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| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
Goose liver | |
Appetizer | |
The joy of life | |
"Hands-off" system of government | |
The newly rich | |
A fancy shindig | |
Wine steward | |
Morale of the troops | |
General's personal assistant | |
Limo driver | |
Snails as food | |
Young woman introduced to society for the first time | |
Thawing of political tensions, such as in the Cold War |
| Clue | Answer |
|---|---|
Lacking in social graces | |
On the contrary | |
Artistic vanguard | |
This means "Enjoy your meal!" | |
The wealthier class of commoners | |
Freedom to do whatever you wish | |
Dead-end of a street | |
Merciful death blow | |
Military overthrow of the government * | |
Sense of boredom and world-weariness | |
Dangerlously charming woman | |
The illusion of having experienced the same thing before | |
Refers to separately-priced menu items |
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tschutzer
Shouldn't "malaise" work for boredom/world-weariness? And can you accept some alternate spellings? Soiree (suaree? suarez?) got me.
May 24, 2011 delete reply
ctleng76
I know many of these, but I can't spell any of them. I agree the spelling needs to be more lenient.
May 24, 2011 delete reply
xolkan
yikes 7/26, 27% :(
May 24, 2011 delete reply
jayhawk
Wow. Spelling was a problem for me too. But then again, I've never taken a French class in my life.
May 25, 2011 delete reply
hana
Spelling kicked my butt as well, I perhaps could have gotten some more with a bit more time.
May 29, 2011 delete reply
delky06
13/26 - YIKES :(
May 30, 2011 delete reply
christmasxsnail
So I knew most of these words, I just either didn't know or forgot what they meant :P
Jun 4, 2011 delete reply
SSChan
Knew the words but not how to spell them, so I had to use google's auto-correct. I mean, do we really need to have the 'e' at the end of 'debutant'?
Jun 16, 2011 delete reply
Quizmaster
Debutante without the e will work now.
Jun 16, 2011 delete reply
beccalinda
I put fete instead of soiree. I think soiree is a better fit, but only a pretentious English-speaker would call a party a fete.
Jul 6, 2011 delete reply
acer9199
I could not spell chouffer choffer choufer chofer shouffer shoufer shoffer shofer schouffer schoufer schoffer schofer!!
Jul 17, 2011 delete reply
eric29cocoanuts
Yeah, me too with foie gras: foi gras, fois gras, fois gra, foi gra....aw, come on!! There's gotta be a better way! All I was missing was an e! :-(
Jul 28, 2011 delete reply
Quizmaster
Foi gras would have worked!
Jul 28, 2011 delete reply
recheli
That is not what malaise means. Can 'Enui' count for 'ennui'? I didn't know about the second 'n.'
Jul 31, 2011 delete reply
tralala
If you accept "débutant" then you have to change the clue. Débutant is for a male, débutante for a female, the last -e makes the difference.
Foi gras litteraly means Fat faith... ;) liver = foie. Here again the last -e is important.
Aug 14, 2011 delete reply
Quizmeister
I agree with tralala--please don't make spelling more lenient at the expense of meaning/correctness just so people can ham-fist their way through these quizzes.
Aug 26, 2011 delete reply
MastaKilla
Déjá Vu is not correct. this: á does not exist in french.
It is déjà vu.
And 'bon appétit' wasn't accepted. I had to type it without the accent.
Aug 28, 2011 delete reply
MastaKilla
same for Á la carte. Should be À la carte.
Aug 28, 2011 delete reply
Quizmaster
Thanks for the bug report. I fixed the problems you mentioned.
Aug 28, 2011 delete reply
Westlund
For appetizer, I could only think of "amuse-bouche", not hors d'oeuvre. Whats wrong with me? XD
Sep 7, 2011 delete reply
ivyhooligan
accepted spelling should be consistent with any other quiz. don't get crazy with it, but also don't be 100% strict. as quizmeister mentioned, accents and end letters are quite important en francais.
Sep 18, 2011 delete reply
Englishsiren
i lived in france for two years and never thought of half of these - just shows how stupid i am because i don't translate them to each other properly
Oct 2, 2011 delete reply
bugnuts
malaise is not really sense of boredom, world weariness but I think blaise might be an acceptable alternative.
Nov 3, 2011 delete reply
lottie
Canape is also an appetizer (I can't do the acute accent on my computer sorry) A bit easier to spell than hors d'oeuvre! I also agree that the spelling of answers should be correct.
Nov 24, 2011 delete reply
wupong
Joie de Vivre should also be La Joie de Vivre (or Le)
Jan 12, 2012 delete reply
Copper
The quiz is to guess the French phrases. You can't just make up your own spelling. 'Do we really need to have an e at the end of debutante?' Well, does it matter if we put an e at the end of the English word 'rap' or an extra s at the end of the word 'as'? Yes, it does, because it is incorrect and it changes the meaning of the word.
Feb 24, 2012 delete reply
ForgingIron
Shouldn't "entree" work for appetizer?
Feb 28, 2012 delete reply
jcassarino
Entree is a main dish, not an appetizer.
Mar 10, 2012 delete reply
lifemare
Absolutly not. Entrée means "entrance" or "entry," meaning "to begin." It should be served before the main course (the "plat principal"). Appetizer is equally just something to entertain the appetite while waiting. It's commonly just bread, cheese, smoked meats, or olives, etc. It's not actually a meal, it's closer to a digestif (a drink after the meal). A salad for instance can be either an appetizer or an entrée. So, really, it's very easy to confuse them (even chefs). Easier than it is to confuse entrée with a main dish. And haute cuisine aside, if you go out to dinner and there's only one dish before the main course, you can call it both an entrée or an appetizer, aslong as it is a small serving. The only distinction you can make is that appetizers are usually bitesize, something you can grab and eat without cuttlery. But that's not always the case...
Oct 14, 2012 delete reply
Quizmaster
Maybe in France or at fancy French restaurants. In the US, entree means main dish.
Oct 16, 2012 delete
lifemare
That was kind of "chauvinist." It's not just in France or "fancy french restaurants," it's everywhere else in the world, except apparently the USA. And it's the exact meaning of the word. Why should i care if it's being used (wrongly) in the US?! Should one be proud of one's ignorance? [From Wikipedia: "The disappearance in the early 20th century of a large communal main course such as a roast as a standard part of the meal in the English-speaking world has led to the term] entrée [being used to describe the main course itself in some areas. This usage is largely confined to North America and it is unusual in most English speaking countries."]
Oct 17, 2012 delete
EVP
Okay, so you shouldn't add extra spellings, honestly. You're asking for the french word, so if it's not spelled the french way, then it is WRONG.
Speaking of bad spelling, maybe check "dangerously charming woman" in your own list, because you have written "dangerLously"...
Jan 17, 2013 delete reply
martryn
I think I would have done better if I knew how to spell things in French. They sound one way, spelled another... difficult.
Apr 24, 2013 delete reply
JusSpammin
Shouldn't joie de vivre be joie de vie, since vivre is the verb "to live" and vie is the actual noun "life"?
May 15, 2013 delete reply
wclorick
Man, this quiz does not mess around with spelling. Points for being in the ball park?
May 20, 2013 delete reply
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