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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. What is the main ingredient in p
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
Jean-Baptiste Lully
hiking
goose liver
2. For What is Grasse famous
perfume
Fran
Josephine Baker
Statue of Liberty
3. What amusement park in Paris is the equivalent to Disneyland
Moli
Euro Disney
Air France
Alexandre Dumas (p
4. Who was the first national hero of France?
composer
July
Vercing
Louis XIV
5. What is Chartres famous for
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
a French car from the Citro
the cathedral
18 yrs old
6. On average - How many children do married couples have in France?
Mayotte
1995
a cookie
2
7. What are les parcs zoologiques
Moli
20th century
Richelieu
animal parks (zoos)
8. The cathedral of Chartres is an example of Which type of art?
white
blue - white and red
Gothic art
A Moveable Feast
9. Which transportation system in France is among the most modern and efficient in the world?
high speed train (TGV)
Braque and Picasso
French rap groups
the 12th century
10. What type of equipment did Emile Gagnon and Jacques Cousteau invent in 1942?
Moulin Rouge
a bicycle race
in Paris
scuba gear
11. What is le Front National?
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
African
US
right wing - anti-immigration party
12. How do you most often eat oysters in France?
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
Les Pyr
Pablo Picasso
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
13. What is un wagon-lit?
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
elephant
sleeping car
Josephine Baker
14. When did the Tour de France not occur during its history?
Moli
telecommunication satellites
a star
during WWI and WWII
15. Who were the two most prominent scientists in early 20th century France?
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
Le Palais du Luxembourg
French Riviera
le Louvre
16. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
Statue of Liberty
a veal tongue
le Front Populaire
26 percent
17. During What century was Le Corbusier a famous architect?
democracy
20th century
storming of the Bastille
rub the bowl with garlic
18. Who painted Guernica?
Statue of Liberty
candied chestnuts
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
Pablo Picasso
19. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?
liquor
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
painter
Roman Catholic
20. When was a bill approved giving Corsica limited autonomy?
in a bathroom or kitchen
inwards
Gothic art
2001
21. How tall is the Eiffel Tower
1000 feet/300 meters
Fran
Hundred Years War
une bouteille de champagne
22. On What day did the Storming of the Bastille prison occur?
Eiffel Tower
July 14 - 1789
almost 200 yrs
Toulouse
23. What is the nickname of the French flag?
about 150 yrs ago
a mile
le tricolore
18 yrs old
24. Which of Ernest Hemingway's books portray life in Paris between the two world wars?
un lapin (a rabbit)
fillet of duck breast
Southern France - on the C
A Moveable Feast
25. What types of food is Normandy famous for?
l'
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
Paris
left
26. How many m
Louis XIV
that is where he died
1000
an ambulance
27. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
in a bathroom
horsemeat
high taxes and starvation
on an envelope
28. What day in France is comparable to American Independence Day - July 4th?
democracy
le baccalaur
14
Bastille Day - July 14th
29. What is the French name for home cooking?
an orange soft drink
cuisine bourgeoise
a star
French explorer
30. When would one eat a go
seafood
G
in the afternoon (un go
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
31. Near What country is Bayonne
Victor Hugo
Spain
the 12th century
on the right
32. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?
lavender
Marie Curie
student riots
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
33. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
Marie Antoinette
Louis XIV
The Marshall Plan (US)
une salade
34. What type of land is more prevalent in France than in any other country in Western Europe
fertile soil
Jacques Cartier
painter
farmland
35. What is the longest river in France
la Marseillaise
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
Louis XV
About 63 million people
36. When is the French labor day?
a co-ed high school
Marseille
un lapin (a rabbit)
May 1st
37. Where is Carcassonne
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
1000 feet/300 meters
Southern France
Celtic
38. What war leader was chief of the French army at age 26?
A type of soft cheese
Napoleon Bonaparte
Parc Ast
5 yrs old
39. What is un potage?
soup
pig's blood
Spain
Gothic art
40. What are cr
a music video
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Sundays
41. What is la France d'outre-mer
Britain
blue - white and red
overseas France
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
42. Name two delicacies of France?
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
Lille
le Louvre
on the southwest coast of France
43. On What side of the road do you drive in France?
1995
Livarot
goose liver
on the right
44. Where does the festival of the American film take place?
composer
shop
in Deauville
Moli
45. What was the Roman (Latin) name for Paris?
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
About 63 million people
Lutetia
a French naval station
46. How did Saint-Exup
about 400
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
Louis XIV
blue - white and red
47. Who wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel?
Fran
l'existentialisme
1998
chestnuts
48. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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49. What kind of art is found at the Jeu de Paume?
the Lumi
Impressionism
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
50. What is break-dancing called in France?
Marie Curie's work
Napoleon Bonaparte
le smurf
Paris