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French Culture - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is an hor d'
The French president.
On Quebec license plates.
The French national anthem.
An appetizer.

2. What is a 'p
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
French Labor Day.
The French national anthem.

3. When and Why would you say 'lapin - lapin?'
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.

4. What is the former name of France?
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
The subway.
A nickname for the French flag.
La Gaule

5. What is a baguette?
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Someone Who speaks French.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
The Euro

6. What is 'le m
The subway.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Quebec
A high speed train.

7. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?
Wise men in Africa.
The French national holiday.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
A nickname for France because of its shape.

8. What are 'faires les bises?'
Bread
A caf
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
A national exam at the end of highschool.

9. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Purple - gold - and green.
The French president.
A national exam at the end of highschool.

10. What is a 'groit?'
The French president.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Wise men in Africa.
Someone Who loves French stuff.

11. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
The symbol of France.
Day first - then month - then year.
An appetizer.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.

12. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
The French national anthem.
The English Channel.
On Quebec license plates.
The symbol of France.

13. What is a gallette?
The Louvre
The French national anthem.
French Labor Day.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.

14. What is a francophone?
I remember. They remember their French roots.
Someone Who speaks French.
Day first - then month - then year.
Masterpiece.

15. How are dates written in France?
Day first - then month - then year.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
The Franc
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)

16. Translate 'la pain.'
Bread
The Quebec boogy-man.
The English Channel.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.

17. What is a 'muguet?'
A nickname for the French flag.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
Book vendors.

18. To What does 'terminale' refer?
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
0-20. 10 is passing.
Senior year of high school.
Masterpiece.

19. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
Bread
The Quebec boogy-man.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
A national exam at the end of highschool.

20. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
Middle School
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Les Vosques and les Juras.

21. What is 'le tricolore?'
Mardi Gras
Someone Who loves French stuff.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
A nickname for the French flag.

22. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
Monday
Bread
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

23. What is the grading scale in France?
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
0-20. 10 is passing.
The English Channel.

24. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'
French Labor Day.
A nickname for the French flag.
The Quebec boogy-man.
An appetizer.

25. What was the prior currency in France?
The Franc
The French president.
The Louvre
An African tree.

26. What is the TGV?
Book vendors.
Senior year of high school.
A high speed train.
Masterpiece.

27. What is the main river in Paris?
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
The Seine.
Belgium
Someone Who loves French stuff.

28. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'
Wine
The Quebec boogy-man.
Purple - gold - and green.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.

29. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'
An African tree.
0-20. 10 is passing.
The French national holiday.
Someone Who speaks French.

30. What are bouquinistes?
The Louvre
The subway.
The symbol of France.
Book vendors.

31. What is a 'beignet?'
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
The French national holiday.

32. What is 'le college?'
The Seine.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
The French president.
Middle School

33. What do French people do when they greet each other?
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
The Franc
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
The Quebec boogy-man.

34. What is the most famous museum in France?
Someone Who speaks English.
Wise men in Africa.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
The Louvre

35. Where were French fries invented?
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
0-20. 10 is passing.
Belgium
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.

36. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?

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37. What is a baobab?
A high speed train.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
On Quebec license plates.
An African tree.

38. Chef d'
Masterpiece.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Day first - then month - then year.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)

39. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?
The Euro
I remember. They remember their French roots.
It's a celebration before Lent.
Quebec

40. What is a Francophile?
A national exam at the end of highschool.
Someone Who loves French stuff.
The Franc
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)

41. Translate 'la vin.'
The Louvre
A nickname for the French flag.
The Seine.
Wine

42. When is military time often used in France?
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
On schedules.

43. What and Where is the 'Caf
A caf
Mardi Gras
Day first - then month - then year.
A nickname for the French flag.

44. What Canadian province is Montreal in?
Masterpiece.
The subway.
Quebec
Mardi Gras

45. What are two mountain ranges in France?
Monday
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.

46. Who were the king and queen of France during the revolution?
A national exam at the end of highschool.
Quebec
Book vendors.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

47. What is the current currency in France?
A caf
The Euro
The French national anthem.
The Quebec boogy-man.

48. What is an Anglophone?
On Quebec license plates.
Bread
Someone Who speaks English.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

49. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
Masterpiece.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Mardi Gras
The Louvre

50. What is Cannes?

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