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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. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
le m
Paris
1885
processed meats and sandwiches
2. Near Which large city is Versailles located
in the afternoon (un go
Gaul
Paris
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
3. Where is the hall of mirrors
Val
left one
Versailles
French Riviera
4. What are the divisions of Paris called
November 1st
les arrondissements
the Seine river
1793
5. The Palace of Versailles is a monument to art of Which period?
North Africa
in Paris
the Baroque period
l'existentialisme
6. What time is the main meal served in France?
a dining car
noon
16th century
strong black coffee
7. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?
a lobster
on the right
parachute
painter
8. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup
The/ (le) Concorde
African
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
9. What is the largest port of France
red
about 400
almost 200 yrs
Marseille
10. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
26 percent
an Egyptian Obelisk
over 9 million
a mile
11. Which ingredient is essential in Proven
Hector Berlioz and Fr
Id
garlic
Italian
12. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?
more
17th
May -1954
almond or coconut
13. What is un potage?
soup
G
a French car from the Citro
a famous French puppet
14. when was Impressionism at its height as a style?
late 1800s
painter
Gothic art
Arles - France
15. When did le can-can enjoy popularity?
a mile
1890s
hot milk and coffee
le football am
16. What is le Code Napol
a stew
the first modern legal code of France
they were all Impressionist painters
it is the 5th largest economy
17. How did Saint-Exup
General Charles de Gaulle
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
of course
ask for a doggy bag
18. What types of industry are most prominent in Toulouse - France?
space - electronics and computer software
shopping center
painting with geometric shapes
Napoleon Bonaparte
19. When do you eat une galette des rois?
January 6th (Epiphany)
apple liquor
prison
1998
20. What type of land transportation links France and England
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
don't do it
a famous French puppet
watch a play
21. The cathedral of Chartres is an example of Which type of art?
Gothic art
1000
1481
a hexagon
22. What is the profession of Catherine Deneuve?
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
actress
Air France
the cathedral in Reims
23. What has 4 legs - 2 long ears and tastes delicious in a stew?
they learn to read
un lapin (a rabbit)
gather together and share events from their day
le baccalaur
24. Where is la promenade des Anglais
Louis XV
Nice
France
perfume
25. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?
Braille script to help the blind read
racetracks
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
26. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?
l'
Gothic art
a scallop (type of seafood)
croissants and baguettes
27. We call it baseball - the French call it...?
a scallop (type of seafood)
Vercing
Jean-Baptiste Lully
le baseball
28. Which Republic is France under today?
a parking zone
Avignon
Vercing
5th Republic
29. What would you do at les Galeries Lafayette?
French Riviera
January 6th (Epiphany)
pig
shop
30. What is la mairie?
cuisine bourgeoise
Charlemagne
the town hall
the 13th century
31. Who said 'L'
a flaky pastry
Louis XIV
l'
G
32. What is an international organization of over 50 member states or countries where there is a notable affiliation with French language or culture?
Francophonie
bullfighting
Mayotte
ages 2-6
33. When was the first women's Tour de France held?
high speed train (TGV)
1903
1984
France
34. What did Gustave Eiffel build before he built the Eiffel Tower?
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
16th century
prehistoric cave paintings
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
35. What is the longest river in France
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
Mont Blanc
French explorer
36. What French sculptor dominated the 19th century?
on the southwest coast of France
July
Auguste Rodin
2001
37. What is un bateau-mouche?
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
100
Pablo Picasso
38. What was the object of a controversial retirement bill passed through the Assembl
20 yrs
an Egyptian Obelisk
to raise the retirement age
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
39. Who is France's most famous ecologist?
Paris
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
les arrondissements
la Sorbonne
40. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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41. What are les parcs zoologiques
croissants and baguettes
animal parks (zoos)
Napoleon Bonaparte
orange
42. At dinner time - What do French families do at the table?
christenings and weddings
gather together and share events from their day
Normandy and Brittany
Napoleon Bonaparte
43. When did Algeria gain its independence from France?
1996
un lapin (a rabbit)
democracy
1962
44. What is Maxim's?
former colonies in Africa
in an apartment building
a restaurant in Paris
Georges Pompidou
45. What is un flipper?
Nantes
Gaul
un kilo
a pinball machine
46. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg
former colonies in Africa
Georges R
16th century
blue - white and red
47. Who launched the first hot air balloon in 1783?
emotions and imaginations
brothers Jacques-Eug
noon
France
48. What was la Bastille?
prison
film director
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
The/ (le) Concorde
49. What is the highest point in France?
les arrondissements
libert
Normandy and Brittany
Mont Blanc
50. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?
le mar
20th century
April Fool's Day
16th century