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French Culture
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1. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
les arrondissements
le baccalaur
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
le Louvre
2. Who designed the glass pyramid built in 1989 in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris?
le smurf
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
an Egyptian Obelisk
fillet of duck breast
3. What is the underground subway system called in Paris?
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
le m
Alexandre Dumas (p
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
4. Where would you find un chauffe-eau?
in a bathroom or kitchen
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
left
pig
5. Marie Antoinette was not French. What nationality was she?
Le Palais du Luxembourg
slow dancing
Austrian
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
6. When was Jacques Chirac elected president?
liquor
1995
a cookie
almost 200 yrs
7. What are les parcs zoologiques
un kilo
animal parks (zoos)
the cathedral in Reims
Paris
8. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d
Mayotte
ch
Louis XIV
Pablo Picasso
9. When did the Tour de France not occur during its history?
during WWI and WWII
denim (de N
Fran
soup
10. What is une cervelle de veau?
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
a newspaper
September
5th Republic
11. What is un potage?
soup
Romanticism
racetracks
June 6th - 1944
12. What is la zone bleue?
Fran
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
a parking zone
in Deauville
13. What has 4 legs - 2 long ears and tastes delicious in a stew?
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
strong black coffee
almond or coconut
un lapin (a rabbit)
14. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?
Continental France
Moli
19
May -1954
15. Who won the Tour de France a record 7 times 1999-2005?
boeuf bourguignon
the American - Lance Armstrong
5th Republic
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
16. What is un homard?
Grasse
a lobster
the salamander
the Baroque period
17. What is the French delicacy foie gras?
fattened liver of duck or goose
le Front Populaire
a public lavatory for men
on the right
18. Which French territory is off the coast of Canada
le baccalaur
June 6th - 1944
Versailles
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
19. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?
red
Mexico
la bouillabaisse
monk
20. For What is Limoges famous
the Loire at 626 miles
porcelain
art
le smurf
21. What is la viande chevaline?
Marie Curie's work
Jacques Cartier
Joan of Arc
horsemeat
22. What are the divisions of Paris called
les arrondissements
left
about $7 -500
Joan of Arc
23. Who is Ast
cartoon character
26 percent
France
the Alps and the Pyrenees
24. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
Le festival d'Avignon
A Moveable Feast
un lapin (a rabbit)
truffles
25. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?
cocorico
Nice
pig
hiking
26. What is une langue de veau?
une bouteille de champagne
coin coin
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
a veal tongue
27. The university of Paris in the Latin Quarter on the left bank of the Seine is called...?
la Sorbonne
September
candied chestnuts
soccer
28. What is the French for high school?
Romanticism
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
le lyc
29. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
Vincent Van Gogh
high taxes and starvation
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
la Manche 'the sleeve'
30. Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
chestnuts
Antoine de Saint-Exup
Jules Verne
a pinball machine
31. Where would you find un bidet?
the first modern legal code of France
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
Italian princess - Marie de M
in a bathroom
32. What is the largest port of France
Lille
a public lavatory for men
Marseille
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
33. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
garlic
1998
a newspaper
American film star
34. What comes first - l'
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35. What is longer - un kilom
Ice skate
a mile
Nicolas Sarkozy
stuffed tomatoes
36. The visual arts flourished in the mid-19th century. What were the three schools?
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
May -1954
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
porcelain
37. What country does the World Health Organization frequently name as the world's best overall health care provider?
France
Livarot
Jacques Cartier
stethoscope
38. What did Robert de Sorbon found?
on the southwest coast of France
1991
La Sorbonne university of Paris
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
39. What is the largest country of Western Europe?
a lobster
France
Southern France - on the C
May 1st
40. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?
A Moveable Feast
Paris
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
French explorer
41. Which holiday celebrated in the US began in France 450 yrs ago?
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42. What do you call a meal where guests cook chunks of prime beef in hot oil at the table?
fondue bourguignonne
more than 2 million
2002
Fran
43. Why is Sainte H
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
France
African
that is where he died
44. What countries border France to the East?
horsemeat
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
Marseille
45. What is fondue savoyarde?
Mont Blanc
founder of Renault automobiles
Arles - France
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
46. What did Ren
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
stethoscope
bullfighting
before lunch or dinner
47. In western Europe - What is France the largest producer of?
an Egyptian Obelisk
ages 2-6
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Louis XIV
48. What is une r
La Joconde
a summer home or cottage
A Moveable Feast
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
49. What is the most popular sport in France?
shopping center
a bicycle race
a dozen oysters
soccer
50. Evian - Badoit and Vichy are French cities famous for What?
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
mineral water
less