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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 type of mushrooms are grown underground and are the size of golf balls?
beef - veal - poultry and cheese
summer
truffles
95
2. Prior to the Roman invasion - What was the language of the French?
film star
a pastry - also means a nun
Celtic
a lobster
3. What coalition group won the elections in 1936?
17th
Roman Catholic
Livarot
le Front Populaire
4. What kind of fruits are grown in Corsica?
boeuf bourguignon
a tourist guide book
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
citrus
5. Who was the first national hero of France?
Vercing
cartoon character
bullfighting
G
6. Who was the cardinal Who served as regent for Louis XIII?
summer
Louis XIV
fertile soil
Richelieu
7. When was the Statue of Liberty shipped from France to NY?
a cookie
1885
Normandy and Brittany
Braque and Picasso
8. Who was made emperor in 800 AD?
the nuclear power industry
2 lbs per person - a total of 60 -000 tons
raw - fresh vegetables
Charlemagne
9. What fabric dye originated in France - but is very much part of American culture?
American film star
in the south Pacific
about $7 -500
denim (de N
10. Which came first - the Renaissance or the Classical period?
le football am
soccer
in a bathroom
Renaissance
11. From where does most of France's olive oil come from
Provence
on the southwest coast of France
Air France
le tricolore
12. In France - do windows usually swing inwards or outwards?
l'
Bourbons
inwards
May -1954
13. What type of painting is Cubism?
soccer player of Algerian origin Who brought the World Cup to the French in 1998
a Gallic tribe - Parisii
painting with geometric shapes
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
14. What does d
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15. What is le Code Napol
the first modern legal code of France
Herg
1991
April Fool's Day
16. Where did le croissant originate?
monk
during WWI and WWII
Gothic art
Vienna - to celebrate the end of the siege of the city by the Turks
17. Which French President was responsible for the construction of the Louvre Pyramid - the Great Arch at La D
14
a lobster
Fran
red
18. Who wrote Les Mis
a nursing home
Southern France
1920
Victor Hugo
19. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
high-heeled shoes
mineral water
Hector Berlioz and Fr
film star
20. Who was Jacques Cartier?
French explorer
Marie Curie
former colonies in Africa
Versailles
21. What was the profession of Toulouse-Lautrec?
painter
French Riviera
1500
H
22. Is un centim
on the right
denim (de N
less
a Christmas cake shaped like a log
23. What is a Michelin book?
20th century
a tourist guide book
un kilo
5 yrs
24. Where is Nice
Southern France - on the C
rabies vaccine
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
truffles
25. What do French roosters say at the crack of dawn?
cocorico
stethoscope
Gaul
chunks of French bread that are dipped in hot - melted cheese
26. Who was the first French explorer of North America?
Charlemagne
chestnuts
Jacques Cartier
Jules Verne
27. What does service compris mean?
wheat
tip is included
1920
boulangerie
28. What do you call a stage of the Tour de France in French?
Important social and labor reforms
Joan of Arc
une
farmland
29. What was the profession of the man Who invented Champagne?
to raise the retirement age
in a bathroom
art
monk
30. Who signed an armistice with Hitler that divided France into 2 parts?
Eiffel Tower
le mar
Lutetia
candied chestnuts
31. How many m
Alsace and Lorraine
1000
wheat
Georges R
32. At What age do French children attend preschool
space - electronics and computer software
blue - white and red
almond or coconut
ages 2-6
33. What is la Chartreuse?
Napoleon Bonaparte
14
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
liquor
34. What is France's most important national resource
fertile soil
le r
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Marie and Pierre Curie
35. Is un litre more or less than a gallon?
the Loire at 626 miles
Le Palais du Luxembourg
Impressionism
less
36. Who is the current Prime Minister of France - serving along with President Nicolas Sarkozy?
July
Auguste Rodin
a place where they make and sell cr
Fran
37. What borders France to the south?
G
the Mediterranean Sea and Spain
Alsace and Lorraine
Alsace and Lorraine
38. What shape do the 20 major highways leading in and out of Paris form?
Renaissance
North Africa
1793
a star
39. What very famous writer was born in Nantes?
Jules Verne
Victor Hugo
the American - Lance Armstrong
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
40. What is le cochonnet in the game of boules?
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
in a bathroom or kitchen
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
the little ball the player tries to get closest to
41. Which ingredient is essential in Proven
garlic
watch a play
soccer
Lille
42. What is the principal use of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon today
racetracks
a French naval station
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
shop
43. What is un homard?
Fran
a lobster
Fran
1000
44. On What would you put une vinaigrette?
a cookie
Fran
blue - white and red
une salade
45. Which came first - Romanesque or Gothic architecture?
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
Marie and Pierre Curie
20 yrs
Romanesque
46. What is un croque-monsieur?
mineral water
a fried pastry
Corsica - la Corse
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
47. What is le Front National?
right wing - anti-immigration party
The/ (le) Concorde
she was accused of being a witch
wheat - corn - sugar beets and grapes
48. Which of Ernest Hemingway's books portray life in Paris between the two world wars?
a mile
A Moveable Feast
Louis XV
Grasse
49. Which artist cut off his ear?
le Front Populaire
Vincent Van Gogh
la Sorbonne
civil
50. How do you most often eat oysters in France?
Statue of Liberty
late 1800s
une bouteille de champagne
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon