Friday 10th February 2023
Difficulty: Easy
Pétanque (Quiz #84)
Photo by Jim McDermott
Pétanque is a game played with boules (balls), in which players or teams throw their boules towards a smaller target ball.
1. In a doubles game of pétanque, how many boules does each player have?
2. The small target ball is often known in French as the cochonnet. What does cochonnet mean?
3. Guillaume and Marie are playing a singles game. They have each thrown one boule. Marie's boule is closer to the target ball than Guillaume's. Who throws next?
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