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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What is la mairie?






2. For Which occasion was the Eiffel Tower built?

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3. At Which celebrations do you give drag






4. What is the difference between un ch






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






6. Who composed Bol






7. What fabric dye originated in France - but is very much part of American culture?






8. From where does most of France's olive oil come from






9. On What day did the Storming of the Bastille prison occur?






10. Who is the current Prime Minister of France - serving along with President Nicolas Sarkozy?






11. France's North American Colony - Louisiana - was sold to the US. What was the sale called?






12. Who was the great king of the 16th century?






13. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?






14. What was Louis Pasteur's most important vaccine?






15. Which meal of the day is considered the main meal?






16. How many m






17. What does d

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18. What is the name of the long beach in Southern France?






19. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank






20. Where is Carcassonne






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






22. What is the largest country of Western Europe?






23. What is a popular outdoor activity among the French?






24. Who was Louis Renault?






25. Who composed the national anthem of France?






26. Where is Napoleon's body today?






27. What cheese is known as the oldest in France?






28. What is un kilo the abbreviation of?






29. Which came first - the Renaissance or the Classical period?






30. When did the first real school of French painting emerge?






31. What fruit is used in Kirsch?






32. The university of Paris in the Latin Quarter on the left bank of the Seine is called...?






33. What coalition group won the elections in 1936?






34. How are students chosen to attend a university






35. Who invaded and occupied the northern and western parts of France in 1940?






36. A new phenomenon called cohabitation appeared in French politics in the 1980's and 1990's. What does it mean?






37. What do the French buy almost daily at the bakery?






38. What is un homard?






39. What did Paul Verlaine write?






40. What is un petit beurre?






41. What did France lose in the Franco-German war of 1870-1871?






42. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?

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43. During Which century did Louis XIV reign?






44. When do you eat une galette des rois?






45. What is une douzaine d'hu






46. What is vouvoiement?






47. What do French ducks say?






48. On June 12 - 1940 - Paris surrendered to What country to save itself from destruction?






49. What country does more exporting of food than France?






50. When were the boundaries of modern France established?







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