Test your basic knowledge |

French Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What has 4 legs - 2 long ears and tastes delicious in a stew?






2. What is le Front National?






3. Who composed Bol






4. What country does the World Health Organization frequently name as the world's best overall health care provider?






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






6. During Which century did Louis XIV reign?






7. When did France end nuclear testing?






8. What is la C






9. What is le Figaro?






10. What comes first - l'

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


11. At Which celebrations do you give drag






12. At What meal are eggs eaten?






13. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d






14. What countries border France to the East?






15. Who had Versailles built to its present day splendor?






16. What is la mairie?






17. What mountain range separates France and Spain






18. What shape do the 20 major highways leading in and out of Paris form?






19. What is vouvoiement?






20. What is a lyc






21. What structure was built in Paris in 1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel?






22. What did the brothers Louis and Auguste Lumi






23. What are the four major rivers in France?






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






25. When do you eat une galette des rois?






26. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?






27. When do the Christmas holiday celebrations begin in France






28. What is un wagon-lit?






29. What did Monet - Manet - and Auguste Renoir have in common?






30. What is une langue de veau?






31. What is the French name for home cooking?






32. What fruit is used in Kirsch?






33. Where did la Goulue dance?






34. Why was Joan of Arc burned at the stake on May 30 - 1431?






35. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?






36. What would you do at la Com






37. In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?






38. Where is France's spacecraft launched?






39. What French island is located in the Mediterranean






40. What was the profession of the man Who invented Champagne?






41. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?






42. During World War II - What percentage of France's factories - machinery and transportation systems were lost?






43. Can a p






44. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?






45. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?






46. What do the French call the English Channel

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


47. What did France get back at the end of World War I?






48. What opera did Georges Bizet write that is considered his masterpiece?






49. What is un wagon-restaurant?






50. What is une langue de chat?