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Absurd French 607 Trivia Quiz

Here's another test of your degree of French absurdity. Bonne chance! Choisissez l'equivalent en anglais de chaque phrase en francais. Vous aurez droit au diplome du francais absurde!

A multiple-choice quiz by Bruyere. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Bruyere

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
74,232

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
6781

Awards
Top 20% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

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

To prepare a nice stuffed turkey, you need chestnuts.

To prepare a good stuffed turkey, you need oysters.

To prepare your dull maid for a practical joke, you'll need time.

To prepare a joke for your turkey, you need to laugh.

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Question 2 of 10

2. Mon chat aboie a la lune, alors maintenant mon chien miaulera-t-il au soleil? Hint

My cat is barking at the moon, so now will my dog miaow at the sun?

My cat's miaowing at the full moon, so will my dog sit out in the sun?

My cat's drinking in the moonlight, so now will my dog maul the postman?

My cat's barking at the looney birds, so now will my dog miaow at the mice?

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Question 3 of 10

3. Le facteur ne passera jamais. Hint

The bill never arrived.

The postman will never come.

The postman will never pass his exam.

The postman rings twice.

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Question 4 of 10

4. Monsieur? Il y a une grenouille dans votre grenier qui coasse toute la nuit. Hint

Sir? There's a Croatian gargoyle on your roof at night.

Sir? There is a frog in your attic that croaks all night.

Sir? There is a pomegranate in your attic that's rotting away.

Sir? He has a frog there in your pantry that's marinating all night.

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Question 5 of 10

5. Ou que tu sois, je te trouverai. Hint

Either you show yourself, or else I'll hunt for you.

No matter where you would be, I'd find you.

No matter where you are, I'll find you.

You must be there, or I'd find you.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Le neveu de mon frere est mon fils. Hint

My nephew's brother is my son.

My brother's niece is my daughter.

My brother's nephew is my son.

My brother's nephew is on the line.

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Question 7 of 10

7. Le chien de Madame Dupont est aux anges lorsqu'on lui donne un os. Hint

Madame Dupont's angels are offended when you give her dog a bone.

Madame Dupont's cat is an angel when you give him fish.

Madame Dupont's dog is in heaven when you give him a bone.

Madame Dupont's dog goes crazy whenever you give him a kick.

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Question 8 of 10

8. La fille de la comtesse de Malabar se teint les cheveux en vert. Hint

The Countess's daughter Malabar dyes her hair red.

The Countess of Malabar's daughter dyes her hair green.

The girl's malabar counter is green.

The Countess of Malabar's daughter dyes her horses green.

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Question 9 of 10

9. Lasse de sa lecon de violon, elle posa son instrument sur la table de la cuisine. Hint

Bored with her cello lesson, she placed her kitchen utensils on the table.

Lassie's violin lesson was on the kitchen table.

Bored with her violin lesson, she put her instrument on the kitchen table.

Bored with her violin lesson, it was instrumental in her taking up French cuisine at school.

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Question 10 of 10

10. Barbie ne savait pas quoi mettre pour le bal donc elle demanda l'avis de Ken, qui lui a repondu, 'tu es belle deja, allons-y!'. Hint

Barbie didn't know what to wear for the ball so she asked Ken's opinion, who answered her, 'you are already beautiful, let's go!'

Barbie didn't know what mattered about the ball in the game, so she asked Ken who answered, 'you don't look fat in those'.

Barbie doesn't know what to put in the suitcase, so she demanded that Ken respond, 'you are handsome'.

Barbie didn't know what to wear for the luncheon, so she asked Ken's advice, who answered, 'I've already seen that film'.

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

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

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.

2. Mon chat aboie a la lune, alors maintenant mon chien miaulera-t-il au soleil?

Answer: My cat is barking at the moon, so now will my dog miaow at the sun?

aboyer is the verb for bark, miauler is to miaow.

3. Le facteur ne passera jamais.

Answer: The postman will never come.

'le facteur sonne toujours deux fois.' the postman always rings twice. This is actually something like a jumprope rhyme in French.

4. Monsieur? Il y a une grenouille dans votre grenier qui coasse toute la nuit.

Answer: Sir? There is a frog in your attic that croaks all night.

Coasser is the verb for to croak. (to croak in the slang sense of to die might be 'clampser', 'crever' or something similar). Le grenier is an attic. Not to be confused with a donjon which looks like dungeon to us, but a dungeon for the French is up top, not down in the depths of a castle. Pomegranate is 'une grenade'. 'Sirop a la grenadine' or 'grenadine' for short is pomegranate sirop, a very popular kids' drink. Now you know why they call them grenades by the way.

5. Ou que tu sois, je te trouverai.

Answer: No matter where you are, I'll find you.

This is from a song by Jean-Jacques Goldman, one of the most popular French songwriters. It's also an example of the subjunctive in action. The ou should have an accent on it by the way, but QL does not yet support them.

6. Le neveu de mon frere est mon fils.

Answer: My brother's nephew is my son.

One of those sounded more like a logic question. Fils is also how you would write wire or line. Un telephone sans fils. But it is pronounced "feel". It's a long story, I'll tell it to you some day.

7. Le chien de Madame Dupont est aux anges lorsqu'on lui donne un os.

Answer: Madame Dupont's dog is in heaven when you give him a bone.

to be 'aux anges' is to be with the angels or in heaven. This reminds me of the old Wacky Racers cartoon with the Muttley dog! "lorsque" is a fancy way albeit common one of saying 'when' or quand.

8. La fille de la comtesse de Malabar se teint les cheveux en vert.

Answer: The Countess of Malabar's daughter dyes her hair green.

Malabar is the word for a sort of bubble gum. It's one of those cultural things you need to know! However the Marquis de Carabar is the name that the cat gives his master in Puss in Boots. Se teindre les cheveux, to dye one's hair.

9. Lasse de sa lecon de violon, elle posa son instrument sur la table de la cuisine.

Answer: Bored with her violin lesson, she put her instrument on the kitchen table.

There was a literary type passage for you, but you were ready for it! Lecon should have a c cedilla, so I apologize in advance. Lasse is a sort of wistful boredom, ennuie would be another type. Posa is the passe simple. The literary tense that is not used in speech except for rare expressions. However, you will find this in most writing and fairy tales.

10. Barbie ne savait pas quoi mettre pour le bal donc elle demanda l'avis de Ken, qui lui a repondu, 'tu es belle deja, allons-y!'.

Answer: Barbie didn't know what to wear for the ball so she asked Ken's opinion, who answered her, 'you are already beautiful, let's go!'

savoir = to know, connaitre = to know someone. L'avis is someone's opinion, as in 'a mon avis'. Deja, is already. Allons-y is because in this expression, you need to go somewhere in French, thus the y.

Source: Author Bruyere

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