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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. Where is le pays basque






2. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?






3. When did France play host to the World Cup for soccer?






4. When did le can-can enjoy popularity?






5. What percentage of France's total area is covered by woods and forests






6. When was Jacques Chirac elected president?






7. What is the most popular sport in France?






8. Who invented the process of pasteurization?






9. Where do Parisians participate in skiing and other winter sports?






10. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?






11. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?

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12. What palace in Paris serves as a meeting place for the 348-member French S






13. Is un centim






14. Where is Napoleon's body today?






15. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?






16. Prior to the Roman invasion - What was the language of the French?






17. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?






18. What is le Figaro?






19. What is la zone bleue?






20. What is the Mus






21. Where is France's spacecraft launched?






22. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?






23. Where is Carcassonne






24. Who are the two most famous Cubist Artists?






25. What are the main crops in France






26. Where is Orly






27. When was Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine?






28. Evian - Badoit and Vichy are French cities famous for What?






29. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?






30. What is le Front National?






31. Who ruled France when the metric system was established?






32. Which French city has been the center of perfume production for centuries?






33. What is un clip?






34. What structure was built in Paris in 1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel?






35. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?






36. Which city in southwestern France is called la ville rose






37. What country does more exporting of food than France?






38. The cathedral of Chartres is an example of Which type of art?






39. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?






40. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?






41. When was the first men's Tour de France held?






42. What was the profession of Jean Renoir?






43. Who launched the first hot air balloon in 1783?






44. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup






45. What is considered rude to do in a restaurant in France at the end of a meal






46. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?






47. What is le Concorde?






48. On What would you put une vinaigrette?






49. What was la Bastille?






50. Why is Sainte H