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French Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When was the Sorbonne founded?
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
the 13th century
in the afternoon (un go
a sugared almond
2. What is found on the north side of the Seine River - called the right bank
French Riviera
art
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
3. Which of Ernest Hemingway's books portray life in Paris between the two world wars?
in the Caribbean
parachute
A Moveable Feast
film director
4. Is un centim
less
citrus
Toulouse
les arrondissements
5. What is the Pompidou Center?
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
modern and contemporary art of the Western World
French Riviera
July 14 - 1789
6. What time is the main meal served in France?
emotions and imaginations
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
La Joconde
noon
7. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?
the nuclear power industry
painter
gourmet cooking
Moli
8. What were the series of wars between the French and English that began in 1337?
a pinball machine
Hundred Years War
la Marseillaise
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
9. Who wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel?
stethoscope
Fran
a dining car
Italian
10. What is one of the largest crops in France
Nicolas Sarkozy
Germany
wheat
Lutetia
11. What is Brittany know for?
the hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
more than 2 million
parachute
12. What is longer - un kilom
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
a mile
Fran
the Loire at 626 miles
13. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
Braille script to help the blind read
to raise the retirement age
Herg
Impressionism
14. What is the largest city in France?
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
Paris
iron ore
Charlemagne
15. For What is Limoges famous
traditional - local cooking
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
Louis XIV
porcelain
16. What did the Popular Front governments enact?
Napoleon Bonaparte
a dozen oysters
Important social and labor reforms
Impressionism
17. Which family had the fleur de lis as a symbol?
Bourbons
l'
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Livarot
18. Who was the cardinal Who served as regent for Louis XIII?
christenings and weddings
French Riviera
Richelieu
the Opera festival
19. What is Orangina?
impressionist
1991
an orange soft drink
high-heeled shoes
20. What was la Bastille?
prison
christenings and weddings
stuffed tomatoes
1481
21. What type of shoes was invented in France 400 yrs ago?
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
founder of Renault automobiles
a public lavatory for men
high-heeled shoes
22. Olives grow in southern France during Which season of the year
summer
farmland
fondue bourguignonne
Parc Ast
23. What regions are famous for their butter
a public lavatory for men
95
Normandy and Brittany
le baccalaur
24. Who was Moli
17th century playwright
le m
Corsica - la Corse
the nuclear power industry
25. On What kind of bottle would you find the word brut?
emotions and imaginations
the Loire at 626 miles
prehistoric cave paintings
une bouteille de champagne
26. What was the occupation of Brigitte Bardot?
it is the 5th largest economy
film star
the Loire at 626 miles
gourmet cooking
27. When did France end nuclear testing?
North Africa
le football am
1996
soccer
28. What is the most popular sport in France?
soccer
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
un kilogramme
May 1st
29. When is the French labor day?
religious freedom
1946
Louis XV
May 1st
30. What city was the center of international art in the 20th century until after World War II?
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
Romanticism
the Lumi
Paris
31. During Which century did the Renaissance take place?
Louis Pasteur
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
16th century
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
32. What are cr
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
in the afternoon (un go
a fried pastry
Corsica - la Corse
33. What French president was elected in 2007 - and is up for re-election in May 2012?
Nicolas Sarkozy
Alexandre Dumas (p
Fran
Jean-Baptiste Lully
34. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
Napoleon
an Egyptian Obelisk
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
Spain
35. What is the highest point in France?
democracy
about $7 -500
Mont Blanc
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
36. Where did le croissant originate?
meuh
they learn to read
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
a star
37. What is le slow?
farmland
slow dancing
lunch
coin coin
38. At what age do children go to le lyc
more
15-16
a stew
Louis Pasteur
39. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
cocorico
Normandy and Brittany
pig
the Opera festival
40. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
le lyc
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
a mile
1885
41. What is une religieuse?
a pastry - also means a nun
26 percent
Hundred Years War
the Baroque period
42. Where is le Mus
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
lunch
Fran
in Paris
43. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?
une salade
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
prehistoric cave paintings
Marie and Pierre Curie
44. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?
Romanticism
left one
20 yrs
tip is included
45. Where is Nice
French Riviera
Southern France - on the C
the Baroque period
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
46. What are marrons glac
candied chestnuts
democracy
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Alsace and Lorraine
47. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
Belgium
Hector Berlioz and Fr
before lunch or dinner
the Alps and the Pyrenees
48. What time do the French usually eat dinner?
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
Napoleon Bonaparte
le tricolore
goose liver
49. What is the French name for home cooking?
Toulouse
le football or le foot
81
cuisine bourgeoise
50. At What age do French children attend preschool
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
fried eggs
ages 2-6
Maurice Ravel