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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What is un beignet?






2. where did the first ever - public film screening take place in 1895?






3. Where is France's spacecraft launched?






4. What coalition group won the elections in 1936?






5. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?






6. What would you find at Lascaux






7. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank






8. What founder member of the European Union (EU) has the third largest military in NATO - and the largest army in the EU?






9. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?






10. What is a drag






11. When did le can-can enjoy popularity?






12. In What year did France win the Soccer World Cup for the first time?






13. What type of sports do many of the French prefer?






14. What is the SNCF?






15. Is un litre more or less than a gallon?






16. How old was Joan of Arc when she was killed in May 1431?






17. Who said 'L'






18. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?






19. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?






20. Who is Zin






21. What is un croque-monsieur?






22. We call it baseball - the French call it...?






23. What is a famous French beef stew?






24. How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI?






25. What is Mona Lisa called in French?






26. What is a lyc






27. Whose mistress was the Marquise de Pompadour?






28. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup






29. What did Robert de Sorbon found?






30. Where is le Quartier latin - right or left bank






31. What did Paul Verlaine write?






32. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R






33. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?






34. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?






35. What is the French delicacy foie gras?






36. On What kind of bottle would you find the word brut?






37. What are crudit






38. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg






39. Who had Versailles built to its present day splendor?






40. What is un mille-feuilles?






41. At What age do French children attend preschool






42. How many rooms are in the Palace of Fontainebleau






43. What does une baguette mean besides a loaf of bread?






44. What colors are on the flag of France






45. What is Orangina?






46. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?






47. What is une b






48. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?


49. What very famous writer was born in Nantes?






50. When did the first real school of French painting emerge?