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French Culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How do French people greet each other
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Louis XIV
Normandy and Brittany
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
2. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?
gourmet cooking
fried eggs
Marseille
a public lavatory for men
3. What French sculptor dominated the 19th century?
Les Pyr
Auguste Rodin
on the right
Jules Verne
4. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?
Toulouse
Napoleon
1920
hiking
5. What type of equipment did Emile Gagnon and Jacques Cousteau invent in 1942?
le lyc
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
scuba gear
Austrian
6. After a fancy dinner - What is the evening topped off with?
strong black coffee
ch
Normandy and Brittany
les arrondissements
7. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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8. Which king built le ch
General Charles de Gaulle
Fran
Giulia
Bastille Day - July 14th
9. How much mustard does each person in France use per year?
palace of the kings of France
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
almost 200 yrs
Herg
10. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
christenings and weddings
Normandy and Brittany
Marie Antoinette
11. What is une r
Paris
2
high taxes and starvation
a summer home or cottage
12. Near What country is Lille
libert
stethoscope
Belgium
Le Palais du Luxembourg
13. Is the wine le Muscadet red or white?
white
About 63 million people
200 years ago
prison
14. What happened in Paris in May 1968?
student riots
Fran
Britain
almost 200 yrs
15. Who led the Romans into France in 52BC?
Julius Caesar
April Fool's Day
student riots
a music video
16. What is the name of the dog in the comic strip Ast
fattened liver of duck or goose
1998
The Marshall Plan (US)
Id
17. Who was the first great writer in France?
Fran
watch a play
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
processed meats and sandwiches
18. What is Orangina?
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
Saturdays
North Africa
an orange soft drink
19. How many French soldiers died in World War I?
boeuf bourguignon
2 million
Paris
a Paris university
20. During Which century did Albert Camus write?
Fran
Air France
20th century
1890s
21. What was the original purpose of le Louvre?
rabies vaccine
a Paris university
palace of the kings of France
Lille
22. Who was Louis Lumi
14
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
Marie Antoinette
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
23. Is un centim
less
Austrian
storming of the Bastille
late 1800s
24. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
Marseille
Tintin
American film star
Maurice Ravel
25. Who was Jacques Cartier?
French explorer
a pastry - also means a nun
a French naval station
truffles
26. The French helped create the world's fastest passenger airplane called?
Ice skate
Louis XIV
100
The/ (le) Concorde
27. When did gothic architecture originate in France?
cherries
Corsica (la Corse)
June 6th - 1944
the 12th century
28. What country does more exporting of food than France?
Alsace and Lorraine
Euro Disney
Italian princess - Marie de M
US
29. How long is the presidential term in France?
Livarot
Eugene Ionesco
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
5 yrs
30. What French president was elected in 2007 - and is up for re-election in May 2012?
Nicolas Sarkozy
le m
fried eggs
the 12th century
31. Who is Guignol?
Jacques Cartier
art
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
a famous French puppet
32. Who was the musician Who collaborated with Moli
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
French Riviera
Jean-Baptiste Lully
slow dancing
33. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
the American - Lance Armstrong
1885
Giulia
34. Where were the kings of France crowned for hundreds of years
high-heeled shoes
the cathedral in Reims
a star
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
35. What is une pissoire?
near Paris
stethoscope
a public lavatory for men
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
36. What is la mairie?
that is where he died
the town hall
d
Huguenots
37. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?
the first modern legal code of France
fast food chains
A type of soft cheese
Toulouse
38. What are des oeufs sur le plat?
stethoscope
art
red
fried eggs
39. What is the official name for the country of France?
French Republic
Important social and labor reforms
Val
Jules Verne
40. What is the approximate geometrical shape of France
a hexagon
Alsace and Lorraine
the town hall
that is where he died
41. By 1942 Who had taken control over the entire country of France?
animal parks (zoos)
Germans
Napoleon Bonaparte
the cathedral
42. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?
ch
Corsica - la Corse
a parking zone
Paris
43. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?
iron ore
scuba gear
Moli
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
44. What country does the World Health Organization frequently name as the world's best overall health care provider?
le Mar
libert
African
France
45. What does une baguette mean besides a loaf of bread?
Versailles
in a bathroom
a stick
a stew
46. Marie Antoinette was not French. What nationality was she?
Austrian
le lyc
Alsace and Lorraine
a summer home or cottage
47. What did France get back at the end of World War I?
le P
Alsace and Lorraine
art
Paris
48. What do you call a meal where guests cook chunks of prime beef in hot oil at the table?
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Paris
fondue bourguignonne
49. What is sold in une charcuterie?
processed meats and sandwiches
Louis XIV
15-16
a dining car
50. Which city in southwestern France is called la ville rose
lavender
Toulouse
Eugene Ionesco
1998