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French Culture - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'
On schedules.
The French national holiday.
Wine
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.

2. What is a baobab?
Purple - gold - and green.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
The French national holiday.
An African tree.

3. How are dates written in France?
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.
The Louvre
Day first - then month - then year.

4. What is a gallette?
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
The English Channel.
Someone Who loves French stuff.

5. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?
Quebec
Monday
The Seine.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.

6. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
Middle School
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.
Masterpiece.

7. What is 'La Marseilles?'
Book vendors.
The French national anthem.
Someone Who speaks English.
Middle School

8. What is the mainstreet of Paris? It is lined with trees and connect Concorde with Charles de Gaulle.
Champs Elys
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Wise men in Africa.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)

9. What is a 'groit?'
Wise men in Africa.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
The Quebec boogy-man.
Les Vosques and les Juras.

10. Translate 'la vin.'
The Euro
Wine
It's a celebration before Lent.
On schedules.

11. What Canadian province is Montreal in?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
The French president.
Quebec
Belgium

12. Who were the king and queen of France during the revolution?
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Wise men in Africa.
An African tree.
The Euro

13. What is the grading scale in France?
Senior year of high school.
0-20. 10 is passing.
Middle School
French Labor Day.

14. What are two mountain ranges in France?
Bread
Someone Who speaks French.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
An appetizer.

15. What is a 'beignet?'
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
On schedules.
The English Channel.

16. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?
The Louvre
An African tree.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
Someone Who speaks French.

17. What is the main river in Paris?
The French national anthem.
Day first - then month - then year.
The Seine.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

18. When and Why would you say 'lapin - lapin?'
The Louvre
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
The Euro
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.

19. What is a baguette?
Day first - then month - then year.
The Franc
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
The symbol of France.

20. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
Quebec
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
A national exam at the end of highschool.
A caf

21. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?
I remember. They remember their French roots.
Senior year of high school.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Purple - gold - and green.

22. What was the prior currency in France?
Book vendors.
On schedules.
Champs Elys
The Franc

23. What is the current currency in France?
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
The English Channel.
The Euro
A caf

24. What is 'le m
An appetizer.
The subway.
Bread
Quebec

25. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'
I remember. They remember their French roots.
French Labor Day.
The French national anthem.
A national exam at the end of highschool.

26. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?

27. What is a 'boulangerie?'
Les Vosques and les Juras.
0-20. 10 is passing.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.

28. What is a Francophile?
A caf
Someone Who loves French stuff.
Masterpiece.
La Gaule

29. What is the former name of France?
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
La Gaule
Senior year of high school.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)

30. What is the TGV?
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Wine
A high speed train.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.

31. What and Where is the 'Caf
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A nickname for the French flag.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
A caf

32. Where were French fries invented?
Belgium
Wise men in Africa.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
The French national holiday.

33. What is an hor d'
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
An appetizer.
The Quebec boogy-man.
The Euro

34. What do French people do when they greet each other?
La Gaule
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
The French president.

35. To What does 'terminale' refer?
Middle School
Senior year of high school.
A high speed train.
The Louvre

36. What is 'la Manche?'
The English Channel.
The subway.
The French national holiday.
0-20. 10 is passing.

37. When is military time often used in France?
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
French Labor Day.
On schedules.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.

38. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
Mardi Gras
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
Wine
The Louvre

39. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
Champs Elys
The French president.
A high speed train.

40. What is 'le tricolore?'
A nickname for the French flag.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
The French national holiday.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.

41. What is Cannes?

42. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
Senior year of high school.
Someone Who speaks French.
Monday
The symbol of France.

43. What is 'le college?'
Middle School
Someone Who loves French stuff.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
La Gaule

44. What are 'faires les bises?'
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Mardi Gras
A nickname for the French flag.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.

45. What is a 'p
Middle School
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
The English Channel.
The symbol of France.

46. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'
The English Channel.
Day first - then month - then year.
The Quebec boogy-man.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)

47. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
On Quebec license plates.
The Louvre
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Someone Who speaks French.

48. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?
The Seine.
La Gaule
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
I remember. They remember their French roots.

49. What are bouquinistes?
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
The subway.
Middle School
Book vendors.

50. What is 'le hexagon?'
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
The Louvre
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.