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French Culture
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Subject
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. when was Impressionism at its height as a style?
late 1800s
about 150 yrs ago
more than 2 million
student riots
2. What did Louis Braille create in 1824?
Braille script to help the blind read
Joan of Arc
Jean-Luc Godard
croissants and baguettes
3. From What origin are most Martiniquais and Guadeloup
ask for a doggy bag
African
a parking zone
fertile soil
4. Who was Louis Lumi
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
Toulouse
porcelain
Louis XIV
5. Which French territory is off the coast of Canada
1995
Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon
1991
1920
6. Who was the cardinal Who served as regent for Louis XIII?
Jean-Marie Le Pen
Victor Hugo
Richelieu
24 hrs (les 24 heures du Mans)
7. Which came first - the Renaissance or the Classical period?
Normandy and Brittany
a bicycle race
Renaissance
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
8. What founder member of the European Union (EU) has the third largest military in NATO - and the largest army in the EU?
Paul Gauguin
France
with a handshake or kiss on the cheek
meuh
9. In France - Where would you find a concierge?
Italian
Britain
in an apartment building
Marie Curie
10. Which French President was responsible for the construction of the Louvre Pyramid - the Great Arch at La D
Fran
cartoon character
Paris
emotions and imaginations
11. What is the name of the dog in the comic strip Ast
Id
soup
Versailles
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
12. Name two delicacies of France?
1000
left one
frog legs (les cuisses de grenouille) and snails (les escargots) Also goose liver p
Antoine de Saint-Exup
13. What is un kilo the abbreviation of?
Kourou (French Guyana)
the 13th century
Val
un kilogramme
14. Where was Napoleon Bonaparte born?
Pablo Picasso
jazz
Corsica (la Corse)
a Paris university
15. At What age did Louis XIV begin running France?
an ambulance
French Riviera
1962
5 yrs old
16. What is un potage?
cocorico
soup
in the Caribbean
Victor Hugo
17. Which artist painted scenes from the Moulin Rouge?
14
2
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Marie Curie's work
18. What is the profession of Catherine Deneuve?
truffles
left one
Louisiana Purchase
actress
19. What was la Bastille?
a supersonic commercial airplane
A Moveable Feast
Giulia
prison
20. What world famous theatre festival was founded in Provence in 1947?
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21. Which French writer wrote the Three Musketeers- Les Trois mousquetaires?
la bouillabaisse
Alexandre Dumas (p
Hector Berlioz and Fr
Gothic art
22. Where is Carcassonne
the name of the man Who invented moving pictures
truffles
General Charles de Gaulle
Southern France
23. Which American was known as the music-hall queen of Paris in 1920s?
a stew
Josephine Baker
a place where they make and sell cr
the Loire - 634 miles/1020 kilometers
24. What did Gustave Eiffel build before he built the Eiffel Tower?
1885
1000 feet/300 meters
un kilo
bridges - specifically the Bordeaux Bridge
25. What comes first: l'
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26. Which city in southwestern France is called la ville rose
about 150 yrs ago
elephant
Toulouse
Les Pyr
27. During World War II - What percentage of France's factories - machinery and transportation systems were lost?
Coco Chanel - Yves Saint-Laurent - Christian Dior
Napoleon Bonaparte
80%
ask for a doggy bag
28. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?
French rap groups
lunch or dinner - almost never at breakfast
G
Parc Ast
29. What is un mille-feuilles?
jazz
he was crowned King of France
l'
a flaky pastry
30. What day of the week do French children attend school while American children do not
Le Palais du Luxembourg
Saturdays
Kourou (French Guyana)
December 6th (Saint Nicolas)
31. What French president was elected in 2007 - and is up for re-election in May 2012?
a mile
Nicolas Sarkozy
Marie Antoinette
in an apartment building
32. What type of shoes was invented in France 400 yrs ago?
Paris
high-heeled shoes
impressionist
General Charles de Gaulle
33. What cartoonist name sounds like the artist - Georges R
Herg
Roland Garros Tennis Tournament and the cycling Tour de France
to raise the retirement age
former colonies in Africa
34. What great American landmark did Gustave Eiffel help design and build?
Statue of Liberty
less
between 7:00 and 9:30pm
Grasse
35. To What age was France's legal retirement age lowered in 1982 by Socialist President Mitterrand?
pig
14
1000
60
36. What famous conquest is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry?
William the Conqueror invading England in 1066
Mont Blanc
US
fish
37. Where is le grand Trianon
Versailles
Paul Gauguin
Mus
About 63 million people
38. What structure was built in Paris in 1889 by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel?
boulangerie
Eiffel Tower
le P
Tintin
39. What is a famous French beef stew?
Southern France - on the C
boeuf bourguignon
5th Republic
1946
40. When did France play host to the World Cup for soccer?
July
80%
ch
1998
41. When was the first women's Tour de France held?
film star
1793
Le festival d'Avignon
1984
42. Where is le pays basque
la Sorbonne
Joan of Arc
Louis XV
on the French and Spanish sides of the Western Pyrenees
43. What did Robert de Sorbon found?
Britain
Ice skate
France
La Sorbonne university of Paris
44. Is the wine le Muscadet red or white?
they have to pass the baccalaureate exam (le bac) to get in
Hundred Years War
mussels steamed open in wine and seasonings
white
45. Who sculpted Le Penseur?
le m
Mayotte
an orange soft drink
Auguste Rodin
46. Where does the festival of the American film take place?
200 years ago
Napoleon Bonaparte
in Deauville
Paul Gauguin
47. Can a p
left
of course
soup
1996
48. Of What school of philosophy was Jean-Paul Sartre a major representative?
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49. What is the real name of the cartoonist Herg
le Mar
Georges R
over 9 million
2
50. Cooking in France is considered a form of...
art
fattened liver of duck or goose
art museum including decorative arts from 1848 to 1914
Paris