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French Culture
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1. What other painter did Van Gogh invite to share his studio in the South of France?
le baccalaur
Victor Hugo
Paul Gauguin
summer
2. What are cr
in Paris
le baccalaur
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
in a bathroom or kitchen
3. What is a drag
overseas France
US
a sugared almond
US
4. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?
gather together and share events from their day
Braille script to help the blind read
summer
soccer
5. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup
to raise the retirement age
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
African
fried eggs
6. What is considered rude to do in a restaurant in France at the end of a meal
Tintin
ask for a doggy bag
rabies vaccine
France
7. Which king built le ch
a Paris university
Fran
Marie Antoinette
the 13th century
8. How many departments are there in mainland France
denim (de N
of course
Marseille
95
9. ARIANE launchers are used mainly to send What into space?
16th century
that is where he died
Bourbons
telecommunication satellites
10. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
Statue of Liberty
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
tip is included
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
11. The visual arts flourished in the mid-19th century. What were the three schools?
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
20 yrs
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
12. Where would you find un bidet?
telecommunication satellites
Impressionism
in a bathroom
apple liquor
13. When did the Tour de France not occur during its history?
Pablo Picasso
an ambulance
Richelieu
during WWI and WWII
14. Who were the two most prominent scientists in early 20th century France?
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
Livarot
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
15. Which artist cut off his ear?
Vincent Van Gogh
Carmen
a Paris university
Paris
16. What is a Michelin book?
a tourist guide book
jazz
democracy
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
17. What kind of composer was Debussy?
over 90 million
impressionist
storming of the Bastille
in an apartment building
18. when was Impressionism at its height as a style?
late 1800s
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
The Marshall Plan (US)
le P
19. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Important social and labor reforms
blue - white and red
a veal tongue
20. What regions are famous for their butter
Kourou (French Guyana)
Normandy and Brittany
French rap groups
the Loire at 626 miles
21. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?
fast food chains
the nuclear power industry
French rap groups
that is where he died
22. Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
Antoine de Saint-Exup
elephant
the Alps
christenings and weddings
23. What are Europe's tallest mountains bordering France and Italy?
the cathedral
dom Perignon
the Alps
Louis XIV
24. What world famous theatre festival was founded in Provence in 1947?
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25. Where is Biarritz
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
on the southwest coast of France
Bastille Day - July 14th
26. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?
African
Le festival d'Avignon
Louis XV
gourmet cooking
27. What was the profession of Debussy?
that is where he died
Louis XV
Gothic art
composer
28. Who wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel?
Fran
Celtic
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
29. Who was the great king of the 16th century?
the nuclear power industry
une bouteille de champagne
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
Fran
30. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
le Louvre
May 1st
Carmen
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
31. Who painted Guernica?
Pablo Picasso
denim (de N
Britain
Renaissance
32. What would you do at les Galeries Lafayette?
a French car from the Citro
shop
white
christenings and weddings
33. What is the most popular sport in France?
film director
soccer
1500
Vercing
34. Who is responsible for the invention of the cinema in the late 19th century?
to raise the retirement age
the Lumi
the 13th century
le lyc
35. What is Brittany know for?
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
prehistoric cave paintings
Napoleon
2001
36. What was the original purpose of le Louvre?
the 13th century
palace of the kings of France
Julius Caesar
Corsica - la Corse
37. What are the main crops in France
Vincent Van Gogh
Marseille
Napoleon Bonaparte
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
38. Is un litre more or less than a gallon?
impressionist
less
Napoleon Bonaparte
Gaul
39. What is une langue de chat?
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
a cookie
Jean-Marie Le Pen
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
40. What is France's most important national resource
painter
Lille
animal parks (zoos)
fertile soil
41. What is une b
rich chocolate cake with vanilla or coffee icing in the shape of a log
G
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
Paris
42. Where did Paris get its name from?
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
over 9 million
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
in a bathroom
43. What did Andr
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
parachute
art
Napoleon Bonaparte
44. When were the boundaries of modern France established?
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
Lutetia
1500
denim (de N
45. How long is the presidential term in France?
le m
une salade
le smurf
5 yrs
46. Which Republic is France under today?
modern and contemporary art of the Western World
fried eggs
a stew
5th Republic
47. What is le Front National?
right wing - anti-immigration party
US
film director
la Marseillaise
48. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
telecommunication satellites
Corsica (la Corse)
Giulia
60
49. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
le mar
Marseille
perfume
50. Who wrote the absurdist plays Rhinoceros and La cantatrice chauve (the bald soprano)?
Parc Ast
American film star
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
Eugene Ionesco
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