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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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1. What is Brittany know for?
a newspaper
5th Republic
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
the art of preparing good food
2. What is the average life expectancy in France?
81
Alsace and Lorraine
Charlemagne
Britain
3. What is the plateau de fromages?
a platter with a selection of cheeses
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
African
Impressionism
4. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?
a veal tongue
soup
cuisine bourgeoise
Italian princess - Marie de M
5. What was the profession of Debussy?
les arrondissements
Louis XIV
composer
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
6. Who led the Romans into France in 52BC?
during WWI and WWII
Julius Caesar
Louis XIV
right wing - anti-immigration party
7. What kind of school is called le coll
1996
la Manche 'the sleeve'
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
1889 World's Fair
8. At What meal are eggs eaten?
Hector Berlioz and Fr
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
a nursing home
9. What new d
Mayotte
Roman Catholic
1000 feet/300 meters
a pastry - also means a nun
10. When did le can-can enjoy popularity?
Belgium
a platter with a selection of cheeses
a cookie
1890s
11. Who married Louis XIII?
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12. Who is considered the greatest writer of fables in France?
gourmet cooking
Braille script to help the blind read
Jean de la Fontaine
high speed train (TGV)
13. During World War II - What percentage of France's factories - machinery and transportation systems were lost?
US
80%
porcelain
the town hall
14. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?
pig
actress
Le Palais du Luxembourg
Paul Gauguin
15. What is the largest port of France
Marseille
telecommunication satellites
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
la Marseillaise
16. What type of game is boules?
Impressionism
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
porcelain
le lyc
17. How many grammes in un kilo?
Voltaire
overseas France
1000
an Egyptian Obelisk
18. In Which regions is beer really popular?
denim (de N
a tourist guide book
la bouillabaisse
Alsace and Lorraine
19. What is un wagon-lit?
Les Pyr
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
Voltaire
sleeping car
20. What is further north - Lille or Bordeaux
stethoscope
a stew
Mexico
Lille
21. Who wrote Tartuffe?
Moli
September
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
they learn to read
22. At What age do French children attend preschool
a Paris university
a scallop (type of seafood)
Roman Catholic
ages 2-6
23. What is the Tour de France?
more
Waterloo
a bicycle race
Fran
24. when was the first female prime minister - Edith Cresson - appointed?
perfume
1991
Jean-Marie Le Pen
cocorico
25. What time period is the comic strip Ast
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26. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?
le massif central
Impressionism
racetracks
January 6th (Epiphany)
27. What mountain range is in central France
a hexagon
le massif central
a mountain range
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
28. What practice dating back to the 18th century - known as la tauromachie - or corrida - was granted official protection by the French Minister for Culture in 2011?
G
bullfighting
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
le Mar
29. Who was the queen of France at the time of the Revolution?
the Lumi
coin coin
Marie Antoinette
November 1st
30. What is un croque-monsieur?
Celtic
20th century
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
31. Where do Parisians participate in skiing and other winter sports?
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
in the afternoon (un go
France
the Alps and the Pyrenees
32. What do some people do before putting the lettuce in a salad bowl?
in an apartment building
rub the bowl with garlic
Nantes
Livarot
33. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
civil
on an envelope
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Mus
34. What did Ren
hot milk and coffee
la bouillabaisse
stethoscope
Brazil
35. Who did France join in declaring war on Germany - Which began WWII?
cuisine bourgeoise
Le Palais du Luxembourg
Britain
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
36. In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?
Important social and labor reforms
left one
a public lavatory for men
Pablo Picasso
37. What industry produces most of France's electricity?
more than a thousand
ch
the nuclear power industry
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
38. How much mustard does each person in France use per year?
Vercing
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
Charles de Gaulle
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
39. What kind of composer was Debussy?
Eiffel Tower
95
impressionist
strong black coffee
40. What is le Camembert?
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
in the Caribbean
a cookie
A type of soft cheese
41. Which French territory is off the coast of Canada
a public lavatory for men
hiking
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
1984
42. What is vouvoiement?
Eugene Ionesco
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
blue - white and red
43. What would you do at a patinoire?
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
1481
Ice skate
Alsace and Lorraine
44. Where does the festival of the American film take place?
a nursing home
Napoleon Bonaparte
in Deauville
a music video
45. At Which celebrations do you give drag
christenings and weddings
Normandy and Brittany
Marie and Pierre Curie
movie camera and projector
46. By 1942 Who had taken control over the entire country of France?
American film star
Napoleon Bonaparte
Germans
right wing - anti-immigration party
47. When was the French defeat at Dienbienphu?
May -1954
1890s
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
Charlemagne
48. What does une baguette mean besides a loaf of bread?
a stick
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
he was crowned King of France
une bouteille de champagne
49. What type of shoes was invented in France 400 yrs ago?
the Opera festival
high-heeled shoes
founder of Renault automobiles
seafood
50. What is la France d'outre-mer
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
overseas France
cocorico
The Marshall Plan (US)