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French Culture

Subject : culture
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How do you most often eat oysters in France?






2. What are crudit






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






4. Who invented the process of pasteurization?






5. When do the festivals for the harvesting of wine grapes take place?






6. What country does more exporting of food than France?






7. What would you do at les Galeries Lafayette?






8. How much mustard does each person in France use per year?






9. What are des tripes






10. Which three French clothing designers first influenced the fashion trends?






11. What do French ducks say?






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






13. When do you eat une galette des rois?






14. What wine is used in boeuf bourguignon. Red or white?






15. Which river is known as the transportation corridor






16. Which French President was responsible for the construction of the Louvre Pyramid - the Great Arch at La D






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






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






19. At What meal are eggs eaten?






20. What is la viande chevaline?






21. On What side of the road do you drive in France?






22. Where would you find un chauffe-eau?






23. What is une maison de retraite?






24. What world famous theatre festival was founded in Provence in 1947?

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25. What are MC Solaar - Assassins and NTM?






26. When do you drink un ap






27. Whose work on radioactivity was the first step toward radiation treatment for cancer?

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28. What is un potage?






29. What happened in Paris in May 1968?






30. What is the SNCF?






31. Who was made emperor in 800 AD?






32. Who said 'L'






33. What did Robert de Sorbon found?






34. What is le cochonnet in the game of boules?






35. Who crowned himself emperor in 1804?






36. How long did it take Baron Georges Haussmann to transform the city of Paris?






37. During What century was Le Corbusier a famous architect?






38. Which French territory is off the coast of Canada






39. Who brought order back to France?






40. What comes first - l'

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41. What is hidden in une galette des Rois?






42. Which of Ernest Hemingway's books portray life in Paris between the two world wars?






43. What was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin?






44. The cathedral of Chartres is an example of Which type of art?






45. What is the Sorbonne?






46. What is further north - Lille or Bordeaux






47. What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?






48. What new d






49. During World War II - What percentage of France's factories - machinery and transportation systems were lost?






50. What is un flipper?