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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?






2. What is the largest port of France






3. What is la viande chevaline?






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






5. What are cr






6. What is the largest country of Western Europe?






7. What is an international organization of over 50 member states or countries where there is a notable affiliation with French language or culture?






8. Where is la Polyn






9. During World War II - What percentage of France's factories - machinery and transportation systems were lost?






10. What is the most popular sport in France?






11. What is un wagon-restaurant?






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


13. What industry produces most of France's electricity?






14. Who were the two most prominent scientists in early 20th century France?






15. How does France's economy compare to the rest of the world?






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






17. What type of game is boules?






18. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg






19. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank






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






21. What is le slow?






22. What was the Roman (Latin) name for Paris?






23. What is un mille-feuilles?






24. Where is Orly






25. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?






26. What is the name of the comprehensive exam students take at the end of high school?






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






28. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?






29. What famous conquest is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry?






30. What types of industry are most prominent in Toulouse - France?






31. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?






32. What is a popular outdoor activity among the French?






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






34. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?






35. Who wrote the absurdist plays Rhinoceros and La cantatrice chauve (the bald soprano)?






36. When did Joan of Arc become Saint Joan?






37. Who is France's most famous ecologist?






38. What is le Code Napol






39. What is the nickname of the French flag?






40. When was the first women's Tour de France held?






41. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?






42. What very famous writer was born in Nantes?






43. What are the main crops in France






44. What is the French for high school?






45. What is le Figaro?






46. What is vouvoiement?






47. What is le Front National?






48. What is boudin noir (black pudding) made with?


49. What was the profession of the man Who invented Champagne?






50. What type of transportation was invented in France by a French doctor 200 yrs ago?