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French Culture
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1. How tall is the Eiffel Tower
Mayotte
September
1000 feet/300 meters
Renaissance
2. By 1942 Who had taken control over the entire country of France?
about $7 -500
Germans
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
Fran
3. Who painted Guernica?
boeuf bourguignon
le P
Pablo Picasso
Nantes
4. Who wrote Les Mis
the Loire at 626 miles
Le festival d'Avignon
animal parks (zoos)
Victor Hugo
5. ARIANE launchers are used mainly to send What into space?
that is where he died
perfume
telecommunication satellites
fattened liver of duck or goose
6. What does tomates farcies mean?
Alsace and Lorraine
le massif central
stuffed tomatoes
a fried pastry
7. What is un mille-feuilles?
on an envelope
a flaky pastry
tip is included
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
8. What is the main ingredient of bouillabaisse?
Spain
fish
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
November 1st
9. How old must you be to vote in France
ch
a platter with a selection of cheeses
18 yrs old
le r
10. What religion do most people in France belong to?
Roman Catholic
democracy
on the right
chestnuts
11. Is un m
more
1903
Tintin
Saturdays
12. Where was the final defeat of Napoleon?
France
Waterloo
14
Napoleon Bonaparte
13. Who was Moli
17th century playwright
a French car from the Citro
1890s
Important social and labor reforms
14. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d
1998
Mayotte
jazz
Romanesque
15. What was Louis Pasteur's most important vaccine?
fish
le football or le foot
rabies vaccine
le baseball
16. Who brought order back to France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
Continental France
La Joconde
17. What is un flipper?
a pinball machine
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
1998
a place where they make and sell cr
18. What fruit is used in Kirsch?
a fried pastry
scuba gear
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
cherries
19. Where is Carcassonne
17th
un kilo
Southern France
Corsica - la Corse
20. During Which century did Albert Camus write?
left
20th century
1946
a cookie
21. For What is Limoges famous
France
Napoleon Bonaparte
porcelain
a dozen oysters
22. What French sculptor dominated the 19th century?
Auguste Rodin
le P
Antoine de Saint-Exup
Livarot
23. How did Saint-Exup
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Statue of Liberty
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
a bicycle race
24. Who entered WWI in 1917 to help France defeat Germany?
US
Pablo Picasso
le smurf
film star
25. In Which regions is beer really popular?
Alsace and Lorraine
an Egyptian Obelisk
stuffed tomatoes
Normandy and Brittany
26. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?
prehistoric cave paintings
racetracks
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
Jean-Marie Le Pen
27. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?
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28. Which three French clothing designers first influenced the fashion trends?
cherries
a flaky pastry
in the afternoon (un go
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
29. Cooking in France is considered a form of...
a mountain range
the town hall
September
art
30. What event is considered the start of the French Revolution?
right wing - anti-immigration party
1793
storming of the Bastille
Paris
31. What is the Mus
Mayotte
about 300 -000
denim (de N
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
32. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
monk
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
Herg
Corsica - la Corse
33. What is une pissoire?
traditional - local cooking
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
a public lavatory for men
34. What was the object of a controversial retirement bill passed through the Assembl
Spain
26 percent
to raise the retirement age
coin coin
35. What is la C
26 percent
French Riviera
fish
Celtic
36. Who married Louis XIII?
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37. When is the French labor day?
May 1st
almost 200 yrs
candied chestnuts
democracy
38. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?
20 yrs
A type of soft cheese
Louis XIV
Nantes
39. What is heavier - un kilo or 2 pounds?
Joan of Arc
un kilo
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
Louis XIV
40. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?
G
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
Pablo Picasso
in a bathroom or kitchen
41. What would you find at Lascaux
Eiffel Tower
prehistoric cave paintings
watch a play
storming of the Bastille
42. What type of transportation was invented in France by a French doctor 200 yrs ago?
an ambulance
croissants and baguettes
Georges R
more than a thousand
43. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
Air France
an ambulance
Jules Verne
Statue of Liberty
44. The university of Paris in the Latin Quarter on the left bank of the Seine is called...?
le lyc
la Sorbonne
a railroad company
Eugene Ionesco
45. What is the nickname of the French flag?
more
iron ore
don't do it
le tricolore
46. During Which century did the Renaissance take place?
16th century
La Joconde
movie camera and projector
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
47. During Which century did Louis XIV reign?
brothers Jacques-Eug
a cookie
mineral water
17th
48. What type of sports do many of the French prefer?
Jean-Baptiste Lully
they were all Impressionist painters
20th century
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
49. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?
April Fool's Day
painter
Paul Gauguin
Louis XIV
50. Which state was a French territory until sold to the US in 1803?
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Georges R
Louisiana
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