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French Culture - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a baguette?
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
It's a celebration before Lent.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
The Quebec boogy-man.

2. What is the mainstreet of Paris? It is lined with trees and connect Concorde with Charles de Gaulle.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
Wise men in Africa.
Champs Elys
An African tree.

3. Translate 'la pain.'
Senior year of high school.
Middle School
The Quebec boogy-man.
Bread

4. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
The French national anthem.
The French national holiday.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.

5. What is the current currency in France?
I remember. They remember their French roots.
The Euro
A nickname for the French flag.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.

6. How are dates written in France?
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
A caf
A high speed train.
Day first - then month - then year.

7. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?
Monday
Book vendors.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
The Seine.

8. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
An appetizer.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
Quebec
The symbol of France.

9. What are bouquinistes?
Book vendors.
Bread
An appetizer.
The French national holiday.

10. What and Where is the 'Caf
An African tree.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
A caf
Champs Elys

11. What is a baobab?
Wise men in Africa.
La Gaule
An African tree.
Someone Who speaks English.

12. What is 'le college?'
On schedules.
Wise men in Africa.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
Middle School

13. What is the TGV?
A high speed train.
On Quebec license plates.
A caf
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

14. What is an hor d'
On schedules.
Day first - then month - then year.
On Quebec license plates.
An appetizer.

15. What is a gallette?
The French president.
On Quebec license plates.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Senior year of high school.

16. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?

17. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
The Quebec boogy-man.
Masterpiece.

18. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'
French Labor Day.
0-20. 10 is passing.
Quebec
La Gaule

19. What is Cannes?

20. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
Mardi Gras
The English Channel.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.

21. What are two mountain ranges in France?
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
The subway.
The French national anthem.

22. What is the most famous museum in France?
La Gaule
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
The French president.
The Louvre

23. What is 'La Marseilles?'
Champs Elys
The French national anthem.
On schedules.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

24. Who were the king and queen of France during the revolution?
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
An appetizer.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)

25. What is a 'p
Bread
Middle School
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
The Quebec boogy-man.

26. What is 'le hexagon?'
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
The Seine.
The Quebec boogy-man.

27. What is the former name of France?
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
La Gaule
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Someone Who loves French stuff.

28. Translate 'la vin.'
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
The Franc
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Wine

29. What is a 'groit?'
Wise men in Africa.
It's a celebration before Lent.
The Franc
Belgium

30. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
A nickname for the French flag.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Mardi Gras

31. What is an Anglophone?
Someone Who speaks English.
Purple - gold - and green.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
La Gaule

32. What is the main river in Paris?
Masterpiece.
On schedules.
The Seine.
Champs Elys

33. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
The French national holiday.
The Seine.
The English Channel.
The French president.

34. What is a 'muguet?'
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
The subway.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
A caf

35. When and Why would you say 'lapin - lapin?'
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
An appetizer.
The symbol of France.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.

36. What do French people do when they greet each other?
Someone Who speaks French.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
The Franc

37. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
The Quebec boogy-man.
On Quebec license plates.
The English Channel.
An appetizer.

38. What is 'le tricolore?'
A nickname for the French flag.
Wise men in Africa.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
The Seine.

39. What is a Francophile?
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Middle School
Someone Who loves French stuff.
Someone Who speaks French.

40. What is 'le m
The French president.
On schedules.
The subway.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

41. What is 'la Manche?'
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
The English Channel.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
It's a celebration before Lent.

42. What is a 'beignet?'
On Quebec license plates.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.

43. When is military time often used in France?
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
On Quebec license plates.
On schedules.
Quebec

44. Chef d'
Mardi Gras
Masterpiece.
Champs Elys
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.

45. What are 'faires les bises?'
Book vendors.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
Senior year of high school.
A high speed train.

46. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
The Seine.
A national exam at the end of highschool.
An African tree.
Les Vosques and les Juras.

47. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?
0-20. 10 is passing.
La Gaule
Purple - gold - and green.
Wise men in Africa.

48. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?
A national exam at the end of highschool.
Book vendors.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)

49. What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?
The Franc
The symbol of France.
Someone Who speaks English.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.

50. What is a 'boulangerie?'
Book vendors.
A high speed train.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
A nickname for the French flag.