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French Culture - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the TGV?
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
A high speed train.
Senior year of high school.
Mardi Gras

2. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
Mardi Gras
The Seine.

3. To What does 'terminale' refer?
A national exam at the end of highschool.
A nickname for the French flag.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Senior year of high school.

4. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?
The Quebec boogy-man.
The Franc
I remember. They remember their French roots.
Someone Who speaks French.

5. What was the prior currency in France?
Belgium
The Franc
The Seine.
An African tree.

6. What is a baguette?
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
The English Channel.
Middle School

7. What is a gallette?
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Someone Who speaks English.
The English Channel.
Masterpiece.

8. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'
An appetizer.
Belgium
French Labor Day.
Someone Who speaks French.

9. What is an Anglophone?
Masterpiece.
The Seine.
Someone Who speaks English.
Mardi Gras

10. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?
Monday
La Gaule
Someone Who speaks English.
The Quebec boogy-man.

11. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'
The French national holiday.
Book vendors.
Champs Elys
It's a celebration before Lent.

12. What is 'le hexagon?'
The French national holiday.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
Belgium

13. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?
French Labor Day.
Wise men in Africa.
Purple - gold - and green.
The Euro

14. What is the current currency in France?
Middle School
The French national anthem.
The Euro
On Quebec license plates.

15. What is the grading scale in France?
Bread
I remember. They remember their French roots.
A caf
0-20. 10 is passing.

16. What is the mainstreet of Paris? It is lined with trees and connect Concorde with Charles de Gaulle.
Senior year of high school.
Mardi Gras
Champs Elys
Monday

17. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Book vendors.
La Gaule
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.

18. What is a 'boulangerie?'
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Bread
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.

19. What are 'faires les bises?'
On schedules.
Senior year of high school.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
Bread

20. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
Someone Who speaks French.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
A national exam at the end of highschool.

21. When is military time often used in France?
On schedules.
The French national anthem.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
The symbol of France.

22. What is an hor d'
Wise men in Africa.
An appetizer.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
A high speed train.

23. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
The symbol of France.
Wise men in Africa.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
A national exam at the end of highschool.

24. What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?
The Euro
French Labor Day.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.

25. What are bouquinistes?
The Franc
Book vendors.
Day first - then month - then year.
Bread

26. What is 'la Manche?'
The English Channel.
Someone Who loves French stuff.
Masterpiece.
The Franc

27. What is the main river in Paris?
On schedules.
The Seine.
Bread
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.

28. What is the former name of France?
A high speed train.
La Gaule
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
Wise men in Africa.

29. What is the most famous museum in France?
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
A nickname for the French flag.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
The Louvre

30. What is Cannes?

31. What is a baobab?
An African tree.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
The French national holiday.
The symbol of France.

32. What and Where is the 'Caf
Someone Who speaks English.
A caf
Bread
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.

33. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
An appetizer.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
On Quebec license plates.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.

34. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?

35. Translate 'la pain.'
Bread
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A nickname for the French flag.

36. Translate 'la vin.'
Day first - then month - then year.
Wine
The English Channel.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

37. What is 'le m
The subway.
La Gaule
I remember. They remember their French roots.
It's a celebration before Lent.

38. What is a 'beignet?'
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
0-20. 10 is passing.

39. What is a 'p
On Quebec license plates.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Book vendors.
On schedules.

40. What is a 'groit?'
A caf
On schedules.
An appetizer.
Wise men in Africa.

41. What is 'La Marseilles?'
The French national anthem.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
The Quebec boogy-man.
French Labor Day.

42. How are dates written in France?
Day first - then month - then year.
On schedules.
The Louvre
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.

43. What are two mountain ranges in France?
Book vendors.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
Les Vosques and les Juras.

44. Where were French fries invented?
Quebec
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
Belgium

45. What is a Francophile?
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Someone Who loves French stuff.
The Franc
I remember. They remember their French roots.

46. What is a 'muguet?'
I remember. They remember their French roots.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
French Labor Day.

47. What Canadian province is Montreal in?
An appetizer.
Quebec
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
La Gaule

48. What is a francophone?
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
On Quebec license plates.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
Someone Who speaks French.

49. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
The symbol of France.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Monday

50. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
Someone Who speaks English.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
A high speed train.
The French president.