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French Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which type of American music has had the most influence on the French?
jazz
ch
Toulouse
la Manche 'the sleeve'
2. What do children learn in preschool
Renaissance
they learn to read
high speed train (TGV)
Grasse
3. By 1942 Who had taken control over the entire country of France?
Germans
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
Continental France
painting with geometric shapes
4. When did le can-can enjoy popularity?
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
1793
1890s
18 yrs old
5. What is the flavor of un macaron?
almond or coconut
farmland
brothers Jacques-Eug
the hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
6. Who composed Bol
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
November 1st
more than 2 million
Maurice Ravel
7. In Which department would you find truffles
Bourbons
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
Southern France - on the C
le P
8. What was the symbol of Fran
Lille
of course
the salamander
2 million
9. How does France's economy compare to the rest of the world?
a parking zone
gourmet cooking
it is the 5th largest economy
Germany
10. Evian - Badoit and Vichy are French cities famous for What?
Jean-Luc Godard
traditional - local cooking
mineral water
Nicolas Sarkozy
11. What happened to Charles VII on July 17 - 1429?
Lille
the 12th century
he was crowned King of France
April Fool's Day
12. With Which school of literature is Victor Hugo often associated?
slow dancing
Mus
Romanticism
fast food chains
13. What building is named after Georges Pompidou?
French Riviera
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
African
noon
14. When did France play host to the World Cup for soccer?
d
1998
Eiffel Tower
Kourou (French Guyana)
15. What are the divisions of Paris called
ages 2-6
les arrondissements
French rap groups
candied chestnuts
16. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
Vercing
on an envelope
left one
May 1st
17. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
pig
Fran
Moulin Rouge
18. What is la zone bleue?
don't do it
the hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
un kilogramme
a parking zone
19. What is the principal use of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon today
a stew
French explorer
a French naval station
in the south Pacific
20. What palace in Paris serves as a meeting place for the 348-member French S
15-16
un lapin (a rabbit)
Moli
Le Palais du Luxembourg
21. What war leader was chief of the French army at age 26?
founder of Renault automobiles
painter
she was accused of being a witch
Napoleon Bonaparte
22. At Which celebrations do you give drag
poetry
shopping center
Versailles
christenings and weddings
23. Where is France's spacecraft launched?
French Guyana - la Guyane fran
prison
Kourou (French Guyana)
film director
24. Where is Orly
5 yrs
Jules Verne
near Paris
US
25. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
a lobster
the 13th century
Tintin
Gaul
26. Where is the Center for French Space Programs?
Napoleon Bonaparte
le baccalaur
Toulouse
Louis XV
27. What is the highest point in France?
the Alps and the Pyrenees
right wing - anti-immigration party
Mont Blanc
The/ (le) Concorde
28. What is break-dancing called in France?
le smurf
Giulia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Marie Curie
29. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?
Moli
1991
citrus
poetry
30. What is the name of the comprehensive exam students take at the end of high school?
le baccalaur
1885
1946
Nice
31. What is the name of the dog in the comic strip Ast
Id
the Alps
high taxes and starvation
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
32. In What year did France win the Soccer World Cup for the first time?
garlic
religious freedom
Huguenots
1998
33. When did gothic architecture originate in France?
ask for a doggy bag
the 12th century
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
hot milk and coffee
34. What is the Mus
le baseball
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
le football am
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
35. What was la Bastille?
candied chestnuts
prison
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
le r
36. What is the largest port of France
Napoleon
a nursing home
Marseille
a parking zone
37. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
Saturdays
a star
truffles
1000
38. What is a significant mineral of France
the first modern legal code of France
brothers Jacques-Eug
scuba gear
iron ore
39. How many rooms are in the Palace of Fontainebleau
meuh
Renaissance
more than a thousand
about 300 -000
40. What is le Jura
a mountain range
June 6th - 1944
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
41. Whose mistress was the Marquise de Pompadour?
raw - fresh vegetables
Romanticism
Louis XV
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
42. What is the longest river in France
Fran
une bouteille de champagne
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
in the south Pacific
43. From where does most of France's olive oil come from
Provence
Louis XIV
Georges Pompidou
they learn to read
44. In Which month is the Tour de France held?
July
l'
meuh
Napoleon Bonaparte
45. What nut is sold hot on the streets of Paris in winter?
Mexico
chestnuts
stethoscope
Hundred Years War
46. The Palace of Versailles is a monument to art of Which period?
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
during WWI and WWII
1889 World's Fair
the Baroque period
47. Who was the musician Who collaborated with Moli
le r
1920
Renaissance
Jean-Baptiste Lully
48. What is longer - un kilom
1000 feet/300 meters
Ice skate
a mile
horsemeat
49. What is une b
Jean-Luc Godard
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
Voltaire
almond or coconut
50. How old was Joan of Arc when she was killed in May 1431?
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
le baseball
Jean de la Fontaine
19