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French Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which Republic is France under today?
Napoleon Bonaparte
overseas France
1885
5th Republic
2. What are the main ingredients of une choucroute garnie?
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
les arrondissements
French explorer
more than a thousand
3. What types of business attire did the French create?
Saturdays
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
of course
suits and neckties
4. What is boudin noir (black pudding) made with?
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5. What do the French call the English Channel
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6. What is la France m
French Riviera
Continental France
ages 2-6
horsemeat
7. Which American was known as the music-hall queen of Paris in 1920s?
candied chestnuts
ch
80%
Josephine Baker
8. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?
May -1954
a cookie
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Josephine Baker
9. What is an international organization of over 50 member states or countries where there is a notable affiliation with French language or culture?
La Joconde
a mountain range
Francophonie
l'
10. What is the name of the French space program?
ARIANE
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
Marseille
11. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?
Id
Italian princess - Marie de M
1000
soup
12. When was the first men's Tour de France held?
Versailles
1903
croissants and baguettes
Pablo Picasso
13. What is la C
French Riviera
a parking zone
A Moveable Feast
horsemeat
14. What do French ducks say?
coin coin
meuh
un lapin (a rabbit)
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
15. What did the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumi
movie camera and projector
Toulouse
hot milk and coffee
le lyc
16. Who painted Guernica?
sleeping car
Pablo Picasso
Austrian
gather together and share events from their day
17. Who entered WWI in 1917 to help France defeat Germany?
Auguste Rodin
Toulouse
French Riviera
US
18. Where was the final defeat of Napoleon?
September
Waterloo
le P
Hector Berlioz and Fr
19. What is Mona Lisa called in French?
La Joconde
the 12th century
1962
60
20. What day in France is comparable to American Independence Day - July 4th?
Braille script to help the blind read
Austrian
Bastille Day - July 14th
Lutetia
21. What did Ren
stethoscope
a veal tongue
animal parks (zoos)
suits and neckties
22. ARIANE launchers are used mainly to send What into space?
telecommunication satellites
a flaky pastry
Napoleon
le massif central
23. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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24. What do painters from the romantic period appeal to?
About 63 million people
fattened liver of duck or goose
in the afternoon (un go
emotions and imaginations
25. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup
African
Marseille
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
Giulia
26. What is la mairie?
stethoscope
the town hall
Napoleon Bonaparte
le Mar
27. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
Herg
Arles - France
1000
Le festival d'Avignon
28. What French sculptor dominated the 19th century?
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
Giulia
Auguste Rodin
over 90 million
29. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?
Joan of Arc
81
Paris
French explorer
30. What is the largest country of Western Europe?
le football or le foot
France
Continental France
Francophonie
31. What is le cochonnet in the game of boules?
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
d
Parc Ast
32. What is the name of the baby that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and (Italian model and actress) wife Carla Bruni had in October 2011?
Hundred Years War
July 14 - 1789
le Louvre
Giulia
33. Who married Josephine Beauharnais?
before lunch or dinner
Napoleon Bonaparte
Gaul
it is the 5th largest economy
34. Where is Orly
near Paris
Richelieu
over 90 million
slow dancing
35. Where is le Quartier latin - right or left bank
a veal tongue
left
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
les arrondissements
36. What Museum in Paris is housed in an old train station?
Mus
May 1st
Giulia
A type of soft cheese
37. Olives grow in southern France during Which season of the year
more than 2 million
an Egyptian Obelisk
Versailles
summer
38. Where was a papal palace built in France
1995
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
Hundred Years War
Avignon
39. In Which department would you find truffles
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
Eiffel Tower
le P
strong black coffee
40. Where would you find un chauffe-eau?
in a bathroom or kitchen
Nice
near Paris
l'
41. What is une Citro
Huguenots
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
a French car from the Citro
42. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
American film star
Nice
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
43. How many French speakers are there worldwide?
over 90 million
a cookie
chestnuts
less
44. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
81
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
26 percent
Statue of Liberty
45. What is fondue savoyarde?
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
une bouteille de champagne
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Britain
46. What type of game is boules?
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
Mus
more
1920
47. What are des oeufs sur le plat?
fried eggs
1984
movie camera and projector
About 63 million people
48. Is un m
more
Braque and Picasso
a flaky pastry
overseas France
49. Who launched the first hot air balloon in 1783?
brothers Jacques-Eug
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
a stick
to raise the retirement age
50. What does d
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