Favourite question of the week – 3 August 2016

According to Biblical legend, when David wanted to marry Michal what dowry did her father demand: 100 donkeys; 100 foreskins; 100 poems?

Selon la légende biblique, quand David voulait se marier avec Michal, quelle dot son père exigea-t-il : 100 ânes ; 100 prépuces ; 100 poèmes ?

Favourite question of the week - 17 February 2016

In Gargantua by Rabelais, the hero tries several options before deciding that a goose provides the best results; what does he use the goose for:

1. he eats it in a soup; 
2. he makes a quilt from its feathers;
3. he wipes his arse with it?

Dans Gargantua de Rabelais, le héros essaie plusieurs options avant de décider qu’une oie donne le meilleur résultat ; que fait-il de l’oie :

1. il la mange dans une soupe ; 
2. il fait une couette de ses plumes ; 
3. il se torche le cul avec ?

Question of the Day - 30 January

The Little Red Book contains quotations from which communist leader?

Le Petit Livre Rouge contient des citations de quel dirigeant communiste?

Question of the Day - 21 January

Who wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

Qui est l'auteur de Charlie et la Chocolaterie?

Question of the Day - 24 January 2013

Who wrote The Prince?
 
Qui écrivit Le Prince?

Question of the Day - 1 November 2012

What is the name of the clownish valet in the Commedia Dell’arte who wears a motley costume and black mask?
 
Quel est le nom du valet clownesque dans la Commedia Del’arte qui porte un costume bigarré et un masque noir?

Question of the Day - 10 October 2012

What was the name of King Arthur’s sword?

Quel est le nom de l’épée du Roi Arthur?

Question of the Day - 17 September 2012

Who wrote War and Peace?

Qui écrivit Guerre et Paix?

Question of the Day - 24 August 2012

Which is the biggest selling daily newspaper in France?

Quel est le journal quotidien le plus vendu en France?

Question of the Day - 11 July 2012

What is the name of the main character in Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment? Comment s'appelle le personnage principal de Crime et Châtiment de Dostoïevsky?

Question of the Day - 10 July 2012

What is the relationship between Salvador Allende and Isabel Allende?

Quel est le lien de parenté entre Salvador Allende et Isabel Allende?

Question of the Day - 20 June 2012

Which pipe-smoking amateur violin player lived at 221b Baker Street, London?

Quel fumeur de pipe et violoniste amateur vivait au 221bis Baker Street, Londres ?

Question of the Day - 21 May 2012

Which Tintin adventure did his creator Hergé leave unfinished when he died in 1983?

Quelle aventure de Tintin son créateur Hergé a-t-il laissé inachevée à sa mort en 1983?

Question of the Day - 1 May 2012

According to Jean Meslier, 18th century French atheist priest, "Humanity will not be free until the last [x] is strangled with the entrails of the last [y]." What are x and y?

D'après Jean Meslier, prêtre athée français du 18e siècle, "L’humanité ne sera heureuse que lorsque le dernier [x] sera étranglé avec les boyaux du dernier [y]." Que sont-ils, x et y?

Question of the Day - 23 April 2012

Who is the author of Doonesbury?

Qui est l’auteur de Doonesbury?

Question of the Day - 8 March 2012

Who wrote a diary while living in Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, and died in Bergen-Belsen? Qui écrivit un journal intime dans une maison dans Prinsengracht à Amsterdam, et mourût à Bergen-Belsen?

Question of the Day - 7 March 2012

Who wrote the novel The Alchemist?

Qui écrivit le roman L’Alchimiste?

Question of the Day - 13 February 2012

Who beat the hare in a race according to La Fontaine?

Qui bat le lièvre dans une course selon La Fontaine?

Question of the Day - 12 December 2011

Who was named by the French newspaper Le Figaro as "reporter of the 20th century"?

Qui fut nommé par Le Figaro comme «reporter du 20e siècle» ?

Question of the Day - 6 December 2011

How many lines are there in a sonnet?

Combien de lignes y a-t-il dans un sonnet?