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Come Practice Your French! Trivia Quiz

This is a pretty easy quiz, n'est-ce pas? Translate sentences from French to English.

A multiple-choice quiz by superfreaky. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
superfreaky

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
144,884

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
2455

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. We are at a restaurant. If I excuse myself, stating that I have to go "au petit coin"...what am I doing? Hint

Leaving the restaurant

Talking to the Chef - the food was terrible

Getting the check

Going to the washroom

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Question 2 of 10

2. You ask me for the 20 bucks I owe you. I tell you you'll get your money "quand les poules auront des dents". When should you expect to get your money back? Hint

Next pay check

As soon as possible

Next year

Never

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Question 3 of 10

3. What does the expression "entre chien et loup' mean? Hint

Fighting like dogs and wolves

Being "outside the loop"

Stuck between a rock and a hard place

At dusk

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the French equivalent of "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"? Hint

Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras

Un oiseau vaut mieux que deux buissons

Un oiseau dans la main vaut mieux que deux dans la bouche

L'oiseau dans ma main est plus beau que le tien

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Question 5 of 10

5. Your girlfriend/boyfriend dumps you. Your friends tell you not to worry, and say "Un de perdu, dix de retrouv�". What does this mean? Hint

You can do ten times better

There are plenty other fish in the sea

It wasn't meant to be

You were lost but now you're found

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Question 6 of 10

6. "Pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles" means "No news is good news".

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the English equivalent of "Plus on est de fous, plus on rit"
The more, _________ .

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Here's my favourite French expression from Qu�bec "Il mouille � boire debout". What does it mean? Hint

Fetch me a glass of water while you're up

I'm SOOO thirsty!

It's pouring rain

I prefer to stand up

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the French equivalent of "A rolling stone gathers no moss"? Hint

Roule la pierre pour avoir de la mousse

Pierre qui mousse n'amasse pas roule

Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse

Pierre qui roule me donne la frousse

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Question 10 of 10

10. How do you translate "It's a small world"?
Le monde est ______.

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We are at a restaurant. If I excuse myself, stating that I have to go "au petit coin"...what am I doing?

Answer: Going to the washroom

Veuillez m'excuser, je dois aller au petit coin...

2. You ask me for the 20 bucks I owe you. I tell you you'll get your money "quand les poules auront des dents". When should you expect to get your money back?

Answer: Never

"Quand les poules auront des dents" means "when chickens will grow teeth" - which means, in its English equivalent, "when hell freezes over".

3. What does the expression "entre chien et loup' mean?

Answer: At dusk

Translated literally, it means "between dog and wolf". But the expression is used to describe the time of day between dusk and dawn.

4. What is the French equivalent of "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"?

Answer: Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l'auras

Although the expression in French speaks of no bird or bush, it means the same thing.

5. Your girlfriend/boyfriend dumps you. Your friends tell you not to worry, and say "Un de perdu, dix de retrouv�". What does this mean?

Answer: There are plenty other fish in the sea

Translated literally, this means "One lost, ten found", meaning there are plenty other fish in the sea.

6. "Pas de nouvelles, bonnes nouvelles" means "No news is good news".

Answer: True

Nouvelles means news.

7. What is the English equivalent of "Plus on est de fous, plus on rit" The more, _________ .

Answer: the merrier

Translated literally, it means "The more crazy people there are, the more we laugh". Ain't it the truth!

8. Here's my favourite French expression from Qu�bec "Il mouille � boire debout". What does it mean?

Answer: It's pouring rain

"Il mouille" is slang for "it's raining". Translated literally, this expression means "It's raining so hard that you can drink while standing up" (with your mouth open).

9. What is the French equivalent of "A rolling stone gathers no moss"?

Answer: Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse

A "pierre" is a stone.

10. How do you translate "It's a small world"? Le monde est ______.

Answer: petit

That was an easy one. Hope you enjoyed the quiz!

Source: Author superfreaky

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