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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 do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?
less
croissants and baguettes
June 6th - 1944
watch a play
2. Who did France beat in the 1998 World Cup to win it for the first time in the history of the competition?
animal parks (zoos)
hiking
rabies vaccine
Brazil
3. How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI?
14
81
raw - fresh vegetables
Southern France - on the C
4. Where was a papal palace built in France
Avignon
he was crowned King of France
Important social and labor reforms
the Seine river
5. Who was Jacques Cartier?
a mile
red
French explorer
1500
6. Who wrote Gargantua and Pantagruel?
candied chestnuts
100
Impressionism
Fran
7. What is an international organization of over 50 member states or countries where there is a notable affiliation with French language or culture?
in a bathroom
candied chestnuts
libert
Francophonie
8. On What side of the road do you drive in France?
the 12th century
Jean-Baptiste Lully
on the right
in a bathroom
9. What is Mona Lisa called in French?
un kilogramme
La Joconde
business section with offices - shopping and small factories
left
10. What is une cr
Jean-Marie Le Pen
a place where they make and sell cr
Alsace and Lorraine
Maurice Ravel
11. Who is Zin
rabies vaccine
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
1995
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
12. Who led the armies of the French King Charles VII to victories against the English?
Louis Pasteur
June 6th - 1944
Joan of Arc
G
13. What is the total population of France?
rabies vaccine
About 63 million people
La Sorbonne university of Paris
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
14. Who was the musician Who collaborated with Moli
Statue of Liberty
liquor
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French Riviera
15. What was the Roman (Latin) name for Paris?
17th century playwright
Lutetia
Marie and Pierre Curie
near Paris
16. What is une coquille Saint-Jacques?
Gothic art
a nursing home
Carmen
a scallop (type of seafood)
17. Who was the first French explorer of North America?
Eiffel Tower
Fran
Huguenots
Jacques Cartier
18. What is the Mus
26 percent
student riots
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
Nicolas Sarkozy
19. Is un m
1996
slow dancing
more
Braille script to help the blind read
20. What happened to Charles VII on July 17 - 1429?
white
he was crowned King of France
l'
1991
21. What is longer - un kilom
15 -771 feet/4805 meters
Louis XIV
1500
a mile
22. Which artist cut off his ear?
2
La Joconde
palace of the kings of France
Vincent Van Gogh
23. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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24. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?
the Alps and the Pyrenees
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
a cookie
25. What is a popular outdoor activity among the French?
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
un lapin (a rabbit)
hiking
26. What kind of composer was Debussy?
a music video
impressionist
17th century playwright
Auguste Rodin
27. What other painter did Van Gogh invite to share his studio in the South of France?
religious freedom
A Moveable Feast
Paul Gauguin
July 14 - 1789
28. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg
animal parks (zoos)
Georges R
17th
2002
29. In What year did France win the Soccer World Cup for the first time?
2002
the 12th century
1998
film star
30. What is the largest port of France
Germans
Marseille
la bouillabaisse
Livarot
31. Who succeeded Pompidou as president?
Louis Pasteur
Val
Le Palais du Luxembourg
meuh
32. When was the Sorbonne founded?
noon
the 13th century
blue - white and red
nouvelle cuisine
33. What famous conquest is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry?
African
1984
le smurf
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
34. When do the festivals for the harvesting of wine grapes take place?
a railroad company
September
a veal tongue
during WWI and WWII
35. Which American was known as the music-hall queen of Paris in 1920s?
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
Josephine Baker
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
a lobster
36. Where is the hall of mirrors
fondue bourguignonne
Versailles
a fried pastry
a stew
37. What war leader was chief of the French army at age 26?
fast food chains
100
Napoleon Bonaparte
Vercing
38. Who ruled France when the metric system was established?
he was crowned King of France
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
Napoleon Bonaparte
on the southwest coast of France
39. What caused the French Revolution of 1789?
French rap groups
high taxes and starvation
Germany
18 yrs old
40. Where is la Guadeloupe located
in the Caribbean
Braille script to help the blind read
Spain
Mus
41. What is the main ingredient in p
the Loire at 626 miles
Napoleon Bonaparte
goose liver
in Paris
42. What is la mairie?
the town hall
a railroad company
Maurice Ravel
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
43. Which meal of the day is considered the main meal?
lunch
Fran
1920
Bastille Day - July 14th
44. When did France play host to the World Cup for soccer?
Le festival d'Avignon
1998
wheat
l'
45. Where was the first biscuit factory?
Toulouse
Nantes
summer
sleeping car
46. How do French people greet each other
1946
le P
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
the Alps
47. What country does the World Health Organization frequently name as the world's best overall health care provider?
Impressionism
France
Fran
a music video
48. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?
founder of Renault automobiles
fast food chains
Spain
a pinball machine
49. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
shop
truffles
brothers Jacques-Eug
gather together and share events from their day
50. What types of business attire did the French create?
un kilogramme
Huguenots
suits and neckties
left one