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#1 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:14 pm

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

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#2 Post by ontellen » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:16 pm

4

and

4

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#3 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:16 pm

3

2 (Is there a big difference between an appetizer and a starter?)

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#4 Post by ontellen » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:17 pm

4

and

4

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#5 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:17 pm

B - 3

G - 3
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#6 Post by kayrharris » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:17 pm

I actually know one! (the food one)

I'm thinking this is 3
do mental arithmetic


Entree is definitely main course

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Re: FNGD Q3 - Friday June 20, 2008 -

#7 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:19 pm

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
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#8 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:19 pm

definitely a "gotcha" element with this Q.....

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#9 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:21 pm

etaoin22 wrote:definitely a "gotcha" element with this Q.....
Uh-oh. This could be ugly.
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#10 Post by Bob Juch » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:21 pm

3 & 4
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#11 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:25 pm

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

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#12 Post by ontellen » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:27 pm

So why do all the menus list the entrees as the main dishes?

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#13 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:28 pm

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.
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#14 Post by kayrharris » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:29 pm

Well, at least we learn stuff. Now WE know and all those others out there don't!! :lol:
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#15 Post by etaoin22 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:33 pm

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.

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#16 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:34 pm

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???
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#17 Post by kayrharris » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:37 pm

I'm hearing Twilight Zone music, Nancy!

That is weird. Maybe as moderators we have special powers...and the special power got mixed up. :shock:

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#18 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:39 pm

. . . oh, sorry . . . I was a little distracted. I thought I heard Rod Serling . . .
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#19 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:42 pm

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!!!!

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#20 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:44 pm

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?? :lol:

I DID NOT KNOW I CAN FUDGE WITH YOUR POST!!!!!

BUT I JUST DID IT AGAIN!!!!
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#21 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:47 pm

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.

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#22 Post by T_Bone0806 » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:48 pm

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.
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#23 Post by kayrharris » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:48 pm

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!!

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#24 Post by silvercamaro » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:49 pm

This is very funny, if totally weird.

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#25 Post by hermillion » Fri Jun 20, 2008 9:49 pm

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!
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