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French Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?
Marie and Pierre Curie
noon
Sundays
fish
2. On average - How many children do married couples have in France?
H
apple liquor
2
Mexico
3. What do you call a stage of the Tour de France in French?
une
space - electronics and computer software
Charlemagne
Italian princess - Marie de M
4. What is fondue savoyarde?
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
Mexico
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
5. What palace in Paris serves as a meeting place for the 348-member French S
Le Palais du Luxembourg
fondue bourguignonne
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
le football or le foot
6. What did France lose in the Franco-German war of 1870-1871?
Alsace and Lorraine
2002
blue - white and red
Lille
7. Where was a papal palace built in France
Avignon
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
space - electronics and computer software
France
8. What is le cochonnet in the game of boules?
a restaurant in Paris
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
l'
fish
9. Which holiday celebrated in the US began in France 450 yrs ago?
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10. How do French people greet each other
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
1481
Mexico
stuffed tomatoes
11. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
on an envelope
Bastille Day - July 14th
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
the American - Lance Armstrong
12. What are moules marini
sleeping car
Fran
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
1890s
13. What is the largest airline in France?
1890s
Air France
Louis XIV
monk
14. When do you drink un ap
before lunch or dinner
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
libert
Moli
15. Which king built le ch
goose liver
raw - fresh vegetables
a parking zone
Fran
16. What is heavier - un kilo or 2 pounds?
H
May 1st
un kilo
Gothic art
17. Where is Carcassonne
1946
1995
monk
Southern France
18. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?
the cathedral in Reims
prison
a stick
1946
19. What do some people do before putting the lettuce in a salad bowl?
Louis XV
sixteen
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
rub the bowl with garlic
20. What famous conquest is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry?
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
stethoscope
processed meats and sandwiches
dom Perignon
21. Can a p
sixteen
le massif central
1946
of course
22. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
an orange soft drink
French Republic
une salade
le baccalaur
23. What was the Roman (Latin) name for Paris?
animal parks (zoos)
in a bathroom or kitchen
Lutetia
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
24. What is une coquille Saint-Jacques?
a scallop (type of seafood)
goose liver
Fran
Avignon
25. What is le Figaro?
2
Marie and Pierre Curie
Louis Pasteur
a newspaper
26. Who ruled France when the metric system was established?
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
la Sorbonne
Waterloo
Napoleon Bonaparte
27. Who is Zin
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
Fran
over 9 million
garlic
28. When did the Tour de France not occur during its history?
during WWI and WWII
2 million
Paris
Nice
29. Where did le croissant originate?
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
Provence
Sundays
Nice
30. What is the French for high school?
le mar
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
le lyc
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
31. From where does most of France's olive oil come from
Louisiana
French rap groups
Provence
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
32. What are des oeufs sur le plat?
goose liver
95
le baseball
fried eggs
33. What is the principal use of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon today
lunch
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
over 90 million
a French naval station
34. Who was made emperor in 800 AD?
Charlemagne
2
fertile soil
French explorer
35. Near Which large city is Versailles located
Waterloo
Paris
the Seine river
About 63 million people
36. What is break-dancing called in France?
le smurf
Moulin Rouge
Marseille
hot milk and coffee
37. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
Fran
Normandy and Brittany
Julius Caesar
denim (de N
38. We call it baseball - the French call it...?
lunch
Renaissance
shop
le baseball
39. Who did France join in declaring war on Germany - Which began WWII?
composer
ARIANE
Southern France
Britain
40. Is un centim
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
less
they were all Impressionist painters
41. What type of shoes was invented in France 400 yrs ago?
high-heeled shoes
Hector Berlioz and Fr
1903
a public lavatory for men
42. Where would you find un chauffe-eau?
the American - Lance Armstrong
in a bathroom or kitchen
Spain
right wing - anti-immigration party
43. What are crudit
former colonies in Africa
Alsace and Lorraine
seafood
raw - fresh vegetables
44. What does service compris mean?
poetry
tip is included
over 90 million
Pablo Picasso
45. What do children learn in preschool
more
they learn to read
impressionist
France
46. What is the name of the long beach in Southern France?
rub the bowl with garlic
La Joconde
Mayotte
French Riviera
47. What type of sports do many of the French prefer?
Napoleon Bonaparte
North Africa
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
boulangerie
48. At What age did Louis XIV begin running France?
18 yrs old
5 yrs old
elephant
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
49. What is Maxim's?
a newspaper
1998
Richelieu
a restaurant in Paris
50. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Toulouse
France
Corsica (la Corse)
a Christmas cake shaped like a log