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Where Have You Bean? Trivia Quiz

This is a silly quiz. I'm telling you right now. "Where have you BEAN" in 10 different languages. Don't blame me if you take the quiz and think it's dumb. I warned you.

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

Author
deputygary

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
346,180

Updated
Jul 01 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
343

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Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. How would a French person say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

l� o� est mon haricot

l� o� avez-vous haricot

l� o� avez-vous �t�

qui vous ont �t�

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2. How would a German person say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

wo die Bohne ist

wo Sie gewesen haben Sie

wo haben Sie die Bohne

wer Sie gewesen haben

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3. How would a Spanish person say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

donde t�ngale haba

qui�n le tienen sido

donde t�ngale estado

donde est� la haba

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4. How would an Italian person say, "Where have you BEAN?" Hint

dove abbialo il fagiolo

chi lo hanno stato

dove abbialo stato

dove � il fagiolo

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5. How would a Brazilian say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

onde o tenha estado

onde o tenha feij�o

quem o t�m sido

onde est� o feij�o

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6. How would a Norwegian person say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

hvor har du v�rt

hvor er b�nne

hvordan har du v�rt

hvor har du b�nne

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7. How would a Polish person say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

gdzie jest fasola

gdzie by�eoe

gdzie si� fasola

jak by�aoe

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8. How would a Romanian person say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

cum a�i fost

�n cazul �n care a�i fasole

�n cazul �n care a�i fost

�n cazul �n care este fasole

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9. How would a Czech say "where have you BEAN"? Hint

Kde jste byli

Kde jste fazole

Jak jste byli

Kde je boby

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10. How do you say "where have you BEAN" in Latin? Hint

ubi vos faba

quomodo fuit

ubi te fuit

ubi est faba

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How would a French person say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: l� o� avez-vous haricot

"Haricot" is French for bean. In some areas of the world navy beans are known as haricot beans.

It is untrue that the term originated from a J.K. Rowling book which had Ron Weasley saying "Haricot gas from eating beans."

2. How would a German person say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: wo haben Sie die Bohne

"Bohne" is bean in German. It is believed the word bean came from "bene" in Middle English. It is easy to see how similar the German word is to the English word.

3. How would a Spanish person say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: donde t�ngale haba

"Haba" is Spanish for bean. It is also another name for the fava bean.

So haba 'nother plate of favas.

4. How would an Italian person say, "Where have you BEAN?"

Answer: dove abbialo il fagiolo

The Italian word for bean is "fagiolo". A common Italian dish is pasta e fagioli (also known as pasta fazool), which means pasta and beans. Generally cannellini beans or borlotti beans are used.
You may remember pasta fazool from the Dean Martin song "That's Amore": when the stars make you drool justa like pasta fazool, that's amore.

5. How would a Brazilian say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: onde o tenha feij�o

The main language in Brazil is Portuguese and "feijao" is Portuguese for bean. The main bean used in Brazil is the black bean.

6. How would a Norwegian person say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: hvor har du b�nne

The Norwegian word for bean is "b�nne". This is very similar to the German word "bohne" and the Danish word "bonne".

7. How would a Polish person say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: gdzie si� fasola

"Fasola" is Polish for bean. Poland grows a lot of white runner beans called piekny Jas or "Handsome Johnny".

It is an unusual Polish word. It has as many vowels as consonants.

8. How would a Romanian person say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: �n cazul �n care a�i fasole

"Fasole" is Romanian for bean. Notice the similarity to the Polish word "fasola".

9. How would a Czech say "where have you BEAN"?

Answer: Kde jste fazole

Just as "fasola" means bean in Polish and "fasole" means bean in Romanian, "fazole" is bean in Czech.

10. How do you say "where have you BEAN" in Latin?

Answer: ubi vos faba

And here we get to the crux of the word for bean in several other languages. "Faba" in Latin becomes "fagiolo" in Italian, "feij�o" in Portuguese, "fazole" in Czech, "fasole" in Romanian, "fasola" in Polish, "fasulye" in Turkish, "fizol" in Slovenian and "haba" in Spanish.

Source: Author deputygary

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