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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. What is the profession of Catherine Deneuve?
1995
1946
actress
Kourou (French Guyana)
2. Which transportation system in France is among the most modern and efficient in the world?
high speed train (TGV)
cuisine bourgeoise
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
3. What countries border France to the East?
religious freedom
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
Parc Ast
1500
4. How many grammes in un kilo?
1000
on the southwest coast of France
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
French explorer
5. What was the symbol of Fran
Hector Berlioz and Fr
the salamander
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
French rap groups
6. Where was the final defeat of Napoleon?
Vincent Van Gogh
1996
Waterloo
christenings and weddings
7. ARIANE launchers are used mainly to send What into space?
G
telecommunication satellites
20th century
horsemeat
8. Who painted Guernica?
Pablo Picasso
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
Louis XIV
Toulouse
9. Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
on an envelope
Antoine de Saint-Exup
an ambulance
10. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?
lunch
truffles
North Africa
Romanesque
11. What is the largest port of France
rabies vaccine
the Opera festival
Marseille
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
12. What is le Jura
Gothic art
Spain
a mountain range
une bouteille de champagne
13. When did France end nuclear testing?
200 years ago
French rap groups
1996
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
14. Where is the hall of mirrors
more than 2 million
5 yrs
Versailles
1984
15. How many m
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
A type of soft cheese
he was crowned King of France
1000
16. What other painter did Van Gogh invite to share his studio in the South of France?
Paul Gauguin
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
Louis XV
le baccalaur
17. How long does the car race at Le Mans last?
Napoleon
Charles de Gaulle
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
18. At What age do French children attend preschool
Brazil
palace of the kings of France
more than 2 million
ages 2-6
19. What did the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumi
movie camera and projector
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
Romanesque
French Republic
20. What kind of composer was Debussy?
don't do it
Brazil
citrus
impressionist
21. What are the four major rivers in France?
porcelain
Bourbons
15-16
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
22. Where is le Mus
in Paris
Louis XIV
80%
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
23. When did Algeria gain its independence from France?
Les Pyr
Toulouse
1962
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
24. What is the difference between un ch
France
cocorico
ch
libert
25. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?
G
1920
80%
Paris
26. What new d
orange
Mayotte
Sundays
stuffed tomatoes
27. What is the French national anthem?
of course
denim (de N
la Marseillaise
Avignon
28. When were the boundaries of modern France established?
the first modern legal code of France
Fran
1500
G
29. The French invented the coffee pot How many years ago?
200 years ago
Alsace and Lorraine
Celtic
a cookie
30. What are the main ingredients of une choucroute garnie?
Mexico
poetry
stethoscope
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
31. How tall is the Eiffel Tower
in Deauville
1000 feet/300 meters
1885
hiking
32. What is break-dancing called in France?
le smurf
The/ (le) Concorde
May -1954
Alsace and Lorraine
33. When was a bill approved giving Corsica limited autonomy?
le football am
16th century
2001
the salamander
34. when was the first female prime minister - Edith Cresson - appointed?
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
Nice
1991
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
35. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
Moulin Rouge
le Louvre
democracy
in the Caribbean
36. Who was the leading man in the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac?
le baccalaur
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
G
37. What kind of animal is Babar?
elephant
painting with geometric shapes
Louis XV
Statue of Liberty
38. How many French soldiers died in World War I?
fast food chains
2 million
May -1954
Roman Catholic
39. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as President?
racetracks
1946
art
Georges Pompidou
40. What are cr
Huguenots
Le Palais du Luxembourg
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
41. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
Germany
Marie Antoinette
Louis Pasteur
a parking zone
42. What is the Tour de France?
an ambulance
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
a bicycle race
1995
43. What kind of fruits are grown in Corsica?
in a bathroom
citrus
18 yrs old
dom Perignon
44. What do French roosters say at the crack of dawn?
impressionist
a restaurant in Paris
cocorico
processed meats and sandwiches
45. When did France play host to the World Cup for soccer?
emotions and imaginations
1998
US
14
46. What types of business attire did the French create?
high speed train (TGV)
suits and neckties
painter
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
47. What French island is located in the Mediterranean
le r
jazz
Corsica - la Corse
traditional - local cooking
48. What Museum in Paris is housed in an old train station?
a flaky pastry
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
Mus
Eugene Ionesco
49. Who was the musician Who collaborated with Moli
almost 200 yrs
1962
Jean-Baptiste Lully
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
50. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?
Normandy and Brittany
May 1st
Braille script to help the blind read
red