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French Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is le Concorde?






2. What are des oeufs sur le plat?






3. Who married Louis XIII?

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4. What is le Front National?






5. What is un homard?






6. Who did France join in declaring war on Germany - Which began WWII?






7. What are des tripes






8. What is sold in une charcuterie?






9. Who was the cardinal Who served as regent for Louis XIII?






10. Who sculpted Le Penseur?






11. What practice dating back to the 18th century - known as la tauromachie - or corrida - was granted official protection by the French Minister for Culture in 2011?






12. What is le Figaro?






13. What is Brittany know for?






14. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?






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






16. What is break-dancing called in France?






17. What regions are famous for their butter






18. What did Ren






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






20. What is the plateau de fromages?






21. What time period is the comic strip Ast

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22. In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?






23. What is un flipper?






24. When was the Sorbonne founded?






25. What is the average life expectancy in France?






26. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?






27. What is the most popular sport in France?






28. What is the largest airline in France?






29. What type of equipment did Emile Gagnon and Jacques Cousteau invent in 1942?






30. What mountain range separates France and Spain






31. Who married Josephine Beauharnais?






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






33. What is une r






34. What is un rago






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






36. What type of game is boules?






37. What is the largest city in France?






38. What was the country of France named before Roman times?






39. What is a popular fish stew that is served as a soup in the south of France?






40. What is vouvoiement?






41. What kind of art is found at the Jeu de Paume?






42. At What meal are eggs eaten?






43. What is la France d'outre-mer






44. What is un bateau-mouche?






45. At Which celebrations do you give drag






46. What shape do the 20 major highways leading in and out of Paris form?






47. When did the country - Gaul get renamed France?






48. How many different types of cheese does France produce?






49. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?






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