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French Culture

Subject : culture
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?






2. What type of equipment did Emile Gagnon and Jacques Cousteau invent in 1942?






3. What is une langue de chat?






4. Who was the leading man in the 1990 film Cyrano de Bergerac?






5. What happened to Charles VII on July 17 - 1429?






6. Who wrote Les Mis






7. When was Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine?






8. What do French roosters say at the crack of dawn?






9. What are des tripes






10. What happened in Paris in May 1968?






11. What is un beignet?






12. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?






13. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as President?






14. What is the plateau de fromages?






15. Who was imprisoned at the Conciergerie?






16. What is the name of the French space program?






17. Who wrote Tartuffe?






18. What did Gustave Eiffel build before he built the Eiffel Tower?






19. What is further north - Lille or Bordeaux






20. What is la gastronomie?






21. What is the difference between un ch






22. What is the French term for soccer?






23. What new d






24. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R






25. What is une madeleine?






26. When did the allies land in Normandy?






27. What other countries still use French as their official language






28. For What is Limoges famous






29. What comes first - l'


30. What is fondue savoyarde?






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






32. What is un kilo the abbreviation of?






33. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?






34. What would you do at les Galeries Lafayette?






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






36. Is un litre more or less than a gallon?






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






38. When is the French labor day?






39. What is in caf






40. How tall is Mont Blanc - the tallest mountain in Europe?






41. What are Europe's tallest mountains bordering France and Italy?






42. What war leader was chief of the French army at age 26?






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






44. When did France end nuclear testing?






45. On What side of the road do you drive in France?






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






47. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?






48. What is un potage?






49. When do you eat une galette des rois?






50. What does d