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French Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What did Paul Verlaine write?
Gothic art
le tricolore
fast food chains
poetry
2. What is one of the largest crops in France
1000
2 million
lavender
wheat
3. What is the approximate geometrical shape of France
dom Perignon
a hexagon
fondue bourguignonne
Gaul
4. What amusement park in Paris is the equivalent to Disneyland
Euro Disney
Paul Gauguin
la bouillabaisse
About 63 million people
5. Which river is known as the transportation corridor
Hector Berlioz and Fr
the Loire at 626 miles
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
more
6. What type of land transportation links France and England
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
le smurf
a public lavatory for men
Parc Ast
7. What do the French call the English Channel
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8. What other countries still use French as their official language
rabies vaccine
former colonies in Africa
horsemeat
stethoscope
9. What is la zone bleue?
a parking zone
more than 2 million
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
1793
10. What did France get back at the end of World War I?
Alsace and Lorraine
Auguste Rodin
shopping center
libert
11. Who wrote the absurdist plays Rhinoceros and La cantatrice chauve (the bald soprano)?
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours
a newspaper
Eugene Ionesco
sixteen
12. What is fondue savoyarde?
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
Val
Alexandre Dumas (p
26 percent
13. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
founder of Renault automobiles
American film star
200 years ago
le football am
14. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?
Marie Curie
le lyc
noon
a mile
15. What were the series of wars between the French and English that began in 1337?
prison
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
African
Hundred Years War
16. What are the main crops in France
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
horsemeat
1920
1885
17. Why was Joan of Arc burned at the stake on May 30 - 1431?
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
The Marshall Plan (US)
Jean-Luc Godard
she was accused of being a witch
18. What regions are famous for their butter
Normandy and Brittany
Waterloo
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
Le festival d'Avignon
19. Is un m
Saturdays
1920
more
la Marseillaise
20. Do the French have more or less leisure time than Americans?
more
Vincent Van Gogh
95
81
21. Which American trend has made its way to France and the French are very disapproving of it?
fast food chains
Paris
farmland
Fran
22. What industry produces most of France's electricity?
a famous French puppet
Mayotte
Josephine Baker
the nuclear power industry
23. How many rooms are in the Palace of Fontainebleau
Britain
la Sorbonne
more than a thousand
1984
24. How long is the presidential term in France?
wheat
mineral water
5 yrs
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
25. Which state was a French territory until sold to the US in 1803?
a fried pastry
a lobster
Louisiana
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
26. What is un potage?
soup
Paris
rich chocolate cake with vanilla or coffee icing in the shape of a log
April Fool's Day
27. As the US is divided into states - France is divided into...
Fran
1998
Richelieu
d
28. Where is Carcassonne
gather together and share events from their day
Southern France
on the southwest coast of France
Richelieu
29. At Which celebrations do you give drag
christenings and weddings
during the Baroque Period 16th to 18th century
the art of preparing good food
rub the bowl with garlic
30. where did the first ever - public film screening take place in 1895?
a platter with a selection of cheeses
Paris
Gaul
truffles
31. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
Auguste Rodin
African
l'existentialisme
32. Where was Maximilian sent by Napoleon III?
un kilogramme
Impressionism
Auguste Rodin
Mexico
33. Who was the first national hero of France?
20th century
French Riviera
Vercing
Braille script to help the blind read
34. What is the main ingredient in p
l'
Grasse
a newspaper
goose liver
35. What is the underground subway system called in Paris?
a pinball machine
liquor
Germany - Switzerland and Italy
le m
36. On Which French city did the world focus when Diana - Princess of Wales died in 1997?
Versailles
16th century
Lille
Paris
37. What are the divisions of Paris called
le mar
a dining car
les arrondissements
Les Pyr
38. What are crudit
raw - fresh vegetables
of course
sauerkraut - meat and potatoes
American film star
39. Who was Moli
17th century playwright
boeuf bourguignon
France
Napoleon
40. Who succeeded Charles de Gaulle as President?
Corsica (la Corse)
The/ (le) Concorde
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
Georges Pompidou
41. Who were the two most prominent scientists in early 20th century France?
Important social and labor reforms
a railroad company
Charles de Gaulle
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
42. In Which department would you find truffles
Mus
le P
Germans
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
43. Who was imprisoned at the Conciergerie?
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
Lille
Braille script to help the blind read
traditional - local cooking
44. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?
about $7 -500
Vercing
in Deauville
a pastry - also means a nun
45. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?
late 1800s
Braque and Picasso
a nursing home
le mar
46. To What age was France's legal retirement age lowered in 1982 by Socialist President Mitterrand?
Le festival d'Avignon
60
a star
Anne d'Autriche
47. What are marrons glac
candied chestnuts
Euro Disney
a cookie
Alsace and Lorraine
48. Who was the musician Who collaborated with Moli
prehistoric cave paintings
Jean-Baptiste Lully
brothers Jacques-Eug
a parking zone
49. When did le can-can enjoy popularity?
la bouillabaisse
January 6th (Epiphany)
1890s
Paul Gauguin
50. What music festival is Aix-en-Provence famous for?
the Opera festival
a supersonic commercial airplane
founder of Renault automobiles
tripe cooked very slowly in sauce - up to 24 hours