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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. In France - Where would you find a concierge?
26 percent
stethoscope
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
in an apartment building
2. Where is the Center for French Space Programs?
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
Toulouse
Anne d'Autriche
3. What type of land is more prevalent in France than in any other country in Western Europe
Victor Hugo
iron ore
slow dancing
farmland
4. What is la viande chevaline?
monk
horsemeat
democracy
un kilo
5. What other countries still use French as their official language
former colonies in Africa
Auguste Rodin
ask for a doggy bag
a stick
6. During Which century did Louis XIV reign?
France
May 1st
high speed train (TGV)
17th
7. When do you drink un ap
G
before lunch or dinner
suits and neckties
Corsica - la Corse
8. What is une madeleine?
a cookie
a Paris university
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
Air France
9. What other painter did Van Gogh invite to share his studio in the South of France?
inwards
le smurf
Paul Gauguin
fish
10. Which type of American music has had the most influence on the French?
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
jazz
French explorer
Parc Ast
11. What is Mona Lisa called in French?
1998
Normandy and Brittany
La Joconde
Vercing
12. What type of shoes was invented in France 400 yrs ago?
Celtic
high-heeled shoes
a French car from the Citro
d
13. What is France's most important national resource
founder of Renault automobiles
fertile soil
on the southwest coast of France
movie camera and projector
14. What are the four major rivers in France?
Marie and Pierre Curie
more
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
The Marshall Plan (US)
15. What country is la Martinique part of
France
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
un kilo
16. What was the profession of the man Who invented Champagne?
monk
to raise the retirement age
Tintin
14
17. Who was the first president of the 5th republic?
candied chestnuts
Charles de Gaulle
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Alsace and Lorraine
18. What is the name of the baby that French President Nicolas Sarkozy and (Italian model and actress) wife Carla Bruni had in October 2011?
painter
Giulia
a bicycle race
Paris
19. At Which celebrations do you give drag
christenings and weddings
the Alps
a cookie
Marie and Pierre Curie
20. Where were the kings of France crowned for hundreds of years
Paris
less
a paste of ground meat - fish and/or liver
the cathedral in Reims
21. What would you do at a patinoire?
Britain
April Fool's Day
gather together and share events from their day
Ice skate
22. Who brought order back to France?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis XIV
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
la Manche 'the sleeve'
23. Is the wine le Muscadet red or white?
white
la Manche 'the sleeve'
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
fattened liver of duck or goose
24. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
Julius Caesar
la Sorbonne
une salade
le Louvre
25. How many grammes in un kilo?
Continental France
before lunch or dinner
Italian princess - Marie de M
1000
26. What is considered rude to do in a restaurant in France at the end of a meal
American film star
ask for a doggy bag
an Egyptian Obelisk
France
27. Protestantism came to France during the 1500s. Those Who converted were called...?
in a bathroom or kitchen
Huguenots
1946
20 yrs
28. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?
painter
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
Braque and Picasso
apple liquor
29. The Man in the Iron Mask was the supposed twin brother of Which French king?
17th century playwright
Louis XIV
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
bullfighting
30. How do you most often eat oysters in France?
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
July 14 - 1789
20th century
racetracks
31. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?
scuba gear
le baccalaur
about $7 -500
un lapin (a rabbit)
32. Who developed the champagne making method?
ask for a doggy bag
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
dom Perignon
French explorer
33. Where is France's spacecraft launched?
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
Paris
Kourou (French Guyana)
34. When was the first men's Tour de France held?
1903
Id
Huguenots
the cathedral in Reims
35. When did France end nuclear testing?
April Fool's Day
1996
suits and neckties
1890s
36. Who are the two most famous Cubist Artists?
Paris
le m
Braque and Picasso
coin coin
37. Where is le Quartier latin - right or left bank
processed meats and sandwiches
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
left
summer
38. Who sculpted Le Penseur?
Jean de la Fontaine
Auguste Rodin
actress
French rap groups
39. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?
Italian princess - Marie de M
France
a flaky pastry
1889 World's Fair
40. Where is la Polyn
in the south Pacific
overseas France
emotions and imaginations
Mayotte
41. What is the French term for soccer?
G
le football or le foot
the Opera festival
la Sorbonne
42. What is the average life expectancy in France?
81
26 percent
citrus
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
43. What is the Sorbonne?
a Paris university
Paul Gauguin
About 63 million people
modern and contemporary art of the Western World
44. Which artist cut off his ear?
to raise the retirement age
Vincent Van Gogh
a restaurant in Paris
Paris
45. In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?
over 90 million
left one
in Paris
Ice skate
46. What is un clip?
la Sorbonne
Parc Ast
Gothic art
a music video
47. Who invented the process of pasteurization?
Paris
the Opera festival
July
Louis Pasteur
48. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?
Auguste Rodin
19
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
almost 200 yrs
49. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Air France
Huguenots
Corsica (la Corse)
17th century playwright
50. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?
Fran
a supersonic commercial airplane
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Lille