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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. Protestantism came to France during the 1500s. Those Who converted were called...?
less
Spain
Huguenots
17th century playwright
2. What country does more exporting of food than France?
Marie Curie's work
Belgium
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
US
3. How many people live in metropolitan Paris?
almost 200 yrs
over 9 million
le football or le foot
Waterloo
4. On What kind of bottle would you find the word brut?
Continental France
Napoleon
horsemeat
une bouteille de champagne
5. The French invented the coffee pot How many years ago?
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
200 years ago
lunch
Louis XIV
6. What would you do at la Com
Georges Pompidou
watch a play
Romanesque
Euro Disney
7. When do the festivals for the harvesting of wine grapes take place?
boulangerie
September
Vincent Van Gogh
a hexagon
8. What amusement park in Paris is the equivalent to Disneyland
Euro Disney
composer
shop
a newspaper
9. What is a famous French beef stew?
boeuf bourguignon
20th century
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
croissants and baguettes
10. What is an international organization of over 50 member states or countries where there is a notable affiliation with French language or culture?
Waterloo
Francophonie
16th century
the American - Lance Armstrong
11. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?
fast food chains
cuisine bourgeoise
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
April Fool's Day
12. What is le Concorde?
croissants and baguettes
raw - fresh vegetables
a supersonic commercial airplane
Le Palais du Luxembourg
13. What is la France m
Normandy and Brittany
more
Continental France
Braille script to help the blind read
14. A movement in the 1970s featuring simpler foods - smaller portions and natural flavors called...
Italian
nouvelle cuisine
Mont Blanc
the Lumi
15. What mountain range separates France and Spain
former colonies in Africa
Les Pyr
100
storming of the Bastille
16. What is le Front National?
Corsica - la Corse
Fran
right wing - anti-immigration party
Italian princess - Marie de M
17. What regions are famous for their butter
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
a stick
Normandy and Brittany
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
18. Prior to the Roman invasion - What was the language of the French?
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
a stick
about 400
Celtic
19. What is la C
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
French Riviera
Marseille
a mile
20. Who led the Romans into France in 52BC?
the Alps
Julius Caesar
une salade
former colonies in Africa
21. Where is Carcassonne
Southern France - on the C
Carmen
Marseille
Southern France
22. Why was Joan of Arc burned at the stake on May 30 - 1431?
May 1st
she was accused of being a witch
81
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
23. Name two delicacies of France?
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
watch a play
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
24. What was la Bastille?
prison
a mile
le Front Populaire
2002
25. When did France end nuclear testing?
1998
Fran
1996
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
26. What is une b
France
la Marseillaise
noon
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
27. Who composed Bol
Maurice Ravel
a mountain range
founder of Renault automobiles
horsemeat
28. Why were the first hot air balloons know as montgolfi
the Loire at 626 miles
dom Perignon
Georges R
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
29. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?
fish
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
almost 200 yrs
30. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
le Louvre
Grasse
Eugene Ionesco
31. What is the main ingredient in p
goose liver
Continental France
Gothic art
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
32. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?
Marie Curie
Lutetia
nouvelle cuisine
Louis XIV
33. What is tutoiement?
Ice skate
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
telecommunication satellites
scuba gear
34. Which artist cut off his ear?
a pastry - also means a nun
Vincent Van Gogh
Southern France
1885
35. Where would you find un bidet?
January 6th (Epiphany)
Fran
in a bathroom
white
36. Where is Biarritz
a sugared almond
Val
French Riviera
on the southwest coast of France
37. What do the French cows say?
a cookie
meuh
Germans
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
38. Where did le croissant originate?
space - electronics and computer software
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
over 9 million
81
39. We call it baseball - the French call it...?
a pinball machine
raw - fresh vegetables
le baseball
Austrian
40. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?
2
shop
racetracks
red
41. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
civil
a stick
Normandy and Brittany
the cathedral in Reims
42. How tall is Mont Blanc - the tallest mountain in Europe?
less
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
a stick
the Loire at 626 miles
43. When was Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine?
over 90 million
1793
Italian princess - Marie de M
space - electronics and computer software
44. What is the French national motto that came as a result of the Revolution?
Livarot
libert
suits and neckties
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
45. Who was the head of the Vichy government?
100
tip is included
le Mar
in an apartment building
46. Where is France's spacecraft launched?
it is the 5th largest economy
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Kourou (French Guyana)
47. What is a popular fish stew that is served as a soup in the south of France?
la bouillabaisse
perfume
November 1st
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
48. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
15-16
Tintin
2001
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
49. How many centim
cocorico
81
100
Louis XIV
50. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
Brazil
Hector Berlioz and Fr
orange
fish