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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Quiz: French words from wine bottles and the map of France

chateau - castle, grand house
neuf - new
du
of
Pape - pope
massif centrale - central massive hilly area
grenache gris - grey g r e n a ch e grape, makes pink wines from Tavel on the south east coast of Spain, very dry
gris - grey
hermitage - hermitage
la chapelle
la the
chapelle - chapel
tour - tower, as in Tour Eiffel
cote du Rhone - not the coast but a slope if you see it on a bottle, so from the slope(s) of the river rhone

QUIZ
A quiz for your friend, family, pub, teens, children.
What do these words mean:

1 tour
2 chapelle
3 gris
4 neuf
5 Pape
6 blanc
7 noir
8 centrale
9 chateau
10 maison

Alternatively give the English and ask for a translation
1black
2 red
3 pink
4 new
5 tower
6 Pope
7 grey
8 of
9 the
10 central
Keep a French-English and English-French dictionary if you do not have an internet connection.

Angela Lansbury

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