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French Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is longer - un kilom






2. What is la gastronomie?






3. In western Europe - What is France the largest producer of?






4. We call it football - the French call it...?






5. What kind of composer was Debussy?






6. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?






7. Which holiday celebrated in the US began in France 450 yrs ago?

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8. Which came first - the Renaissance or the Classical period?






9. Near What country is Lille






10. What is vouvoiement?






11. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?






12. What kind of fruits are grown in Corsica?






13. Which meal of the day is considered the main meal?






14. How many people live in metropolitan Paris?






15. What music festival is Aix-en-Provence famous for?






16. What do you call a meal where guests cook chunks of prime beef in hot oil at the table?






17. What is Calvados?






18. Who is responsible for the invention of the cinema in the late 19th century?






19. What is la zone bleue?






20. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg






21. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?






22. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?






23. When do the French celebrate la Toussaint?






24. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?






25. In Which department would you find truffles






26. What is le Code Napol






27. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?






28. What is une maison de retraite?






29. What is the French name for home cooking?






30. What is une r






31. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?






32. What are the four major rivers in France?






33. Where does the festival of the American film take place?






34. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?

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35. What is un wagon-lit?






36. What does tomates farcies mean?






37. What is now found at La place de la Concorde






38. Cooking in France is considered a form of...






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






40. What is le Camembert?






41. What very famous writer was born in Nantes?






42. Who was imprisoned at the Conciergerie?






43. French children must attend school until What age?






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

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45. What type of land is more prevalent in France than in any other country in Western Europe






46. What event is considered the start of the French Revolution?






47. What day of the week do French children attend school while American children do not






48. Who led the Romans into France in 52BC?






49. Who launched the first hot air balloon in 1783?






50. What type of political system rules France?