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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. When do the Christmas holiday celebrations begin in France
parachute
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
Josephine Baker
Louis XIV
2. How does France's economy compare to the rest of the world?
a veal tongue
Continental France
a summer home or cottage
it is the 5th largest economy
3. Which of Ernest Hemingway's books portray life in Paris between the two world wars?
17th century playwright
le massif central
Le Palais du Luxembourg
A Moveable Feast
4. What is the total population of France?
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
the hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
the cathedral
About 63 million people
5. Who was the first president of the 5th republic?
rub the bowl with garlic
in Paris
traditional - local cooking
Charles de Gaulle
6. What new d
Fran
Mayotte
red
l'
7. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?
about $7 -500
the nuclear power industry
Louisiana Purchase
the Alps and the Pyrenees
8. In Which month is the Tour de France held?
civil
July
5th Republic
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
9. What is the largest airline in France?
Victor Hugo
high taxes and starvation
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
Air France
10. What would you do at a patinoire?
17th century playwright
La Sorbonne university of Paris
Ice skate
June 6th - 1944
11. What was Louis Pasteur's most important vaccine?
rabies vaccine
Southern France
a co-ed high school
1962
12. How long ago did the two Frenchmen Joseph Nic
80%
denim (de N
about 150 yrs ago
right wing - anti-immigration party
13. What is une religieuse?
bullfighting
lavender
a pastry - also means a nun
September
14. What is the French national anthem?
la Marseillaise
Jean-Luc Godard
Victor Hugo
Grasse
15. Who was Jacques Cartier?
Louis XIV
French explorer
truffles
Alsace and Lorraine
16. After a fancy dinner - What is the evening topped off with?
the 13th century
Louis XIV
porcelain
strong black coffee
17. Can a p
The Marshall Plan (US)
le Louvre
in a bathroom
of course
18. How many French soldiers died in World War I?
Louis XV
l'
81
2 million
19. What shape do the 20 major highways leading in and out of Paris form?
200 years ago
Gothic art
Nice
a star
20. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?
G
95
liquor
painter
21. What is a drag
dom Perignon
a sugared almond
during WWI and WWII
Parc Ast
22. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
1500
a music video
Braille script to help the blind read
23. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?
a dining car
Grasse
less
Paris
24. Where would you most likely find par avion written?
a nursing home
le Front Populaire
a dozen oysters
on an envelope
25. How many centim
a bicycle race
100
2
Moli
26. Who painted Guernica?
Pablo Picasso
La Joconde
she was accused of being a witch
July
27. For What is Limoges famous
porcelain
1793
citrus
almond or coconut
28. When were the boundaries of modern France established?
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
1500
le baccalaur
telecommunication satellites
29. What is heavier - un kilo or 2 pounds?
Romanticism
Paris
1000
un kilo
30. What was the country of France named before Roman times?
coin coin
Gaul
Ice skate
Voltaire
31. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?
gather together and share events from their day
composer
about 150 yrs ago
G
32. What are the main crops in France
in a bathroom
Mexico
Normandy and Brittany
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
33. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as President?
Georges Pompidou
Auguste Rodin
la Manche 'the sleeve'
Paul Gauguin
34. What is the French term for bakery?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Parc Ast
Bourbons
boulangerie
35. In France - do windows usually swing inwards or outwards?
inwards
Statue of Liberty
in Paris
a music video
36. In France - Where would you find a concierge?
100
art
Le festival d'Avignon
in an apartment building
37. Where is le Mus
shopping center
in Paris
he was crowned King of France
200 years ago
38. Where is Napoleon's body today?
Anne d'Autriche
in the Caribbean
Les Pyr
H
39. Who led the underground resistance movement for those opposed to the Nazi takeover in France?
General Charles de Gaulle
fried eggs
le lyc
on the southwest coast of France
40. What is la zone bleue?
Southern France
a parking zone
Brazil
1946
41. During Which century did the Renaissance take place?
right wing - anti-immigration party
1500
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
16th century
42. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?
Romanesque
une bouteille de champagne
high taxes and starvation
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
43. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?
a pinball machine
liquor
1946
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
44. What is la Chartreuse?
liquor
Grasse
1998
Arles - France
45. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?
fast food chains
dom Perignon
red
he disappeared on a mission during World War II
46. What do the French call the English Channel
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47. Which artist cut off his ear?
Vincent Van Gogh
Val
Grasse
they learn to read
48. In Which regions is beer really popular?
Fran
Alsace and Lorraine
Louisiana
they learn to read
49. Which state was a French territory until sold to the US in 1803?
a tourist guide book
to raise the retirement age
Louisiana
about 400
50. What is the SNCF?
brothers Jacques-Eug
le football or le foot
les arrondissements
a railroad company