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FNGD Q3 - Friday June 20, 2008 -
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:14 pm
by etaoin22
Q3 - FROM THE FRENCH
B - If you were playing a game show entitled "DES CHIFFRES ET DES LETTRES"
which might you most likely expect to do:
1 - identify pop tunes
2 - slide on inflatable beach toys
3 - do mental arithmetic
4 - recite poetry
G - In a correctly done French menu, a dish identified as an "ENTREE" would most likely correspond to this sort of a dish
1 - soup
2 - appetizer
3 - starter
4 - main course
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:16 pm
by ontellen
4
and
4
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:16 pm
by silvercamaro
3
2 (Is there a big difference between an appetizer and a starter?)
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:17 pm
by ontellen
4
and
4
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:17 pm
by hermillion
B - 3
G - 3
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:17 pm
by kayrharris
I actually know one! (the food one)
I'm thinking this is 3
do mental arithmetic
Entree is definitely main course
Re: FNGD Q3 - Friday June 20, 2008 -
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:19 pm
by T_Bone0806
etaoin22 wrote:Q3 - FROM THE FRENCH
B - If you were playing a game show entitled "DES CHIFFRES ET DES LETTRES"
which might you most likely expect to do:
1 - identify pop tunes
2 - slide on inflatable beach toys
3 - do mental arithmetic
4 - recite poetry
G - In a correctly done French menu, a dish identified as an "ENTREE" would most likely correspond to this sort of a dish
1 - soup
2 - appetizer
3 - starter
4 - main course
4 and 4
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:19 pm
by etaoin22
definitely a "gotcha" element with this Q.....
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:21 pm
by hermillion
etaoin22 wrote:definitely a "gotcha" element with this Q.....
Uh-oh. This could be ugly.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:21 pm
by Bob Juch
3 & 4
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:25 pm
by etaoin22
the game show would translate as letters and numbers.
in fact, the two main challenges are mental arithmetic, and a scrabble-like search for the longest word in a group of semi-random letters.
inflatable beach toys HAS appeared a contest element in a French show. But not this one.
ENTREE IS STARTER. It comes from the verb "enter". PLAT PRINCIPAL is main dish. Appetizer is close, but starter is closer. HORS D'OEUVRE for appetizer, but i havent seen that term in Montreal at least for a while., but it is the usual translation
14-12 for G
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:27 pm
by ontellen
So why do all the menus list the entrees as the main dishes?
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:28 pm
by hermillion
ontellen wrote:So why do all the menus list the entrees as the main dishes?
I think the "gotcha" in this question, was that he was looking for properly written FRENCH menu. I guess us Yanks just don't get it!
yup. Entree for main dish is an mericanism.
The Yanks get peeved at the little plates they get when they order an entree from a properly done French menu.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:29 pm
by kayrharris
Well, at least we learn stuff. Now WE know and all those others out there don't!!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:33 pm
by etaoin22
Oh and another thing. Whether Quentin Tarantino was BSing or not about Mickey D in Paris with the "Royale" thing I do not know , here in MTL quarter pounder with cheese is quart-de-livre avec fromage.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:34 pm
by hermillion
OK - now that was weird. I didn't write the part that says:
yup. Entree for main dish is an mericanism.
The Yanks get peeved at the little plates they get when they order an entree from a properly done French menu.
How did somebody add that to my post???
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:37 pm
by kayrharris
I'm hearing Twilight Zone music, Nancy!
That is weird. Maybe as moderators we have special powers...and the special power got mixed up.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:39 pm
by hermillion
. . . oh, sorry . . . I was a little distracted. I thought I heard Rod Serling . . .
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:42 pm
by silvercamaro
hermillion wrote:OK - now that was weird. I didn't write the part that says:
yup. Entree for main dish is an mericanism.
The Yanks get peeved at the little plates they get when they order an entree from a properly done French menu.
How did somebody add that to my post???
I think that somebody with moderator powers accidentally hit "edit" instead of "quote." T'weren't me.
I can do it!!!
I DID NOT KNOW I CAN FUDGE WITH YOUR POST!!!!!
BUT I JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:44 pm
by hermillion
silvercamaro wrote:hermillion wrote:OK - now that was weird. I didn't write the part that says:
yup. Entree for main dish is an mericanism.
The Yanks get peeved at the little plates they get when they order an entree from a properly done French menu.
How did somebody add that to my post???
I think that somebody with moderator powers accidentally hit "edit" instead of "quote." T'weren't me.
I can do it!!!
Now cut that out! Didn't somebody ever learn about power vs. absolute power??
I DID NOT KNOW I CAN FUDGE WITH YOUR POST!!!!!
BUT I JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:47 pm
by silvercamaro
silvercamaro wrote:hermillion wrote:OK - now that was weird. I didn't write the part that says:
yup. Entree for main dish is an mericanism.
The Yanks get peeved at the little plates they get when they order an entree from a properly done French menu.
How did somebody add that to my post???
I think that somebody with moderator powers accidentally hit "edit" instead of "quote." T'weren't me.
I can do it!!!
I DID NOT KNOW I CAN FUDGE WITH YOUR POST!!!!!
BUT I JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!!
I did not write anything after "me." Okay, so now we need to invite the Ghost Whisperer to check this out.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:48 pm
by T_Bone0806
hermillion wrote:. . . oh, sorry . . . I was a little distracted. I thought I heard Rod Serling . . .
Submitted for your approval. Hermillion. A normal but highly intelligent woman who just logged on for what she assumed would be a light, friendly Friday Night game testing knowledge of facts both important and trivial. Little did she know that she would soon find herself on a message bored in....The Twilight Zone.
wah----wahwah wah wah.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:48 pm
by kayrharris
Can you imagine what this could do to the outcome of a game here?
Not that anyone here would even think of such.
If someone edits me, will you please edit with the correct answer so I can look smart? Thank you!!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:49 pm
by silvercamaro
This is very funny, if totally weird.
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:49 pm
by hermillion
T_Bone0806 wrote:hermillion wrote:. . . oh, sorry . . . I was a little distracted. I thought I heard Rod Serling . . .
Submitted for your approval. Hermillion. A normal but highly intelligent woman who just logged on for what she assumed would be a light, friendly Friday Night game testing knowledge of facts both important and trivial. Little did she know that she would soon find herself on a message bored in....The Twilight Zone.
wah----wahwah wah wah.
How cool! An episode of my very own!