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French Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
Hector Berlioz and Fr
to raise the retirement age
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
2. When did the first real school of French painting emerge?
the nuclear power industry
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
Alsace and Lorraine
3. What fragrant purple flower is grown for the perfume industry in the south of France?
Spain
a parking zone
lavender
the Alps and the Pyrenees
4. What would you find at Lascaux
a pinball machine
prehistoric cave paintings
a restaurant in Paris
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
5. When did gothic architecture originate in France?
the 12th century
Fran
The/ (le) Concorde
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
6. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?
a French car from the Citro
19
Braille script to help the blind read
strong black coffee
7. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?
1890s
rub the bowl with garlic
Paul Gauguin
Marie and Pierre Curie
8. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
Marie Antoinette
un kilogramme
France
a public lavatory for men
9. What building is named after Georges Pompidou?
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
le massif central
an orange soft drink
2 million
10. The cathedral of Chartres is an example of Which type of art?
denim (de N
Corsica - la Corse
a lobster
Gothic art
11. What is p
Marseille
Jean de la Fontaine
raw - fresh vegetables
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
12. What is the French name for home cooking?
a cookie
1793
cuisine bourgeoise
pig
13. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
1998
the Seine river
Herg
14. Who developed the champagne making method?
Paul Gauguin
dom Perignon
a pastry - also means a nun
Louis XIV
15. How tall is the Eiffel Tower
200 years ago
1000 feet/300 meters
a lobster
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
16. During Which century did Albert Camus write?
20th century
Marie Curie's work
blue - white and red
le mar
17. What is une maison de retraite?
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Paris
perfume
a nursing home
18. What famous French-Swiss filmmaker - Who headed the Nouvelle Vague movement - was awarded an Oscar by the American Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011?
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
Pablo Picasso
Jean-Luc Godard
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
19. Which came first - the Renaissance or the Classical period?
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
1991
Renaissance
20. What is un clip?
a French car from the Citro
gourmet cooking
a music video
a cookie
21. What time is the main meal served in France?
high-heeled shoes
noon
in a bathroom or kitchen
Herg
22. When did France end nuclear testing?
1996
Toulouse
G
high speed train (TGV)
23. What fruit is used in Kirsch?
film director
cherries
Napoleon
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
24. What is more ornate Gothic or Romanesque architecture?
horsemeat
Versailles
Gothic art
Italian
25. When was the first men's Tour de France held?
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
shop
1903
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
26. What coalition group won the elections in 1936?
15-16
le Front Populaire
rabies vaccine
watch a play
27. How many French speakers are there worldwide?
over 90 million
Euro Disney
Joan of Arc
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
28. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?
elephant
overseas France
garlic
about $7 -500
29. At What age do French children attend preschool
a tourist guide book
le r
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
ages 2-6
30. What is la viande chevaline?
May -1954
horsemeat
le Mar
G
31. What types of food is Normandy famous for?
ages 2-6
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
1962
a veal tongue
32. What does service compris mean?
Paris
a French car from the Citro
the Baroque period
tip is included
33. What is the French national motto that came as a result of the Revolution?
libert
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
she was accused of being a witch
goose liver
34. What religion do most people in France belong to?
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
Bastille Day - July 14th
Roman Catholic
prehistoric cave paintings
35. Who entered WWI in 1917 to help France defeat Germany?
US
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
le mar
2
36. What flavor is the liquor Cointreau?
orange
Julius Caesar
November 1st
a tourist guide book
37. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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38. Which artist cut off his ear?
Fran
Brazil
a star
Vincent Van Gogh
39. What is a popular outdoor activity among the French?
June 6th - 1944
a scallop (type of seafood)
almond or coconut
hiking
40. What types of industry are most prominent in Toulouse - France?
Antoine de Saint-Exup
Versailles
to raise the retirement age
space - electronics and computer software
41. What is le Camembert?
Paul Gauguin
A type of soft cheese
1996
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
42. Which holiday celebrated in the US began in France 450 yrs ago?
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43. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
14
liquor
Tintin
right wing - anti-immigration party
44. Who wrote Tartuffe?
1995
Moli
le mar
Auguste Rodin
45. What is Calvados?
Moulin Rouge
apple liquor
Paris
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
46. Who is considered the greatest writer of fables in France?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
gather together and share events from their day
Jean de la Fontaine
French rap groups
47. Where would you find un chauffe-eau?
in a bathroom or kitchen
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
1920
July
48. How many centim
Richelieu
scuba gear
the town hall
100
49. What is Brittany know for?
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
painting with geometric shapes
the 12th century
Maurice Ravel
50. Where does a smaller Statue of Liberty stand in France
African
former colonies in Africa
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
Vincent Van Gogh