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French Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the profession of the man Who invented Champagne?
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
monk
less
Versailles
2. What are cr
Victor Hugo
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
a newspaper
Nice
3. What is le Camembert?
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
A type of soft cheese
in Deauville
Nice
4. In Which department would you find truffles
le P
le tricolore
France
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
5. What fabric dye originated in France - but is very much part of American culture?
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
ARIANE
denim (de N
shop
6. When did France end nuclear testing?
a mountain range
1996
rich chocolate cake with vanilla or coffee icing in the shape of a log
boeuf bourguignon
7. What is the longest river in France
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
civil
a bicycle race
in a bathroom or kitchen
8. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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9. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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10. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?
G
Victor Hugo
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
near Paris
11. What are the two most popular French sporting events in summer?
Fran
a restaurant in Paris
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
a French naval station
12. What are the four major rivers in France?
Alsace and Lorraine
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louisiana
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
13. What is the French national motto that came as a result of the Revolution?
libert
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
d
pig
14. Where did la Goulue dance?
2002
scuba gear
the town hall
Moulin Rouge
15. What did l'
the 13th century
H
US
religious freedom
16. Which Republic is France under today?
5th Republic
rabies vaccine
Renaissance
Voltaire
17. What is break-dancing called in France?
it is the 5th largest economy
January 6th (Epiphany)
Parc Ast
le smurf
18. On What day did the Storming of the Bastille prison occur?
July 14 - 1789
croissants and baguettes
d
Livarot
19. What time is the main meal served in France?
noon
a fried pastry
scuba gear
la Manche 'the sleeve'
20. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
rabies vaccine
fried eggs
high taxes and starvation
Mus
21. Where is the hall of mirrors
Jean de la Fontaine
a summer home or cottage
Maurice Ravel
Versailles
22. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
La Sorbonne university of Paris
le football am
Nantes
le Louvre
23. What time do the French usually eat dinner?
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
space - electronics and computer software
prehistoric cave paintings
24. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?
Italian princess - Marie de M
20th century
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
le mar
25. What do you call a meal where guests cook chunks of prime beef in hot oil at the table?
Normandy and Brittany
fondue bourguignonne
Julius Caesar
Marseille
26. What is in caf
About 63 million people
hot milk and coffee
apple liquor
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
27. Who is the current Prime Minister of France - serving along with President Nicolas Sarkozy?
ARIANE
Fran
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
1000
28. Why was Marie Antoinette disliked by the French?
American film star
poetry
on the right
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
29. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
Huguenots
Vincent Van Gogh
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
an Egyptian Obelisk
30. What is the largest port of France
US
Marseille
Versailles
France
31. What country does more exporting of food than France?
US
une
1920
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
32. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?
Celtic
a scallop (type of seafood)
French rap groups
a pastry - also means a nun
33. What is Orangina?
an Egyptian Obelisk
the Baroque period
an orange soft drink
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
34. What has 4 legs - 2 long ears and tastes delicious in a stew?
un lapin (a rabbit)
soup
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
Continental France
35. Who was imprisoned at the Conciergerie?
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
a veal tongue
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
1996
36. The Man in the Iron Mask was the supposed twin brother of Which French king?
60
Nice
more than 2 million
Louis XIV
37. What colors are on the flag of France
the 12th century
blue - white and red
Napoleon Bonaparte
stuffed tomatoes
38. What comes first - l'
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39. What is magret de canard?
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
more than a thousand
Lille
fillet of duck breast
40. How much mustard does each person in France use per year?
US
1995
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
Napoleon Bonaparte
41. What religion do most people in France belong to?
art
Louisiana
almond or coconut
Roman Catholic
42. Where is Orly
20 yrs
Bastille Day - July 14th
1000 feet/300 meters
near Paris
43. What is le Front National?
November 1st
right wing - anti-immigration party
Renaissance
Austrian
44. When did the first real school of French painting emerge?
gather together and share events from their day
Mayotte
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
an ambulance
45. The French helped create the world's fastest passenger airplane called?
Mus
les arrondissements
The/ (le) Concorde
a dining car
46. Which state was a French territory until sold to the US in 1803?
Vincent Van Gogh
Louis XIV
80%
Louisiana
47. What is the total population of France?
a lobster
20th century
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
About 63 million people
48. In Which month is the Tour de France held?
high speed train (TGV)
July
Georges R
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
49. What type of cooking is called provincial?
Louisiana Purchase
Britain
traditional - local cooking
North Africa
50. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
to raise the retirement age
truffles
Provence
Jean-Baptiste Lully