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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. On June 12 - 1940 - Paris surrendered to What country to save itself from destruction?
red
boeuf bourguignon
Paris
Germany
2. What is magret de canard?
fillet of duck breast
Ice skate
95
chestnuts
3. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?
Corsica - la Corse
African
20th century
croissants and baguettes
4. What is further east - Marseille or Toulouse
le massif central
Marseille
Provence
an Egyptian Obelisk
5. What type of transportation was invented in France by a French doctor 200 yrs ago?
sleeping car
less
US
an ambulance
6. when was Impressionism at its height as a style?
about 400
a co-ed high school
chestnuts
late 1800s
7. Who married Josephine Beauharnais?
Italian
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
Napoleon Bonaparte
Alsace and Lorraine
8. Who was Jacques Cartier?
le mar
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
about 400
French explorer
9. How many different types of cheese does France produce?
truffles
about 400
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
une salade
10. What opera did Georges Bizet write that is considered his masterpiece?
Carmen
fried eggs
May -1954
seafood
11. Who succeeded Pompidou as president?
Val
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
French Riviera
pig
12. What industry produces most of France's electricity?
A Moveable Feast
the nuclear power industry
former colonies in Africa
they were all Impressionist painters
13. In France - What type of wedding is required by law - civil or religious?
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
17th century playwright
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
civil
14. What French sculptor dominated the 19th century?
la Marseillaise
a stew
Auguste Rodin
Important social and labor reforms
15. Where was Maximilian sent by Napoleon III?
Mexico
Marie Curie's work
French rap groups
the 12th century
16. When was the first men's Tour de France held?
1903
fertile soil
le tricolore
Charles de Gaulle
17. Where does the festival of the American film take place?
Livarot
Romanticism
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
in Deauville
18. How does France's economy compare to the rest of the world?
a place where they make and sell cr
jazz
Germany
it is the 5th largest economy
19. How many m
a platter with a selection of cheeses
1000
Eiffel Tower
la Manche 'the sleeve'
20. Who did France join in declaring war on Germany - Which began WWII?
Carmen
Britain
le Louvre
1481
21. Cooking in France is considered a form of...
the 12th century
art
don't do it
July
22. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
le football or le foot
Carmen
Normandy and Brittany
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
23. What is the nickname of the French flag?
le tricolore
Jean de la Fontaine
le massif central
fish
24. What are marrons glac
rub the bowl with garlic
1984
candied chestnuts
pig
25. What is le Jura
of course
over 9 million
stuffed tomatoes
a mountain range
26. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?
Louisiana
Romanesque
inwards
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
27. Who painted Guernica?
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
Pablo Picasso
a dozen oysters
a cookie
28. What was the profession of Debussy?
Paris
composer
1889 World's Fair
Louis XIV
29. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?
former colonies in Africa
Impressionism
Renaissance
Louis XIV
30. What is the approximate geometrical shape of France
Italian
Vercing
Moli
a hexagon
31. What is un mille-feuilles?
American film star
in Deauville
a flaky pastry
summer
32. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
Marie Antoinette
A type of soft cheese
truffles
une salade
33. How many departments are there in mainland France
95
racetracks
Herg
5 yrs
34. What did the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumi
about 150 yrs ago
2 million
movie camera and projector
the Seine river
35. What is the SNCF?
a railroad company
Louisiana Purchase
le Louvre
of course
36. What is the French name for home cooking?
la Marseillaise
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
cuisine bourgeoise
a stick
37. On What day did the Storming of the Bastille prison occur?
July 14 - 1789
Marie Curie
Gothic art
lavender
38. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?
Italian princess - Marie de M
ARIANE
Josephine Baker
Francophonie
39. Who was the great king of the 16th century?
Alsace and Lorraine
Germany
Fran
a co-ed high school
40. Which family had the fleur de lis as a symbol?
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
Bourbons
pig
the town hall
41. What is un clip?
a music video
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
Carmen
on the right
42. where did the first ever - public film screening take place in 1895?
l'existentialisme
Gothic art
Kourou (French Guyana)
Paris
43. What structure was built in Paris in 1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel?
18 yrs old
Eiffel Tower
Alexandre Dumas (p
about 400
44. What is a significant mineral of France
palace of the kings of France
Brazil
iron ore
slow dancing
45. What year did France switch from the French 'franc' to the European currency unit - the 'euro'?
2002
Euro Disney
over 90 million
a cookie
46. What do the French call the English Channel
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47. What is la Chartreuse?
About 63 million people
liquor
the Alps and the Pyrenees
parachute
48. What is Brittany know for?
shop
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
Louis XIV
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
49. What famous conquest is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry?
less
sleeping car
over 9 million
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
50. Who has been the leader of le Front National since 1972?
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
20th century
garlic
Jean-Marie Le Pen