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French Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is hidden in une galette des Rois?
a restaurant in Paris
meuh
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
le lyc
2. France's North American Colony - Louisiana - was sold to the US. What was the sale called?
Vercing
Louisiana Purchase
2 million
Id
3. When did Joan of Arc become Saint Joan?
1920
in Deauville
France
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
4. Who crowned himself emperor in 1804?
emotions and imaginations
animal parks (zoos)
Napoleon Bonaparte
processed meats and sandwiches
5. Who designed the glass pyramid built in 1989 in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris?
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
a dozen oysters
Kourou (French Guyana)
fillet of duck breast
6. What is la France m
a nursing home
Continental France
in the afternoon (un go
Paul Gauguin
7. How long does the car race at Le Mans last?
racetracks
the 12th century
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
8. What day of the week are elections always held in France
cherries
Sundays
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
a cookie
9. What country is la Martinique part of
1793
the Loire at 626 miles
100
France
10. What is boudin noir (black pudding) made with?
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11. Who succeeded Pompidou as president?
Toulouse
Val
gather together and share events from their day
Waterloo
12. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
Marie Antoinette
d
1000
une salade
13. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d
Julius Caesar
cocorico
Mayotte
Bastille Day - July 14th
14. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
May -1954
17th
an Egyptian Obelisk
blue - white and red
15. In France - do windows usually swing inwards or outwards?
Jacques Cartier
inwards
right wing - anti-immigration party
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
16. Which state was a French territory until sold to the US in 1803?
the American - Lance Armstrong
fertile soil
Corsica (la Corse)
Louisiana
17. Where did le croissant originate?
apple liquor
1903
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
a French naval station
18. What is the French term for bakery?
Livarot
a music video
raw - fresh vegetables
boulangerie
19. What is the profession of Catherine Deneuve?
actress
Marie and Pierre Curie
a veal tongue
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
20. What do you call a stage of the Tour de France in French?
une
July 14 - 1789
soccer
Bastille Day - July 14th
21. The French invented the coffee pot How many years ago?
coin coin
Fran
Marie Antoinette
200 years ago
22. What happened for the first time in the history of the French Republic on October 19 - 2011?
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23. What is the plateau de fromages?
la Sorbonne
a platter with a selection of cheeses
Huguenots
actress
24. What is p
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
Paul Gauguin
2 million
Hector Berlioz and Fr
25. What is la Chartreuse?
liquor
1946
art
blue - white and red
26. For What is Limoges famous
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
porcelain
l'existentialisme
le mar
27. What kind of composer was Debussy?
Jacques Cartier
60
film director
impressionist
28. What is Chartres famous for
the cathedral
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
Alsace and Lorraine
democracy
29. What do French ducks say?
coin coin
telecommunication satellites
about 300 -000
more than a thousand
30. Where is le Mus
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
Braque and Picasso
in Paris
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
31. In France - Where would you find a concierge?
in an apartment building
1000
2002
democracy
32. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?
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33. In western Europe - What is France the largest producer of?
the cathedral
1000
le Front Populaire
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
34. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
former colonies in Africa
18 yrs old
the Seine river
35. What is Mona Lisa called in French?
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
La Joconde
in the Caribbean
36. How many m
the Loire at 626 miles
painter
1000
Paris
37. What is the French national anthem?
la Marseillaise
Mayotte
founder of Renault automobiles
soup
38. What is further east - Marseille or Toulouse
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
a scallop (type of seafood)
Marseille
on the right
39. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
perfume
Tintin
1885
Gothic art
40. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?
les arrondissements
raw - fresh vegetables
le lyc
croissants and baguettes
41. Who are the two most famous Cubist Artists?
Gothic art
Braque and Picasso
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
the American - Lance Armstrong
42. What was the nationality of the painter of the Mona Lisa?
200 years ago
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
Georges R
Italian
43. Which Republic is France under today?
5th Republic
on an envelope
a restaurant in Paris
the salamander
44. Who is the current Prime Minister of France - serving along with President Nicolas Sarkozy?
American film star
Fran
more than a thousand
boulangerie
45. What was the symbol of Fran
a flaky pastry
film director
the salamander
North Africa
46. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg
the cathedral in Reims
Georges R
1903
le football or le foot
47. What is the name of the baby that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and (Italian model and actress) wife Carla Bruni had in October 2011?
shopping center
on an envelope
farmland
Giulia
48. What is le cochonnet in the game of boules?
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
Georges R
candied chestnuts
1000
49. We call it baseball - the French call it...?
high-heeled shoes
it is the 5th largest economy
late 1800s
le baseball
50. In Which regions is beer really popular?
almond or coconut
Alsace and Lorraine
French rap groups
strong black coffee