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French Culture

Subject : culture
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1. What mountain range is in central France






2. A new phenomenon called cohabitation appeared in French politics in the 1980's and 1990's. What does it mean?






3. What is un potage?






4. Do the French have more or less leisure time than Americans?






5. Where is le Quartier latin - right or left bank






6. Who designed the glass pyramid built in 1989 in the courtyard of the Louvre museum in Paris?






7. Which river is known as the transportation corridor






8. Which king of France was known as the Sun King?






9. What is the name of the dog in the comic strip Ast






10. What is the French term for soccer?






11. What is found on the north side of the Seine River - called the right bank






12. When was the first men's Tour de France held?






13. How long did the construction of the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris take?






14. Who did France beat in the 1998 World Cup to win it for the first time in the history of the competition?






15. Which transportation system in France is among the most modern and efficient in the world?






16. How old must you be to vote in France






17. What would you do at la Com






18. What do you call a stage of the Tour de France in French?






19. Who was the first woman to be appointed professor at the Sorbonne?






20. What kind of animal is used to snuffle out wild mushrooms and truffles?






21. What type of painting is Cubism?






22. Who won the Nobel Prize for physics in 1903?






23. Who led the underground resistance movement for those opposed to the Nazi takeover in France?






24. How long ago did the two Frenchmen Joseph Nic






25. How does France's economy compare to the rest of the world?






26. What is un flipper?






27. What type of land transportation links France and England






28. Where did Vincent Van Gogh settle in the late 19th century because he found inspiration for his paintings there?






29. What did the Popular Front governments enact?






30. When was Marie Antoinette executed by guillotine?






31. What does d


32. What is un homard?






33. Who wrote Les Mis






34. What is une langue de chat?






35. What is the Pompidou Center?






36. For Which occasion was the Eiffel Tower built?


37. Why was Joan of Arc burned at the stake on May 30 - 1431?






38. What are the Auteuil - Longchamps - Chantilly and St. Cloud in Paris?






39. What percentage of France's total area is covered by woods and forests






40. What was Grace Kelly's profession before she married Prince Rainier de Monaco?






41. What is the French national motto that came as a result of the Revolution?






42. How long does the car race at Le Mans last?






43. What cheese is known as the oldest in France?






44. Who entered WWI in 1917 to help France defeat Germany?






45. What was the object of a controversial retirement bill passed through the Assembl






46. What is the French national anthem?






47. What did France lose in the Franco-German war of 1870-1871?






48. Who is Guignol?






49. Who wrote the absurdist plays Rhinoceros and La cantatrice chauve (the bald soprano)?






50. What type of equipment did Emile Gagnon and Jacques Cousteau invent in 1942?