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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 type of painting is Cubism?
Marie Curie's work
painting with geometric shapes
Belgium
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
2. How does France's economy compare to the rest of the world?
Bastille Day - July 14th
it is the 5th largest economy
July 14 - 1789
a kind of outdoor bowling game played with two large metal balls and one smaller one
3. When were the boundaries of modern France established?
Louis XIV
Paris
Toulouse
1500
4. What was the Roman (Latin) name for Paris?
modern and contemporary art of the Western World
2 million
that is where he died
Lutetia
5. What is the Mus
Les Pyr
17th
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
religious freedom
6. What is a popular fish stew that is served as a soup in the south of France?
Marie and Pierre Curie
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
la bouillabaisse
a bicycle race
7. What is un centre commercial?
pig
a restaurant in Paris
Fran
shopping center
8. What is une cervelle de veau?
the 12th century
jazz
yes - some French people eat it : a veal brain
ch
9. What comes first: l'
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10. Where is France's spacecraft launched?
Kourou (French Guyana)
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
Bourbons
the Seine river
11. Who led the armies of the French King Charles VII to victories against the English?
Louis XIV
Joan of Arc
the Lumi
over 90 million
12. What time period is the comic strip Ast
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13. Where was the first biscuit factory?
christenings and weddings
French Riviera
la Marseillaise
Nantes
14. During Which period were les ch
Renaissance
the Alps and the Pyrenees
Eiffel Tower
Jean-Luc Godard
15. How many people live in metropolitan Paris?
1000
boeuf bourguignon
over 9 million
Fran
16. What founder member of the European Union (EU) has the third largest military in NATO - and the largest army in the EU?
a dozen oysters
Lutetia
France
2001
17. Who is Zin
Marie Curie's work
red
nouvelle cuisine
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
18. In France - What type of wedding is required by law - civil or religious?
le mar
Moulin Rouge
a supersonic commercial airplane
civil
19. What type of political system rules France?
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
democracy
late 1800s
About 63 million people
20. The Man in the Iron Mask was the supposed twin brother of Which French king?
20 yrs
Louis XIV
un lapin (a rabbit)
May 1st
21. When do the festivals for the harvesting of wine grapes take place?
le football am
candied chestnuts
September
1962
22. Where is Napoleon's body today?
less
a parking zone
in an apartment building
H
23. What are the four major rivers in France?
The President and Prime Minister belong to different political parties
a bean or a small porcelain figurine
a sugared almond
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
24. What French cartoon detective is the subject of a new Steven Spielberg movie??
a French car from the Citro
croissants and baguettes
Tintin
founder of Renault automobiles
25. What did Ren
they were all Impressionist painters
1998
a veal tongue
stethoscope
26. Who invented the process of pasteurization?
Louis Pasteur
parachute
le P
20th century
27. Couscous is a popular dish in France. Where did it come from?
Southern France - on the C
Bastille Day - July 14th
North Africa
Les Pyr
28. In France - Where would you find a concierge?
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
le m
in an apartment building
Pablo Picasso
29. What other painter did Van Gogh invite to share his studio in the South of France?
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
60
Paul Gauguin
Versailles
30. What did Paul Verlaine write?
1000
poetry
a French car from the Citro
after the inventors - the Montgolfier brothers
31. How much mustard does each person in France use per year?
dom Perignon
20th century
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
the 13th century
32. How are students chosen to attend a university
civil
La Sorbonne university of Paris
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
un lapin (a rabbit)
33. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
individual sports - such as tennis - cycling and sailing
5th Republic
Georges R
34. What is the main ingredient in p
Giulia
goose liver
fish
Gaul
35. What is le Front National?
Hector Berlioz and Fr
right wing - anti-immigration party
telecommunication satellites
5th Republic
36. What is an international organization of over 50 member states or countries where there is a notable affiliation with French language or culture?
G
more than 2 million
Francophonie
rich chocolate cake with vanilla or coffee icing in the shape of a log
37. Who painted Guernica?
a railway known as the Channel Tunnel or Chunnel
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Pablo Picasso
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
38. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?
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39. How many m
a pinball machine
Italian princess - Marie de M
1000
dom Perignon
40. What helped rebuild France at the end of World War II?
1890s
The Marshall Plan (US)
ages 2-6
Napoleon Bonaparte
41. Who wrote Les Mis
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
Victor Hugo
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
ch
42. What is le Jura
a mountain range
the Alps
the Loire at 626 miles
a lobster
43. Who was the head of the Vichy government?
Toulouse
le Mar
a pinball machine
dom Perignon
44. Who wrote Tartuffe?
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
Moli
Vincent Van Gogh
painter
45. What is la zone bleue?
Continental France
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
l'existentialisme
a parking zone
46. What is the approximate geometrical shape of France
a hexagon
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
less
the American - Lance Armstrong
47. From where does most of France's olive oil come from
seafood (fish - lobster) and cr
left
monk
Provence
48. In western Europe - What is France the largest producer of?
Livarot
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
Georges Pompidou
Jean-Baptiste Lully
49. How many grammes in un kilo?
Lutetia
1000
a flaky pastry
Corsica (la Corse)
50. Where is le pays basque
less
French Guyana - la Guyane fran
April Fool's Day
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees