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French Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank
garlic
Louis XIV
about 300 -000
the Seine river
2. What is tutoiement?
in Deauville
Paris
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
la Manche 'the sleeve'
3. Near Which large city is Versailles located
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
Paris
a platter with a selection of cheeses
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
4. Who painted Guernica?
Auguste Rodin
Pablo Picasso
1481
un kilogramme
5. What do French ducks say?
stethoscope
coin coin
Marie and Pierre Curie
boeuf bourguignon
6. What day in France is comparable to American Independence Day - July 4th?
traditional - local cooking
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Versailles
Bastille Day - July 14th
7. What was the Roman (Latin) name for Paris?
a French car from the Citro
Alsace and Lorraine
French explorer
Lutetia
8. What are des tripes
Italian
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
2 million
Julius Caesar
9. What is un beignet?
a fried pastry
storming of the Bastille
1920
Brazil
10. Where were the kings of France crowned for hundreds of years
they learn to read
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
Mont Blanc
the cathedral in Reims
11. What does une baguette mean besides a loaf of bread?
cherries
a co-ed high school
Fran
a stick
12. What was Louis Pasteur's most important vaccine?
Julius Caesar
Romanticism
1903
rabies vaccine
13. Why were the first hot air balloons know as montgolfi
Jacques Cartier
Le Palais du Luxembourg
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
14. In France - do windows usually swing inwards or outwards?
inwards
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
La Joconde
a stick
15. What is longer - un kilom
Continental France
Kourou (French Guyana)
in Deauville
a mile
16. What is la viande chevaline?
democracy
goose liver
horsemeat
1920
17. What is a drag
a French naval station
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
a sugared almond
fish
18. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
Carmen
high taxes and starvation
candied chestnuts
the nuclear power industry
19. Which river is known as the transportation corridor
the Loire at 626 miles
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
1000 feet/300 meters
1998
20. Who brought order back to France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
fondue bourguignonne
Herg
rabies vaccine
21. Why was Marie Antoinette disliked by the French?
Romanesque
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
French Republic
scuba gear
22. What is the French term for the meal that is celebrated on Christmas Eve - Dec 24th?
le r
14
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Corsica - la Corse
23. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
Herg
Mayotte
2002
lavender
24. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?
France
Air France
1946
Marseille
25. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?
fast food chains
Auguste Rodin
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
overseas France
26. What is la gastronomie?
The/ (le) Concorde
the art of preparing good food
rub the bowl with garlic
hot milk and coffee
27. In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?
19
left one
gourmet cooking
Celtic
28. Who was made emperor in 800 AD?
Charlemagne
a lobster
September
movie camera and projector
29. What is la C
1890s
French Riviera
prehistoric cave paintings
Paris
30. At What age do French children attend preschool
G
Statue of Liberty
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
ages 2-6
31. What is sold in une charcuterie?
a Paris university
processed meats and sandwiches
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
Impressionism
32. What do the French call the English Channel
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33. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?
17th century playwright
le mar
Austrian
impressionist
34. What is the difference between un ch
ch
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
20th century
gourmet cooking
35. Near What country is Lille
she was accused of being a witch
Belgium
Nice
200 years ago
36. Who had Versailles built to its present day splendor?
nouvelle cuisine
the art of preparing good food
20th century
Louis XIV
37. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?
May -1954
a stick
Germans
Nice
38. What are the two most popular theme parks in France?
in the Caribbean
it is the 5th largest economy
Parc Ast
ages 2-6
39. For What is Limoges famous
porcelain
l'
April Fool's Day
Toulouse
40. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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41. What happened to Charles VII on July 17 - 1429?
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
in a bathroom or kitchen
he was crowned King of France
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
42. What is the name of the baby that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and (Italian model and actress) wife Carla Bruni had in October 2011?
1481
20th century
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
Giulia
43. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
100
une salade
17th century playwright
near Paris
44. In Which department would you find truffles
G
le Mar
le P
a platter with a selection of cheeses
45. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?
Marie Curie
Impressionism
Marie and Pierre Curie
a Paris university
46. How many different types of cheese does France produce?
porcelain
fattened liver of duck or goose
about 400
US
47. When did France end nuclear testing?
1996
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
fast food chains
pig's blood
48. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?
Victor Hugo
20 yrs
French Republic
Alsace and Lorraine
49. For What is Grasse famous
nouvelle cuisine
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
perfume
Alsace and Lorraine
50. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?
gourmet cooking
candied chestnuts
Moli
suits and neckties