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Quiz about Vive les Rs
Quiz about Vive les Rs

Vive les 'R's! Trivia Quiz


Voici un quizz sur les mots qui commencent par R. Bonne chance, de Mme de la Bruyere.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bruyere. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Bruyere
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
63,805
Updated
Jul 23 22
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
10 / 15
Plays
2197
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Question 1 of 15
1. Ruisseau veut dire? Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. Ronfler veut dire? Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. Rousse veut dire? Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. Rixe veut dire? Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. Rugir veut dire? Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. Rouspeter veut dire? Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. Rognon veut dire? Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. Roter veut dire? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. Roturier veut dire? Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. Recoin veut dire? Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. Robinet veut dire? Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. Ramer veut dire? Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. Renne veut dire? Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. Rateau veut dire? Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Raler veut dire? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Ruisseau veut dire?

Answer: stream or gutter

Red is rouge for anything but hair color which is roux or rousse. Rusty is rouille (with accent), rustle would be ruisseler as a verb. Un ruisseau is the normal term for a stream.
2. Ronfler veut dire?

Answer: to snore

renifler = sniff, to blow up is gonfler, to yawn is bailler. A sniffer plane that fuels up in the air, is called un avion renifleur.
3. Rousse veut dire?

Answer: redhead (female)

rust = rouille, protest = rouspeter, rouse= reveiller. The sauce called rouille is a garlic mayonnaise served on croutons and is actually deep yellow going on orangish. It is often served in bouillabaisse. Une rousse is a female redhead and un rouquin is the slang version of a redhead guy, closer to carrot-top! Les cheveux roux is red hair.
4. Rixe veut dire?

Answer: brawl or fight

rice = le riz, grimace is un rictus, l'huile de ricin is castor oil, yuck! The latter is still used in cosmetics. 'Une rixe' is cited as one of the exceptions to your personal insurance on a policy! Getting into a bar fight! It's closer to the West Side story type of fight in the newspaper. I hear about them every morning on the local radio.
5. Rugir veut dire?

Answer: to roar

to blush is rougir, to pull down is tirer, porter une perruque is to wear a wig or toupee. The Lion candy bar says that 'vous rugirez pour un Lion'. Or at least it used to!
6. Rouspeter veut dire?

Answer: Complain and or gripe

reveiller quelqu'un = wake s.o. up, battre quelqu'un, and riposter would be retort. The French are very good at this!
7. Rognon veut dire?

Answer: kidney (meat)

Un rein is the organ, a frog is une grenouille of course, and to be grouchy is grognon.
8. Roter veut dire?

Answer: burp

To snore is ronfler, to sniff is renifler, and to roast is rotir. Un rot is the noun for a burp.
9. Roturier veut dire?

Answer: commoner

Un roturier is indeed a commoner. A roaster, they'd use a different sort of word for their turkey, un roteur would be someone who burps, though they don't have a title for it. Perhaps that would mean they were a roturier roteur.
10. Recoin veut dire?

Answer: nook or cranny

Chercher dans tous les coins et les recoins, is to look absolutely everywhere. A coin is 'une piece', un coin is also a corner or a place, reconnaitre is to recognize.
11. Robinet veut dire?

Answer: faucet or tap

A robber is un voleur or un cambrioleur, hose is un tuyau, marionnette is une marionnette! Il faut fermer ou ouvrir les robinets. They use open and close for the faucet. The gas outlet is also called 'un robinet a gaz'.
12. Ramer veut dire?

Answer: row (as in a boat)

To burn into flames is cramer, it used to be colloquial now if there's something burning in the oven someone generally says, 'qu'est-ce qui crame?!' Ramoner is to sweep out the chimney or a pipe. Current usage of ramer is when a program runs very slowly, 'ca rame'.
13. Renne veut dire?

Answer: reindeer

The kidney is un rein, the reign is la reigne, rain is of course la pluie. Une renne is feminine, don't ask me why!
14. Rateau veut dire?

Answer: rake

A raccoon is un raton laveur, rat is un rat! A rattle is un hochet. 'Prendre un rateau' in many areas of France is to be seriously embarrassed as in the slapstick comedies when you step on a rake and it whacks you squarely in the face.
15. Raler veut dire?

Answer: complain or gripe

A railway station is la gare, to return is retourner, rallumer is to light something back up.
Source: Author Bruyere

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