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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. Who was Moli
20 yrs
26 percent
17th century playwright
fattened liver of duck or goose
2. We call it baseball - the French call it...?
fondue bourguignonne
April Fool's Day
le baseball
pig
3. Where is the Center for French Space Programs?
Braille script to help the blind read
Toulouse
a nursing home
soccer
4. On June 12 - 1940 - Paris surrendered to What country to save itself from destruction?
Germany
orange
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
General Charles de Gaulle
5. Which of Ernest Hemingway's books portray life in Paris between the two world wars?
A Moveable Feast
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
a nursing home
le Front Populaire
6. ARIANE launchers are used mainly to send What into space?
Hector Berlioz and Fr
telecommunication satellites
a fried pastry
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
7. What did Andr
truffles
film director
that is where he died
parachute
8. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?
Alsace and Lorraine
pig
the nuclear power industry
60
9. What country is la Martinique part of
France
2
high taxes and starvation
the cathedral
10. Near Which large city is Versailles located
Paris
Austrian
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
a star
11. As the US is divided into states - France is divided into...
May 1st
20th century
d
Huguenots
12. How old must you be to vote in France
monk
Euro Disney
she was accused of being a witch
18 yrs old
13. For What is Limoges famous
cocorico
over 90 million
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
porcelain
14. What famous French-Swiss filmmaker - Who headed the Nouvelle Vague movement - was awarded an Oscar by the American Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2011?
Jules Verne
he was crowned King of France
Jean-Luc Godard
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
15. Who wrote Candide?
Voltaire
1998
nouvelle cuisine
civil
16. where in France is the Celtic influence still strong?
Normandy and Brittany
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
July 14 - 1789
1000
17. What is la zone bleue?
la Manche 'the sleeve'
French Republic
a parking zone
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
18. Name two delicacies of France?
cocorico
ages 2-6
a parking zone
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
19. What is the Mus
an Egyptian Obelisk
Renaissance
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
cocorico
20. Where is Biarritz
Gothic art
on the southwest coast of France
Arles - France
Eugene Ionesco
21. What borders France to the south?
in a bathroom or kitchen
Auguste Rodin
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
over 90 million
22. During Which century did the Renaissance take place?
impressionist
June 6th - 1944
16th century
Jacques Cartier
23. During Which century did Louis XIV reign?
telecommunication satellites
17th
the American - Lance Armstrong
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
24. Why were the first hot air balloons know as montgolfi
Renaissance
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
soup
25. What are moules marini
boulangerie
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
April Fool's Day
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
26. Do the French have more or less leisure time than Americans?
a lobster
more
Marseille
Joan of Arc
27. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
truffles
Louis XV
the American - Lance Armstrong
Braque and Picasso
28. What types of business attire did the French create?
a sugared almond
North Africa
suits and neckties
an ambulance
29. What did France lose in the Franco-German war of 1870-1871?
hiking
a mountain range
Alsace and Lorraine
Romanesque
30. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?
stuffed tomatoes
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
painter
Bourbons
31. What do French ducks say?
Fran
almost 200 yrs
Jean de la Fontaine
coin coin
32. What is the total population of France?
About 63 million people
that is where he died
farmland
liquor
33. From where does most of France's olive oil come from
shop
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
Provence
more
34. When did the first real school of French painting emerge?
Giulia
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
rich chocolate cake with vanilla or coffee icing in the shape of a log
more
35. Is the wine le Muscadet red or white?
Eiffel Tower
white
Bastille Day - July 14th
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
36. What would you do at les Galeries Lafayette?
5th Republic
the Seine river
French explorer
shop
37. What is un potage?
a scallop (type of seafood)
1500
Moli
soup
38. Where did Paris get its name from?
a hexagon
une
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
parachute
39. Which French city has been the center of perfume production for centuries?
Grasse
an ambulance
Giulia
it is the 5th largest economy
40. What is one of the largest crops in France
wheat
20th century
a co-ed high school
sleeping car
41. What is le Code Napol
Alsace and Lorraine
Alexandre Dumas (p
French Guyana - la Guyane fran
the first modern legal code of France
42. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Corsica (la Corse)
Charlemagne
September
in Paris
43. What does tomates farcies mean?
26 percent
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
stuffed tomatoes
palace of the kings of France
44. What is the French term for the meal that is celebrated on Christmas Eve - Dec 24th?
Britain
A Moveable Feast
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
le r
45. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
a mile
1885
to raise the retirement age
meuh
46. What comes first - l'
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47. When do you eat une galette des rois?
a lobster
January 6th (Epiphany)
painter
film star
48. Which river divides Paris into the right bank and left bank
the Seine river
Brazil
Italian princess - Marie de M
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
49. At What age did Louis XIV begin running France?
boeuf bourguignon
5 yrs old
monk
denim (de N
50. Prior to the Roman invasion - What was the language of the French?
l'
June 6th - 1944
Celtic
July