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French Culture
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1. What day in France is comparable to American Independence Day - July 4th?
5 yrs
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
le baccalaur
Bastille Day - July 14th
2. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
Napoleon Bonaparte
The/ (le) Concorde
Normandy and Brittany
95
3. Who wrote Tartuffe?
Impressionism
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
Moli
the Baroque period
4. When was the Sorbonne founded?
the 13th century
le football am
20th century
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
5. What kind of school is called le coll
Eiffel Tower
a tourist guide book
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
Pablo Picasso
6. When was the first women's Tour de France held?
1984
a pinball machine
July
1500
7. What is un croque-monsieur?
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
a tourist guide book
she was accused of being a witch
Napoleon Bonaparte
8. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
Hector Berlioz and Fr
Paris
a stick
9. What is the official name for the country of France?
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
le Louvre
French Republic
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
10. What is Chartres famous for
the cathedral
high-heeled shoes
Arles - France
Paris
11. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup
1481
Pablo Picasso
North Africa
African
12. What is a significant mineral of France
le Louvre
iron ore
Belgium
1903
13. Where did Vincent Van Gogh settle in the late 19th century because he found inspiration for his paintings there?
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
Arles - France
1984
libert
14. What is the average life expectancy in France?
81
Paul Gauguin
Roman Catholic
a fried pastry
15. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?
croissants and baguettes
Marie Curie's work
1984
le mar
16. How many m
sixteen
1000
prison
inwards
17. What is the name of the long beach in Southern France?
French Riviera
rub the bowl with garlic
the town hall
une
18. Is un centim
Nantes
les arrondissements
less
fillet of duck breast
19. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d
une
Paris
Mayotte
in a bathroom or kitchen
20. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?
a hexagon
soccer
Braille script to help the blind read
Impressionism
21. What time do the French usually eat dinner?
20th century
Louisiana
Fran
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
22. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
Marie Curie
about 150 yrs ago
high taxes and starvation
Normandy and Brittany
23. What is the main ingredient of bouillabaisse?
fish
Jean-Marie Le Pen
a nursing home
20th century
24. What did Andr
perfume
Hundred Years War
Brazil
parachute
25. Couscous is a popular dish in France. Where did it come from?
Francophonie
North Africa
Julius Caesar
founder of Renault automobiles
26. What is la mairie?
that is where he died
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
the town hall
fertile soil
27. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
pig's blood
a flaky pastry
founder of Renault automobiles
1885
28. Which meal of the day is considered the main meal?
the 13th century
lunch
la Marseillaise
a famous French puppet
29. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?
1000 feet/300 meters
Braille script to help the blind read
15-16
denim (de N
30. Which ingredient is essential in Proven
Jean-Marie Le Pen
1920
garlic
porcelain
31. Where were the kings of France crowned for hundreds of years
Normandy and Brittany
Impressionism
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
the cathedral in Reims
32. For What is Limoges famous
Air France
porcelain
sleeping car
Louis XIV
33. What is le Code Napol
less
Livarot
a bicycle race
the first modern legal code of France
34. Near What country is Lille
le Mar
une bouteille de champagne
Belgium
A type of soft cheese
35. What is une b
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
France
36. What countries border France to the East?
fertile soil
1000 feet/300 meters
boeuf bourguignon
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
37. What is the largest port of France
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
citrus
Marseille
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
38. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?
1946
le P
La Sorbonne university of Paris
Austrian
39. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
monk
strong black coffee
Statue of Liberty
une bouteille de champagne
40. What building is named after Georges Pompidou?
storming of the Bastille
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
l'
that is where he died
41. What happened in Paris in May 1968?
La Joconde
student riots
that is where he died
almost 200 yrs
42. Olives grow in southern France during Which season of the year
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
Celtic
summer
croissants and baguettes
43. What was the original purpose of le Louvre?
September
shop
200 years ago
palace of the kings of France
44. When was a bill approved giving Corsica limited autonomy?
they learn to read
2001
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
Fran
45. What time is the main meal served in France?
during WWI and WWII
Hundred Years War
Louisiana
noon
46. Where is Napoleon's body today?
H
5th Republic
rub the bowl with garlic
painting with geometric shapes
47. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
Continental France
Tintin
a nursing home
48. when was the first female prime minister - Edith Cresson - appointed?
Anne d'Autriche
former colonies in Africa
1991
the cathedral
49. Where was a papal palace built in France
Avignon
slow dancing
lunch
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
50. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?
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