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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. The French helped create the world's fastest passenger airplane called?






2. Who succeeded Pompidou as president?






3. What is une langue de veau?






4. What kind of animal is Babar?






5. What was the profession of Debussy?






6. What kind of composer was Debussy?






7. With Which school of literature is Victor Hugo often associated?






8. What are the two most popular French sporting events in summer?






9. Who stayed at the Palace of Fontainebleau?






10. What are the divisions of Paris called






11. What is the approximate geometrical shape of France






12. When did the Cannes Film Festival begin?






13. What did l'






14. Which French territory is in South America






15. Where did le croissant originate?






16. Why is Sainte H






17. When did the Tour de France not occur during its history?






18. What is une langue de chat?






19. Where would you find un bidet?






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






21. Where is le pays basque






22. What is in caf






23. where did the first ever - public film screening take place in 1895?






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






25. Who was the first great writer in France?






26. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?






27. What types of business attire did the French create?






28. What is the plateau de fromages?






29. What is the French term for bakery?






30. Which art movement do the painters Edgar Degas - Claude Monet - and Pierre-Auguste Renoir belong to?






31. For What is Grasse famous






32. What is the name of the comprehensive exam students take at the end of high school?






33. How tall is the Eiffel Tower






34. What type of game is boules?






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






36. What is hidden in une galette des Rois?






37. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?






38. What did the Popular Front governments enact?






39. What is Orangina?






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






41. when was the first female prime minister - Edith Cresson - appointed?






42. Where did Paris get its name from?






43. Who married Josephine Beauharnais?






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






45. How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI?






46. What is un croque-monsieur?






47. What French actor - popular in the US - has starred in such movies as Green Card (1990) and Christopher Columbus (1992)?






48. Who wrote Candide?






49. What comes first: l'

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