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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What is une Citro






2. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?






3. Who led the armies of the French King Charles VII to victories against the English?






4. What city has the biggest carnival in France every year?






5. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?






6. What music festival is Aix-en-Provence famous for?






7. What is the name of the French space program?






8. What is further east - Marseille or Toulouse






9. What comes first - l'


10. What are the four major rivers in France?






11. France's North American Colony - Louisiana - was sold to the US. What was the sale called?






12. What is a famous French beef stew?






13. What is the SNCF?






14. What other countries still use French as their official language






15. What was the object of a controversial retirement bill passed through the Assembl






16. What is Brittany know for?






17. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?






18. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?






19. What do the French cows say?






20. Where was a papal palace built in France






21. What is un wagon-restaurant?






22. When was Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine?






23. What day of the week do French children attend school while American children do not






24. What is longer - un kilom






25. What is the largest city in France?






26. What palace in Paris serves as a meeting place for the 348-member French S






27. In Which month is the Tour de France held?






28. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?






29. In Which regions is beer really popular?






30. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?






31. Who did France join in declaring war on Germany - Which began WWII?






32. What did Gustave Eiffel build before he built the Eiffel Tower?






33. What is un potage?






34. What is the Mus






35. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?






36. Which transportation system in France is among the most modern and efficient in the world?






37. Where did la Goulue dance?






38. What is la viande chevaline?






39. Where is Carcassonne






40. What happened to Charles VII on July 17 - 1429?






41. Who was the first French explorer of North America?






42. What is la France d'outre-mer






43. What type of shoes was invented in France 400 yrs ago?






44. How long does the car race at Le Mans last?






45. Where was the final defeat of Napoleon?






46. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?






47. At Which celebrations do you give drag






48. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?


49. The French invented the coffee pot How many years ago?






50. What is the French term for soccer?