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French Culture
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1. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Corsica (la Corse)
jazz
a mountain range
Britain
2. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?
May -1954
prison
civil
in the south Pacific
3. What French president was elected in 2007 - and is up for re-election in May 2012?
Nicolas Sarkozy
apple liquor
bullfighting
Paris
4. Where would you find un bidet?
the Baroque period
Grasse
in a bathroom
less
5. What music festival is Aix-en-Provence famous for?
Fran
Gaul
the Opera festival
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
6. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
civil
about 150 yrs ago
Herg
orange
7. What is a lyc
Napoleon Bonaparte
Air France
Normandy and Brittany
a co-ed high school
8. At What meal are eggs eaten?
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
liquor
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
before lunch or dinner
9. What do the French cows say?
meuh
Mayotte
80%
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
10. What is further east - Marseille or Toulouse
Alsace and Lorraine
about 300 -000
Paris
Marseille
11. When did France end nuclear testing?
G
Nicolas Sarkozy
la bouillabaisse
1996
12. In What year did France win the Soccer World Cup for the first time?
pig
a dozen oysters
1998
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
13. What is un beignet?
Waterloo
Germans
a fried pastry
cuisine bourgeoise
14. On What day did the Storming of the Bastille prison occur?
July 14 - 1789
Ice skate
Mayotte
boeuf bourguignon
15. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?
French explorer
l'existentialisme
le mar
July 14 - 1789
16. How many different types of cheese does France produce?
Alsace and Lorraine
Corsica - la Corse
about 400
strong black coffee
17. What is la C
Huguenots
French Riviera
Voltaire
La Joconde
18. During Which century did Albert Camus write?
Georges R
white
20th century
a summer home or cottage
19. What colors are on the flag of France
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
white
blue - white and red
2001
20. What is un kilo the abbreviation of?
Le festival d'Avignon
un kilogramme
Versailles
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
21. Why was Joan of Arc burned at the stake on May 30 - 1431?
Huguenots
wheat
Celtic
she was accused of being a witch
22. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?
Bourbons
ask for a doggy bag
Moli
Nice
23. What new d
a platter with a selection of cheeses
Mayotte
more
Gothic art
24. Where do Parisians participate in skiing and other winter sports?
the Alps and the Pyrenees
a parking zone
the cathedral
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
25. To What age was France's legal retirement age lowered in 1982 by Socialist President Mitterrand?
in Deauville
former colonies in Africa
60
more than 2 million
26. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?
the 12th century
bullfighting
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
about $7 -500
27. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?
chestnuts
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
late 1800s
20 yrs
28. What is the SNCF?
a railroad company
religious freedom
space - electronics and computer software
1889 World's Fair
29. Where is Biarritz
a co-ed high school
on the southwest coast of France
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
Louis XIV
30. Cooking in France is considered a form of...
art
on an envelope
the first modern legal code of France
Louis XIV
31. Who wrote the absurdist plays Rhinoceros and La cantatrice chauve (the bald soprano)?
don't do it
Sundays
Eugene Ionesco
Jules Verne
32. When did France play host to the World Cup for soccer?
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
1998
founder of Renault automobiles
democracy
33. What kind of art is found at the Jeu de Paume?
Impressionism
Britain
Kourou (French Guyana)
Toulouse
34. What is in caf
Marie Curie's work
apple liquor
racetracks
hot milk and coffee
35. The Man in the Iron Mask was the supposed twin brother of Which French king?
founder of Renault automobiles
Louis XIV
Le Palais du Luxembourg
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
36. Who said 'L'
Louis XIV
Marseille
they learn to read
horsemeat
37. Do the French have more or less leisure time than Americans?
fast food chains
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
more
more than a thousand
38. What very famous writer was born in Nantes?
jazz
Jacques Cartier
coin coin
Jules Verne
39. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?
less
Impressionism
Italian
fattened liver of duck or goose
40. What is the French for high school?
high taxes and starvation
a French car from the Citro
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
le lyc
41. What is France's most important national resource
Anne d'Autriche
l'
fertile soil
95
42. Which American was known as the music-hall queen of Paris in 1920s?
Josephine Baker
le smurf
Huguenots
1962
43. What religion do most people in France belong to?
the Baroque period
religious freedom
Ice skate
Roman Catholic
44. What kind of composer was Debussy?
Livarot
an Egyptian Obelisk
impressionist
citrus
45. How many m
1000
stethoscope
le baseball
blue - white and red
46. What type of game is boules?
French Guyana - la Guyane fran
20th century
Euro Disney
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
47. What types of food is Normandy famous for?
un lapin (a rabbit)
Avignon
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
48. When did Joan of Arc become Saint Joan?
le m
1920
l'existentialisme
Bourbons
49. What is the Mus
religious freedom
100
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
Marie Antoinette
50. Near What country is Lille
1500
the nuclear power industry
a star
Belgium
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