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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 une religieuse?
a pastry - also means a nun
Italian
founder of Renault automobiles
stethoscope
2. What type of painting is Cubism?
January 6th (Epiphany)
A type of soft cheese
painting with geometric shapes
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
3. Which city in southwestern France is called la ville rose
Corsica (la Corse)
Toulouse
September
soup
4. What other countries still use French as their official language
a lobster
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
former colonies in Africa
African
5. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
composer
Marie Antoinette
dom Perignon
Paris
6. Who is the current Prime Minister of France - serving along with President Nicolas Sarkozy?
they learn to read
don't do it
Fran
The Marshall Plan (US)
7. Who wrote the absurdist plays Rhinoceros and La cantatrice chauve (the bald soprano)?
Julius Caesar
Eugene Ionesco
farmland
Romanesque
8. At What meal are eggs eaten?
Fran
left
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
left one
9. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
the 13th century
Hundred Years War
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
Tintin
10. What is heavier - un kilo or 2 pounds?
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
un kilo
July 14 - 1789
nouvelle cuisine
11. where did the first ever - public film screening take place in 1895?
Paris
une bouteille de champagne
Jean-Baptiste Lully
France
12. What is un homard?
a lobster
sixteen
The/ (le) Concorde
200 years ago
13. Who is Zin
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
porcelain
rub the bowl with garlic
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
14. How tall is Mont Blanc - the tallest mountain in Europe?
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
G
they were all Impressionist painters
15. What are les parcs zoologiques
he was crowned King of France
Huguenots
in Deauville
animal parks (zoos)
16. Who led the Romans into France in 52BC?
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
Julius Caesar
porcelain
in the south Pacific
17. What comes first: l'
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18. What French island is located in the Mediterranean
croissants and baguettes
telecommunication satellites
Corsica - la Corse
French Republic
19. What is le Jura
a mountain range
Napoleon Bonaparte
l'
Marie Curie
20. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
to raise the retirement age
on an envelope
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
21. Where did la Goulue dance?
Moulin Rouge
a hexagon
Herg
1000 feet/300 meters
22. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?
red
cocorico
a sugared almond
l'existentialisme
23. In France - What type of wedding is required by law - civil or religious?
civil
film star
palace of the kings of France
the Opera festival
24. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?
Spain
20th century
A Moveable Feast
G
25. At What age do French children attend preschool
100
ages 2-6
Marseille
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
26. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank
1793
the Lumi
lunch
the Seine river
27. Where were the kings of France crowned for hundreds of years
the cathedral in Reims
noon
high speed train (TGV)
a flaky pastry
28. Where is the hall of mirrors
Versailles
Fran
Alexandre Dumas (p
garlic
29. What is the French term for the meal that is celebrated on Christmas Eve - Dec 24th?
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
Nice
le r
a famous French puppet
30. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?
Jean-Baptiste Lully
gourmet cooking
The/ (le) Concorde
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
31. What are the main ingredients of une choucroute garnie?
chestnuts
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
Paris
Napoleon Bonaparte
32. What regions are famous for their butter
Normandy and Brittany
less
Lille
1998
33. We call it football - the French call it...?
Versailles
le football am
Impressionism
farmland
34. Which Republic is France under today?
in a bathroom or kitchen
French Guyana - la Guyane fran
founder of Renault automobiles
5th Republic
35. Who said 'L'
suits and neckties
Nantes
Louis XIV
Belgium
36. What coalition group won the elections in 1936?
a cookie
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
le Front Populaire
in Paris
37. In France - Where would you find a concierge?
in an apartment building
democracy
19
January 6th (Epiphany)
38. How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI?
ch
14
on an envelope
dom Perignon
39. What types of business attire did the French create?
suits and neckties
the Lumi
a flaky pastry
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
40. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?
Braque and Picasso
movie camera and projector
Napoleon Bonaparte
Romanesque
41. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?
5th Republic
Louisiana
liquor
Marie and Pierre Curie
42. How many French speakers are there worldwide?
over 90 million
Sundays
a summer home or cottage
soccer
43. What is the official name for the country of France?
the 13th century
French Republic
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
Louis Pasteur
44. What is un bateau-mouche?
a tourist boat on the Seine in Paris
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
La Joconde
almond or coconut
45. Who was the leading man in the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac?
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
G
Ice skate
46. What is the name of the French space program?
ARIANE
a public lavatory for men
Marie Antoinette
Marie Curie
47. Who was the first national hero of France?
Vercing
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
denim (de N
less
48. Who led the armies of the French King Charles VII to victories against the English?
Joan of Arc
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
actress
the Seine river
49. Where is la promenade des Anglais
a newspaper
l'
15-16
Nice
50. What kind of fruits are grown in Corsica?
more
citrus
Alsace and Lorraine
Napoleon Bonaparte