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French Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Who is Ast
cartoon character
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Francophonie
1996
2. Where does the festival of the American film take place?
jazz
Corsica - la Corse
in Deauville
poetry
3. What does d
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4. Which king built le ch
Pablo Picasso
fertile soil
inwards
Fran
5. What practice dating back to the 18th century - known as la tauromachie - or corrida - was granted official protection by the French Minister for Culture in 2011?
Statue of Liberty
about 300 -000
bullfighting
Napoleon Bonaparte
6. Who invaded and occupied the northern and western parts of France in 1940?
Germany
a supersonic commercial airplane
farmland
Hector Berlioz and Fr
7. What is un beignet?
liquor
a fried pastry
Eugene Ionesco
Tintin
8. Which river is known as the transportation corridor
1962
African
more than 2 million
the Loire at 626 miles
9. Who painted Guernica?
Pablo Picasso
elephant
une bouteille de champagne
cherries
10. How many people live in metropolitan Paris?
on the southwest coast of France
over 9 million
Paris
Marie Curie
11. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?
Herg
Marie Curie
civil
Marseille
12. Which artist cut off his ear?
the Seine river
the American - Lance Armstrong
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
Vincent Van Gogh
13. What time is the main meal served in France?
noon
Marie Curie's work
June 6th - 1944
almost 200 yrs
14. What is une douzaine d'hu
slow dancing
a dozen oysters
a cookie
the Loire at 626 miles
15. What time period is the comic strip Ast
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16. What is the largest airline in France?
telecommunication satellites
Fran
Air France
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
17. Who had Versailles built to its present day splendor?
Louis XIV
nouvelle cuisine
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
Julius Caesar
18. What are moules marini
Nice
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
Giulia
Avignon
19. What founder member of the European Union (EU) has the third largest military in NATO - and the largest army in the EU?
France
November 1st
Toulouse
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
20. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
Alexandre Dumas (p
le Louvre
H
21. Who led the armies of the French King Charles VII to victories against the English?
1000
Joan of Arc
soccer
painting with geometric shapes
22. Where is le pays basque
Marseille
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
Louis XIV
Mus
23. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?
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24. What is une maison de retraite?
garlic
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
Giulia
a nursing home
25. What is la Chartreuse?
Nice
liquor
US
boeuf bourguignon
26. What is France's most important national resource
Charles de Gaulle
in Deauville
Livarot
fertile soil
27. What is the SNCF?
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
a railroad company
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
before lunch or dinner
28. Where did Paris get its name from?
garlic
le baccalaur
ARIANE
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
29. What is a significant mineral of France
iron ore
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
Paris
the Alps and the Pyrenees
30. France's North American Colony - Louisiana - was sold to the US. What was the sale called?
Kourou (French Guyana)
she was accused of being a witch
Louisiana Purchase
perfume
31. When do the festivals for the harvesting of wine grapes take place?
d
September
a place where they make and sell cr
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
32. Couscous is a popular dish in France. Where did it come from?
nouvelle cuisine
North Africa
a lobster
The Marshall Plan (US)
33. What did the Popular Front governments enact?
red
Important social and labor reforms
right wing - anti-immigration party
le football or le foot
34. The university of Paris in the Latin Quarter on the left bank of the Seine is called...?
la Sorbonne
un kilo
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
fertile soil
35. What nut is sold hot on the streets of Paris in winter?
citrus
a star
chestnuts
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
36. How many centim
about 300 -000
Ice skate
100
France
37. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?
an Egyptian Obelisk
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
1946
soup
38. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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39. What is the largest city in France?
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
the art of preparing good food
tip is included
Paris
40. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
a flaky pastry
Versailles
American film star
Le Palais du Luxembourg
41. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
Mexico
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Hector Berlioz and Fr
soccer
42. What shape do the 20 major highways leading in and out of Paris form?
a star
French Riviera
christenings and weddings
fish
43. Name two delicacies of France?
fast food chains
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
Marie Curie's work
Continental France
44. What are the main crops in France
over 90 million
1793
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
on the right
45. Who is France's most famous ecologist?
Arles - France
Impressionism
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
The Marshall Plan (US)
46. Who married Louis XIII?
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47. What is un clip?
animal parks (zoos)
Lille
a music video
Important social and labor reforms
48. What time do the French usually eat dinner?
a platter with a selection of cheeses
a music video
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
high taxes and starvation
49. Whose mistress was the Marquise de Pompadour?
Louis XV
a co-ed high school
2002
Val
50. What is the largest port of France
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
Braille script to help the blind read
rub the bowl with garlic
Marseille