the English language. There are so many, for this quiz, we will only review French words starting with the letter A.
Easier, 10 Qns, suzi_greer, Jan 14 13
Easier
suzi_greer
1571 plays
40.
  Quatrième Jeu de Mots   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a French word game for you Francophiles at Quizzyland. Simply find a French word that fits with all the clues given. None of these words will use accents. Example: champignons de_____, sous les ponts de ______=Paris. Bonne chance !
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Nov 25 18
Average
Bruyere editor
Nov 25 18
1320 plays
41.
  Que suis-je?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you a definition and you will have to guess what is described. Of course, it will be easy, as I have written the descriptions in French. High quality translation in the interesting information section!
Average, 10 Qns, Kabdanis, Apr 11 12
Average
Kabdanis gold member
4265 plays
42.
  Time in French    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz should be pretty easy if you know how to say what time it is in French.
Easier, 10 Qns, kalene08, Jun 09 18
Easier
kalene08
Jun 09 18
6544 plays
43.
  Qu'est-ce Que C'est?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz contains questions on how to ask the location of an object, to tell of the location of an object, and other ways to speak about objects, in French. Have fun!
Easier, 10 Qns, Quinze, Aug 28 24
Easier
Quinze
Aug 28 24
3194 plays
44.
  French Vocabulary    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a relatively simple quiz with basic French vocabulary (words and phrases). Choose the correct translation in English.
Easier, 10 Qns, jaggie25, Dec 13 11
Easier
jaggie25
3913 plays
45.
  What's the Correct Answer    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is my basic French quiz.
Easier, 10 Qns, Ilovedr, Aug 27 16
Easier
Ilovedr
3405 plays
46.
  Le , La, L' or Les?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Do you know when to use le, la, l' or les? Just read the sentence then choose the right one. 'Le' being masculine singular, 'la' being feminine singular, 'les' being masculine or feminine plural, and "l'" being used
Easier, 10 Qns, boblarry, Jul 12 02
Easier
boblarry
3742 plays
47.
  Vive les H!   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Voici un quiz sur le vocabulaire français qui commence par H. Choisissez la meilleure réponse en anglais. Bonne chance!
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Mar 20 20
Recommended for grades: 12
Average
Bruyere editor
Mar 20 20
2185 plays
48.
  French Colouring    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Open your box of Prismacolors. I present you three drawings. With which crayon will you colour it? Remember, it has to fit ALL three drawings!
Average, 10 Qns, Kabdanis, Jan 22 25
Average
Kabdanis gold member
Jan 22 25
6281 plays
49.
  Combien Font?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division questions.
Easier, 10 Qns, lanire, Apr 28 02
Easier
lanire
3484 plays
50.
  Jeff's French Colours    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will give you the French names of a couple of items that are a particular colour and you must give me that colour in French. The answers are all masculine singular.
Easier, 10 Qns, jeffcotton, Dec 20 19
Easier
jeffcotton
Dec 20 19
1702 plays
51.
  French Family Members    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a quiz to test how well you know the names of the family members in French. You have to find the correct English equivalents of the French nouns. Have fun!
Very Easy, 10 Qns, kalene08, Aug 03 13
Recommended for grades: 3,4,5
Very Easy
kalene08
4820 plays
52.
  Mixed French    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
A mixed quiz entirely in French! For the fluent French speaker, this quiz should be simple. It will compensate for all those what's-the-color-of-the-hair-of-Jennifer-in-season-five quizzes on American sitcoms!
Average, 25 Qns, KABDANIS, Nov 23 21
Average
KABDANIS gold member
Nov 23 21
3976 plays
53.
  Cinquième Jeu de Mots   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's yet another word game for Quizzyland's Francophones. Simply find a word that goes with each clue. There are no accents on any of these answers. Bonne chance!
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Mar 19 12
Average
Bruyere editor
876 plays
54.
  Deuxième Jeu de Mots   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here's a French word play game for you, simply fill in the French word that fits in the blank, either a compound word or else a phrase. The word you're looking for has no accents. Example: ____de fleurs, boire un ___ (=bouquet).
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, Aug 15 04
Average
Bruyere editor
1903 plays
55.
  French Vocabularyz!    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I name a French word, you pick the correct translation... don't worry, it's easy!
Average, 10 Qns, emeraldstar, Mar 29 10
Average
emeraldstar
5019 plays
56.
  Common French Idioms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Let us have a quiz on some common French idioms. All you need to do is select the English idiom equivalent to the French one. Bonne chance!
Average, 10 Qns, Agape2012, Apr 08 13
Average
Agape2012
810 plays
57.
  Parlez-vous l'INGlish?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz on the use of ING in France to create English-sounding words. Careful though, many are not quite what they seem. Bonne chance, Bruyere.
Average, 10 Qns, Bruyere, May 16 20
Average
Bruyere editor
May 16 20
2781 plays
58.
  Idiotic French Idioms    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How many French idioms do you know, or can you figure out? Give me the literal meaning.
Average, 10 Qns, monalisa2, Sep 27 19
Average
monalisa2
Sep 27 19
3359 plays
59.
  Subjunctive or Indicative?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The French subjunctive causes many problems for learners of French. I'll give you a sentence and you choose whether the correct choice requires the subjunctive or the indicative.
Average, 10 Qns, barefoot_boy, Jan 06 17
Average
barefoot_boy
1341 plays
60.
  Vive les 'R's!    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Voici un quizz sur les mots qui commencent par R. Bonne chance, de Mme de la Bruyere.
Average, 15 Qns, Bruyere, Jan 16 02
Average
Bruyere editor
2211 plays
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French Language Trivia Questions
31. Qu'est-ce que c'est qu'un gazon?

From Quiz Vive les G!

Answer: a lawn

Yes, it's a lawn, tondre le gazon (ou pelouse), is to mow the lawn. Un rot is a burp. Le gazouillis is a baby's babbling or cooing, pre speech. Une cuisinière à gaz is a gas cooker or stove.

32. Qu'est-ce que c'est que le sable?

From Quiz Vive les S

Answer: sand

Un sablet is a cookie or biscuit with a shape cut into the top part and jam in the middle. You can find it most places in France. L'étable is a stable, but there are many variations.

33. How would you ask "Where is the book?"

From Quiz Qu'est-ce Que C'est?

Answer: Où est le livre?

To ask where something is, say "Où est..." and then the object. "Où est mon livre?" means "Where is MY book?".

34. Voila ____ ami de Marc.

From Quiz Le , La, L' or Les?

Answer: l'

"There is the friend of Marc." Even though 'ami' is a male friend it begins with a vowel. Therefore an apostrophe always comes first.

35. Si vous etes en smoking:

From Quiz Parlez-vous l'INGlish?

Answer: You're wearing a tuxedo or formal dinner attire.

Yes, the famous designer Yves Saint-Laurent was said to have put women 'en smoking' or formal tuxedo type suits. The smoking is not as common as the tuxedo in America where it is used for proms etc. 'Fumeur-Non-fumeur' are the two sections and the legislation is not well enforced as any visitor knows. Many places cannot afford it. But bit by bit it will be. Surchauffer is the verb for overheat. The first version of this quiz had the wrong answer, many apologies, I pasted it in wrong!

36. Pour preparer une bonne dinde farcie il vous faut des marrons.

From Quiz Absurd French 607

Answer: To prepare a nice stuffed turkey, you need chestnuts.

Une bonne is the older word for maid, but it is not used as much as 'femme de menage' now. Une dinde is a turkey. farcir is 'to stuff' and 'une farce' is stuffing as well as a joke. Un marron is a chestnut.

37. Choisissez l'equivalent en anglais: La tortue rose apparait a minuit.

From Quiz Absurd French 505

Answer: The pink turtle appears at midnight.

This might come in handy for a password! This illustrates the difficulty to distinguish between midnight and noon for many foreign speakers of French.

38. How much is 'un plus deux'?

From Quiz Combien Font?

Answer: trois

Un plus deux font trois. One plus two is three.

39. If a Frenchman says that 'il pleut', what is the weather like?

From Quiz What's the Weather in France?

Answer: raining

From the verb 'pleuvoir', to rain.

40. What to an English-speaker is just a type of witty, light amusement, may be misunderstood as a kind of night-club. Seven-letter word beginning in c ?

From Quiz Misunderstandings Between French and English

Answer: cabaret

Napoleon gave numbers to the types of cabaret. The more indecent got the number 12 : cabaret douze. Sometimes misunderstood by the French as cabaret doux. Some kind of sweeties' club ?

41. What number is 'trente sept'?

From Quiz French Numbers

Answer: 37

trente = 30, sept = 7.

42. What is the literal English translation of the French expression "être habillé comme l'as de pique."

From Quiz Idiotic French Idioms

Answer: To be dressed like the ace of spades

In other words, to wear clothes that don't match. Trust the French to have a phrase for that.

43. M. Maupin promenait son caniche quand soudain l'autruche est apparue sur l'horizon.

From Quiz Absurd French 200

Answer: Mr. Maupin was walking his poodle when suddenly the ostrich appeared on the horizon.

Hope these didn't trip you up: pocketknife = canif, Autriche = Austria. Poodles are rapidly disappearing from the canine horizon, German shepherds have taken over in popularity. Yorkshires and other breeds are a close second.

44. For each question I'll give you the name of a country in either German or French. Deutschland?

From Quiz Country Names in French and German

Answer: Germany

That's right, Germans call Germany 'Deutschland'.

45. What does the phrase "Ne grimpe pas dans les rideaux" mean - not its direct translation?

From Quiz French Expressions From Quebec

Answer: 'Relax, don't freak out!'

When you translate it word by word, it says 'Don't climb in the curtains'. However, the expression is used to tell someone not to freak-out. If you have an argument with someone and this person starts to be under stress, you can use this expression. You can also say 'Capote pas!' or 'Mange pas tes bas tu vas chier de la laine' (don't eat your socks you will poop wool). However, the last one is not really polite and is more used by teens.

46. Excusez-moi, mais vous avez un perroquet sur la tete.

From Quiz Absurd French 101

Answer: Excuse me, but you have a parrot on your head.

This is dedicated to Monty Python's dead parrot sketch.

47. Quelle heure est-il? (Click on the best answer)

From Quiz Beginner's Phrases in French

Answer: Il est trois heures et demie.

It means, 'what time is it?'

48. What does 'dormir' mean?

From Quiz French Verbs

Answer: To sleep

Aller is to go, appeler is to call, and parler is to speak.

49. Do you speak English?

From Quiz Traveler's French

Answer: Parlez-vous anglais?

Only use this if your French-English dictionary fails you!

50. In France, what is the 'Boulangerie'?

From Quiz Test Your French

Answer: Bakery

51. Monsieur Dupont, your Parisian neighbour, is extremely proud of his extensive "cave" and invites you to check it out. Do you ...

From Quiz Learning French, Friend or Foe?

Answer: Bring along some cheese to accompany the delightful wine he is about to serve you

If Monsieur Dupont wanted to explore the coastal cave complex in the cliffside of his estate he would have invited you to visit "une grotte", but when referring to his collection of well-matured wine he will talk about his "cave", which might be an underground cellar, or nowadays simply a special refrigerator where his precious wine is stored at an ideal temperature and humidity.

52. To find the correct French number answer, you'll need to add the number of levels of Canadian government plus the number of colours on the Canadian flag. What's the answer?

From Quiz French Numbers with a Canadian Twist

Answer: Cinq

There are three levels of government in Canada. The federal level is responsible for things such as heritage, the environment, finance and foreign affairs. At the provincial level of government, the responsibilities include transportation and education. At the municipal level of government, the responsibilities include bylaw enforcement and animal control. The Canadian flag consists of two colours, red and white. There are three vertical stripes, the two outer stripes are red and the middle stripe is white with a red maple leaf on it. Three for the levels of government plus two for the colours on the Canadian flag makes five or cinq in French.

53. "Pleuvoir des cordes" is another common French idiom meaning what in English?

From Quiz Common French Idioms

Answer: Rain cats and dogs

"Pleuvoir des cordes" literally translates as "to rain ropes". When it rains very heavily, drops look like ropes falling from the sky.

54. With the roast beef au jus, we're having potatoes 'au gratin'. I love potatoes so I don't care what they do to them, but I'm curious. What does 'au gratin' mean?

From Quiz It's A Baguette!

Answer: with grating or scraping

In French, 'au gratin' means 'with pan scrapings'. In English, it has come to mean almost any food served 'with gratings'. Those 'gratings' can be bread crumbs, cheese, etc. Potatoes are most common but other vegetables, meats and seafoods are served 'au gratin'.

55. In a conversation about clothing and fashion, I tell an acquaintance how much I enjoy my "boutons". I think I'm talking about the cute lapel pins I like to wear. What have I really said?

From Quiz The French Correction

Answer: Pimples, or worse

"Bouton" can mean pimple or boil or even nipple. What I should have been discussing was my "epingles".

56. To keep Pierre's mind off missing Christmas festivities with his family, I suggest that we take a road trip. "Tu conduis comme un pied", he replies. What does he mean?

From Quiz French Idioms - C is for Froid

Answer: He will go, but only if I am not driving

Literal translation: "You drive like a foot". Pierre is telling me, in no uncertain terms, that I am a terrible driver.

57. New recruits from Portugal are being instructed on fitness and discipline as part of their training to become a soldier in the French Foreign Legion. What is the Portuguese word for "soldier"?

From Quiz Le French Foreign Legion

Answer: Soldado

New recruits have to undergo 15 weeks of basic training before they can progress through the ranks. Once they complete their initial training, they become Legionnaire 2e Classe, or Private rank. The highest rank they can achieve is Général de Brigade, or Brigadier General. "Fitness and discipline is part of their training to become a soldier" translates into Portuguese "Fitness e disciplina é parte de seu treinamento para se tornar um soldado"

58. When referring to a drink, what does "café au lait" mean?

From Quiz Pardon My French

Answer: Coffee with milk

This can also refer to a colour that is light brown in shade. Doctors also apparently use the term to describe certain colour birthmarks, as in "cafe au lait spot'. Typical doctors' goobledygook - why can't they just write "light brown birthmark"?

59. A 'tete a tete' is loosely translated as a meeting. What does it actually mean?

From Quiz How do you say that in English?

Answer: Head to head

Two are better than one King Solomon said. It should go true for 'heads' as well (unless they're butting).

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