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French Culture
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1. What is une cervelle de veau?
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
Mus
it is the 5th largest economy
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
2. Which transportation system in France is among the most modern and efficient in the world?
rub the bowl with garlic
Jacques Cartier
cuisine bourgeoise
high speed train (TGV)
3. What is un petit beurre?
a cookie
1920
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Kourou (French Guyana)
4. What type of game is boules?
Francophonie
left one
Renaissance
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
5. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?
Carmen
20 yrs
traditional - local cooking
a tourist guide book
6. What is une Citro
Auguste Rodin
a French car from the Citro
orange
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
7. As the US is divided into states - France is divided into...
le baseball
d
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
Germans
8. Which state was a French territory until sold to the US in 1803?
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
Louisiana
un kilogramme
G
9. Which French city has been the center of perfume production for centuries?
shopping center
more
Grasse
French Riviera
10. What would you do at a patinoire?
a public lavatory for men
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Ice skate
Spain
11. What palace in Paris serves as a meeting place for the 348-member French S
the 13th century
September
Le Palais du Luxembourg
200 years ago
12. when was the first female prime minister - Edith Cresson - appointed?
croissants and baguettes
le Louvre
1991
a French car from the Citro
13. What is la mairie?
le m
Alexandre Dumas (p
the town hall
in the south Pacific
14. Who are the two most famous Cubist Artists?
noon
1995
Braque and Picasso
ch
15. What event is considered the start of the French Revolution?
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
storming of the Bastille
d
watch a play
16. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?
Mexico
95
almost 200 yrs
Livarot
17. What are the main ingredients of une choucroute garnie?
Louis XIV
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
a hexagon
citrus
18. For What is Limoges famous
meuh
Francophonie
porcelain
Id
19. What is one of the largest crops in France
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
she was accused of being a witch
Nicolas Sarkozy
wheat
20. When did the allies land in Normandy?
sixteen
July 14 - 1789
they were all Impressionist painters
June 6th - 1944
21. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?
1946
American film star
2 million
pig
22. Couscous is a popular dish in France. Where did it come from?
North Africa
fried eggs
rub the bowl with garlic
perfume
23. The French invented the coffee pot How many years ago?
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
200 years ago
it is the 5th largest economy
24. What is une douzaine d'hu
Louis Pasteur
boulangerie
a dozen oysters
Renaissance
25. What is the underground subway system called in Paris?
le m
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
Gothic art
palace of the kings of France
26. How are students chosen to attend a university
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
the Baroque period
Fran
Huguenots
27. What fabric dye originated in France - but is very much part of American culture?
Louis XIV
denim (de N
a cookie
right wing - anti-immigration party
28. What flavor is the liquor Cointreau?
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
orange
Charlemagne
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
29. What happened in Paris in May 1968?
student riots
Marseille
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
30. What is une cr
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
a place where they make and sell cr
l'
l'
31. What is the Mus
Giulia
a stew
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
Jean-Baptiste Lully
32. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?
16th century
racetracks
the Seine river
Normandy and Brittany
33. What is the largest airline in France?
French Riviera
1991
Air France
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
34. Cooking in France is considered a form of...
over 90 million
June 6th - 1944
art
Marseille
35. What is une coquille Saint-Jacques?
5 yrs old
cherries
a scallop (type of seafood)
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
36. Near What country is Bayonne
Napoleon Bonaparte
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
Spain
37. On June 12 - 1940 - Paris surrendered to What country to save itself from destruction?
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
Germany
Le festival d'Avignon
Alsace and Lorraine
38. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
wheat
Lille
an Egyptian Obelisk
Fran
39. Protestantism came to France during the 1500s. Those Who converted were called...?
Belgium
less
Louisiana Purchase
Huguenots
40. What is the French name for home cooking?
26 percent
cuisine bourgeoise
pig's blood
over 90 million
41. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
Saturdays
Spain
Nantes
Marie Antoinette
42. What do French ducks say?
1962
coin coin
a famous French puppet
a Paris university
43. What French president was elected in 2007 - and is up for re-election in May 2012?
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
animal parks (zoos)
Nicolas Sarkozy
Bastille Day - July 14th
44. What did Gustave Eiffel build before he built the Eiffel Tower?
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
near Paris
actress
about 400
45. Name two delicacies of France?
raw - fresh vegetables
Braille script to help the blind read
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
Waterloo
46. When was a bill approved giving Corsica limited autonomy?
Tintin
1000
2001
Bastille Day - July 14th
47. Which holiday celebrated in the US began in France 450 yrs ago?
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48. Who is Guignol?
she was accused of being a witch
impressionist
a famous French puppet
17th century playwright
49. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?
Napoleon
May -1954
of course
Louisiana Purchase
50. What regions are famous for their butter
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
Normandy and Brittany
Marseille
Nice
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