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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is the highest point in France?
Mont Blanc
rub the bowl with garlic
le lyc
Mexico
2. What is a popular fish stew that is served as a soup in the south of France?
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
la bouillabaisse
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Louis XIV
3. Where is Orly
on an envelope
Josephine Baker
near Paris
impressionist
4. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
Statue of Liberty
film director
parachute
une bouteille de champagne
5. Which transportation system in France is among the most modern and efficient in the world?
Belgium
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
high speed train (TGV)
Lille
6. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?
Fran
95
almost 200 yrs
the first modern legal code of France
7. Where did Vincent Van Gogh settle in the late 19th century because he found inspiration for his paintings there?
un lapin (a rabbit)
60
Joan of Arc
Arles - France
8. What is the French for high school?
le lyc
truffles
Napoleon Bonaparte
Italian princess - Marie de M
9. How old was Joan of Arc when she was killed in May 1431?
Marie Curie's work
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
the Alps and the Pyrenees
19
10. When do the French celebrate la Toussaint?
November 1st
less
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
orange-flavored - sweet - thin pancakes
11. What is un clip?
a music video
on an envelope
the 12th century
religious freedom
12. What did Monet - Manet - and Auguste Renoir have in common?
lunch
Herg
they were all Impressionist painters
bullfighting
13. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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14. What is magret de canard?
le r
shopping center
Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI
fillet of duck breast
15. What is tutoiement?
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
the nuclear power industry
sixteen
Waterloo
16. What is la viande chevaline?
Eugene Ionesco
a stick
horsemeat
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
17. What is the difference between un ch
ch
sixteen
Jean-Luc Godard
cherries
18. What type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
Richelieu
Provence
truffles
le football or le foot
19. Who married Louis XIII?
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20. What is a drag
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
a sugared almond
the Alps
A type of soft cheese
21. What is un wagon-restaurant?
a dining car
le tricolore
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
1995
22. What mountain range separates France and Spain
Germans
more
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
Les Pyr
23. Which king built le ch
Fran
Anne d'Autriche
le baccalaur
Georges R
24. What regions are famous for their butter
a parking zone
slow dancing
Normandy and Brittany
1946
25. In France - What type of wedding is required by law - civil or religious?
less
civil
Roman Catholic
Bourbons
26. When did Algeria gain its independence from France?
1962
less
Paris
le Louvre
27. At What meal are eggs eaten?
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
Louis XV
5 yrs old
Statue of Liberty
28. What is Brittany know for?
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
1920
1890s
more than a thousand
29. What was the occupation of Brigitte Bardot?
film star
Avignon
a music video
ask for a doggy bag
30. When did the country - Gaul get renamed France?
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
a Paris university
1481
a nursing home
31. How much do sponsors pay to participate in the Tour de France?
US
Jean-Baptiste Lully
about $7 -500
Nicolas Sarkozy
32. What is la France d'outre-mer
soup
high speed train (TGV)
overseas France
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
33. During Which century did the Renaissance take place?
Moli
16th century
Paris
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
34. Marie Antoinette was not French. What nationality was she?
Le festival d'Avignon
Austrian
le Front Populaire
a fried pastry
35. Who brought order back to France?
soccer
Napoleon Bonaparte
more than 2 million
they were all Impressionist painters
36. What is hidden in une galette des Rois?
Napoleon Bonaparte
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
founder of Renault automobiles
less
37. What is break-dancing called in France?
garlic
le smurf
17th
Alsace and Lorraine
38. Is un centim
Euro Disney
less
sixteen
Toulouse
39. Which ingredient is essential in Proven
garlic
parachute
Vercing
la Sorbonne
40. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
Anne d'Autriche
1885
Josephine Baker
France
41. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d
he was crowned King of France
Mayotte
African
Nantes
42. What industry produces most of France's electricity?
1962
le Mar
la Manche 'the sleeve'
the nuclear power industry
43. Where does a smaller Statue of Liberty stand in France
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
truffles
Statue of Liberty
fertile soil
44. What fragrant purple flower is grown for the perfume industry in the south of France?
ARIANE
May 1st
Alsace and Lorraine
lavender
45. What is boudin noir (black pudding) made with?
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46. What war leader was chief of the French army at age 26?
Lille
a hexagon
using the formal vous when talking to somebody
Napoleon Bonaparte
47. What was the symbol of Fran
un lapin (a rabbit)
the salamander
emotions and imaginations
Versailles
48. What do some people do before putting the lettuce in a salad bowl?
a pastry - also means a nun
mineral water
rub the bowl with garlic
a bicycle race
49. What is the name of the long beach in Southern France?
un kilo
chestnuts
French Riviera
democracy
50. What would you do at les Galeries Lafayette?
18 yrs old
Southern France
shop
Louis XIV