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French Culture
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1. French children must attend school until What age?
more than a thousand
prison
sixteen
Napoleon Bonaparte
2. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?
Versailles
almost 200 yrs
Louis XIV
less
3. What island in the Indian Ocean became the newest overseas territory (d
Belgium
Mayotte
Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur
a toasted ham and cheese sandwich
4. What is une r
a summer home or cottage
Louis XIV
boulangerie
bullfighting
5. What flavor is the liquor Cointreau?
orange
Le centre Georges Pompidou (Beaubourg)
traditional - local cooking
French Republic
6. What is the approximate geometrical shape of France
a stew
a hexagon
Paris
1996
7. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?
le football am
a flaky pastry
almost 200 yrs
she was accused of being a witch
8. What French island is located in the Mediterranean
un kilo
Corsica - la Corse
Romanticism - Realism - and Impressionism
Roman Catholic
9. What is la viande chevaline?
Napoleon Bonaparte
Euro Disney
horsemeat
lavender
10. What is Chartres famous for
Saturdays
animal parks (zoos)
Id
the cathedral
11. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
Herg
slow dancing
Germans
Jules Verne
12. We call it football - the French call it...?
rub the bowl with garlic
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
le football am
Hector Berlioz and Fr
13. What kind of school is called le coll
a secondary school (junior high or middle school)
Marie Antoinette
coin coin
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
14. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?
the Loire at 626 miles
American film star
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
la Marseillaise
15. Which meal of the day is considered the main meal?
la Marseillaise
lunch
US
mineral water
16. Who brought high cooking into France in 1600?
the hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame
a pastry - also means a nun
Italian princess - Marie de M
1903
17. What are crudit
suits and neckties
le r
raw - fresh vegetables
Waterloo
18. What comes first - l'
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19. What types of food is Normandy famous for?
in Paris - on an islet in the middle of the Seine River - facing west toward the original statue
les arrondissements
ARIANE
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
20. Which museum was originated by Louis XIV?
le Louvre
April Fool's Day
14
in a bathroom or kitchen
21. The cathedral of Chartres is an example of Which type of art?
a cookie
Gothic art
soup
space - electronics and computer software
22. Who invaded and occupied the northern and western parts of France in 1940?
using the familiar tu when talking to somebody
The/ (le) Concorde
Southern France
Germany
23. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?
Marie Curie
the time of Gaul's invasion by the Romans
17th century playwright
liquor
24. What time period is the comic strip Ast
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25. What is un rago
a stew
a veal tongue
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
Les Pyr
26. What did France lose in the Franco-German war of 1870-1871?
Eugene Ionesco
Alsace and Lorraine
white
coin coin
27. What event is considered the start of the French Revolution?
Southern France
the cathedral
1890s
storming of the Bastille
28. Who was Louis Lumi
La Joconde
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
Moli
raw - on the half shell with a splash of lemon
29. Who designed the glass pyramid built in 1989 in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris?
Chinese-American architect - l.M. Pei
Mus
the American - Lance Armstrong
Important social and labor reforms
30. Can a p
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
of course
in the Caribbean
iron ore
31. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?
for not understanding the people and frivolously spending money
Paris
the Seine - the Garonne - the Rh
gourmet cooking
32. What is un beignet?
a star
US
a fried pastry
Victor Hugo
33. Which musicians were prominent the early 19th century?
Hector Berlioz and Fr
le smurf
Moli
Val
34. What was la Bastille?
prison
a pastry - also means a nun
rub the bowl with garlic
A type of soft cheese
35. How many different types of cheese does France produce?
2001
about 400
Fran
1500
36. Who wrote Candide?
1946
La Joconde
Voltaire
Eugene Ionesco
37. What is now found at La place de la Concorde
the Alps
an Egyptian Obelisk
about $7 -500
gourmet cooking
38. Where is France's spacecraft launched?
Kourou (French Guyana)
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
Charlemagne
libert
39. When would one eat a go
in the afternoon (un go
d
un lapin (a rabbit)
April Fool's Day
40. What is the official name for the country of France?
cheese - butter and apple brandy (Calvados)
French Republic
less
100
41. Who brought order back to France?
racetracks
Napoleon Bonaparte
La Joconde
former colonies in Africa
42. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?
Louis Pasteur
a music video
a parking zone
Marie and Pierre Curie
43. Where would you find un chauffe-eau?
in a bathroom
Fran
in a bathroom or kitchen
Jules Verne
44. Marie Antoinette was not French. What nationality was she?
perfume
le massif central
Napoleon Bonaparte
Austrian
45. Who was Jacques Cartier?
Jules Verne
horsemeat
April Fool's Day
French explorer
46. Which family had the fleur de lis as a symbol?
French explorer
Bourbons
le football or le foot
less
47. What helped rebuild France at the end of World War II?
a mountain range
Paul Gauguin
18 yrs old
The Marshall Plan (US)
48. What type of cooking is called provincial?
1000
A French first lady gave birth during her husband's presidency
une
traditional - local cooking
49. What cheese is known as the oldest in France?
a stew
Toulouse
Livarot
shopping center
50. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?
the Baroque period
in the afternoon (un go
Saturdays
racetracks
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