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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. Where did Paris get its name from?
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
raw - fresh vegetables
the 12th century
la bouillabaisse
2. What was the profession of the man Who invented Champagne?
monk
Renaissance
on the right
more
3. What was Louis Pasteur's most important vaccine?
processed meats and sandwiches
rabies vaccine
Versailles
fried eggs
4. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
the salamander
more
1885
scuba gear
5. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?
racetracks
high-heeled shoes
1946
26 percent
6. Which holiday celebrated in the US began in France 450 yrs ago?
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7. How many m
a sugared almond
white
about 400
1000
8. A movement in the 1970s featuring simpler foods - smaller portions and natural flavors called...
Paris
nouvelle cuisine
Livarot
seafood
9. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
une salade
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
80%
About 63 million people
10. Where is the hall of mirrors
fried eggs
Versailles
Nicolas Sarkozy
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
11. How are students chosen to attend a university
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
a restaurant in Paris
le smurf
12. What is the principal use of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon today
a French naval station
1962
lavender
la Marseillaise
13. What are marrons glac
The/ (le) Concorde
Braque and Picasso
candied chestnuts
cocorico
14. What is la France m
Continental France
a nursing home
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
watch a play
15. Who said 'L'
Paris
Alsace and Lorraine
Arles - France
Louis XIV
16. What is la Chartreuse?
liquor
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
a Paris university
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
17. Where is le pays basque
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
Provence
18. Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
November 1st
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
Antoine de Saint-Exup
Fran
19. What is the French national anthem?
la Marseillaise
in Deauville
the Baroque period
Jules Verne
20. How old must you be to vote in France
18 yrs old
a lobster
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
Maurice Ravel
21. What types of business attire did the French create?
suits and neckties
January 6th (Epiphany)
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
le Mar
22. What did l'
of course
modern and contemporary art of the Western World
religious freedom
Huguenots
23. What world famous theatre festival was founded in Provence in 1947?
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24. Who wrote Candide?
composer
fast food chains
November 1st
Voltaire
25. What would you find at Lascaux
citrus
1903
prehistoric cave paintings
the art of preparing good food
26. What is considered rude to do in a restaurant in France at the end of a meal
A type of soft cheese
a lobster
Georges R
ask for a doggy bag
27. What did France lose in the Franco-German war of 1870-1871?
ch
1998
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
Alsace and Lorraine
28. What are des tripes
Toulouse
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
Mus
Vincent Van Gogh
29. In What year did France win the Soccer World Cup for the first time?
1998
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
civil
Fran
30. How do you most often eat oysters in France?
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
Jean-Luc Godard
31. Where is Biarritz
Marie and Pierre Curie
September
1500
on the southwest coast of France
32. What is longer - un kilom
a platter with a selection of cheeses
200 years ago
a mile
Important social and labor reforms
33. What is une douzaine d'hu
May -1954
a dozen oysters
26 percent
Moli
34. When did gothic architecture originate in France?
the Alps and the Pyrenees
the 12th century
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
in an apartment building
35. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
Antoine de Saint-Exup
Anne d'Autriche
high taxes and starvation
an Egyptian Obelisk
36. What kind of fruits are grown in Corsica?
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
citrus
1984
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
37. What is un mille-feuilles?
a music video
actress
poetry
a flaky pastry
38. What borders France to the south?
a sugared almond
100
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
39. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?
telecommunication satellites
Id
French rap groups
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
40. What does tomates farcies mean?
the town hall
stuffed tomatoes
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
H
41. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?
1996
20 yrs
space - electronics and computer software
apple liquor
42. What fabric dye originated in France - but is very much part of American culture?
Hector Berlioz and Fr
a restaurant in Paris
denim (de N
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
43. What is un rago
near Paris
a stew
scuba gear
Georges Pompidou
44. How much mustard does each person in France use per year?
Italian
gourmet cooking
Nice
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
45. When do the Christmas holiday celebrations begin in France
that is where he died
Eugene Ionesco
scuba gear
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
46. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?
Italian
Louis XIV
wheat
left
47. What is Brittany know for?
Paris
a parking zone
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
Mont Blanc
48. In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?
Val
a stick
left one
perfume
49. What type of painting is Cubism?
fillet of duck breast
painting with geometric shapes
La Sorbonne university of Paris
Mexico
50. What are moules marini
gourmet cooking
Voltaire
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
Continental France