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French Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is p






2. What is la gastronomie?






3. What is in caf






4. What city has the biggest carnival in France every year?






5. Who composed the national anthem of France?






6. What is the main ingredient of bouillabaisse?






7. What is la mairie?






8. What did l'






9. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank






10. Which American was known as the music-hall queen of Paris in 1920s?






11. What is un potage?






12. What is la zone bleue?






13. What do some people do before putting the lettuce in a salad bowl?






14. What is un flipper?






15. When was Jacques Chirac elected president?






16. What is un mille-feuilles?






17. The visual arts flourished in the mid-19th century. What were the three schools?






18. On What kind of bottle would you find the word brut?






19. What fruit is used in Kirsch?






20. Where is Orly






21. Who wrote Les Mis






22. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?






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






24. During Which century did Albert Camus write?






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






26. How tall is the Eiffel Tower






27. How do you most often eat oysters in France?






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






29. How do French people greet each other






30. What cheese is known as the oldest in France?






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






32. What is heavier - un kilo or 2 pounds?






33. For What is Grasse famous






34. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?






35. How long does the car race at Le Mans last?






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






37. What is a lyc






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






39. What is the average life expectancy in France?






40. Who painted Guernica?






41. Why is Sainte H






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






43. France's North American Colony - Louisiana - was sold to the US. What was the sale called?






44. What was la Bastille?






45. When did the first real school of French painting emerge?






46. Who designed the glass pyramid built in 1989 in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris?






47. What is un beignet?






48. When do you eat une galette des rois?






49. What is vouvoiement?






50. What did Robert de Sorbon found?