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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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1. Who is considered the greatest writer of fables in France?
in Paris
Huguenots
a co-ed high school
Jean de la Fontaine
2. When do the Christmas holiday celebrations begin in France
Joan of Arc
a fried pastry
1998
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
3. At what age do children go to le lyc
15-16
about 400
seafood
an orange soft drink
4. What type of sports do many of the French prefer?
Kourou (French Guyana)
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
1885
more than 2 million
5. What is a popular fish stew that is served as a soup in the south of France?
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
la bouillabaisse
1995
lavender
6. Which family had the fleur de lis as a symbol?
l'
Bourbons
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
Nicolas Sarkozy
7. In western Europe - What is France the largest producer of?
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Louis Pasteur
the 13th century
rub the bowl with garlic
8. How do you most often eat oysters in France?
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
cuisine bourgeoise
200 years ago
9. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank
the Seine river
2002
a dozen oysters
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
10. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?
July
the Baroque period
noon
Braille script to help the blind read
11. When was a bill approved giving Corsica limited autonomy?
emotions and imaginations
the salamander
Vercing
2001
12. Which French city has been the center of perfume production for centuries?
G
Mexico
Grasse
film star
13. What did the Popular Front governments enact?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Important social and labor reforms
a cookie
late 1800s
14. What does une baguette mean besides a loaf of bread?
the cathedral
French Riviera
painting with geometric shapes
a stick
15. What type of political system rules France?
the American - Lance Armstrong
democracy
95
the Alps and the Pyrenees
16. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
le lyc
1946
on an envelope
1998
17. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
Alexandre Dumas (p
Corsica - la Corse
l'existentialisme
Herg
18. What are the main crops in France
in a bathroom
The/ (le) Concorde
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
l'existentialisme
19. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?
5th Republic
Napoleon
Joan of Arc
fertile soil
20. when was the first female prime minister - Edith Cresson - appointed?
A Moveable Feast
hot milk and coffee
Fran
1991
21. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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22. Who was the first French explorer of North America?
Jacques Cartier
a pastry - also means a nun
rabies vaccine
palace of the kings of France
23. Protestantism came to France during the 1500s. Those Who converted were called...?
composer
Huguenots
l'
goose liver
24. At Which celebrations do you give drag
christenings and weddings
a mountain range
1995
Jean-Marie Le Pen
25. What is le Jura
Voltaire
a mountain range
impressionist
Italian
26. What does service compris mean?
the Opera festival
French Riviera
5 yrs old
tip is included
27. In Which department would you find truffles
5 yrs old
a cookie
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
le P
28. What war leader was chief of the French army at age 26?
more
Paris
a cookie
Napoleon Bonaparte
29. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?
over 9 million
81
le massif central
pig
30. Who was the leading man in the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac?
a restaurant in Paris
slow dancing
Anne d'Autriche
G
31. What is the total population of France?
hiking
Marseille
About 63 million people
200 years ago
32. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
American film star
Marie and Pierre Curie
cherries
33. At What age do French children attend preschool
May -1954
1995
Versailles
ages 2-6
34. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?
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35. We call it football - the French call it...?
le football am
Auguste Rodin
a cookie
of course
36. What is un homard?
more than a thousand
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
April Fool's Day
a lobster
37. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
une salade
an orange soft drink
apple liquor
the salamander
38. What is the Pompidou Center?
April Fool's Day
modern and contemporary art of the Western World
20th century
civil
39. Near Which large city is Versailles located
Paris
Ice skate
in the Caribbean
Braque and Picasso
40. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
boeuf bourguignon
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Livarot
41. Where is le Mus
Parc Ast
in Paris
95
France
42. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
monk
movie camera and projector
an Egyptian Obelisk
Le festival d'Avignon
43. Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
Antoine de Saint-Exup
ARIANE
81
the Alps and the Pyrenees
44. What do the French call the English Channel
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45. What regions are famous for their butter
emotions and imaginations
Continental France
Normandy and Brittany
cuisine bourgeoise
46. Which Republic is France under today?
5th Republic
more
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
Nice
47. What industry produces most of France's electricity?
more
Louis XIV
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
the nuclear power industry
48. When did Joan of Arc become Saint Joan?
Alsace and Lorraine
1920
Roman Catholic
le lyc
49. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?
parachute
Romanesque
Marseille
le Mar
50. What kind of fruits are grown in Corsica?
perfume
a mountain range
citrus
a veal tongue