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French Culture - 2

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the TGV?
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
The French president.
The symbol of France.
A high speed train.

2. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
0-20. 10 is passing.
The symbol of France.
Mardi Gras
Bread

3. What is a francophone?
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
The English Channel.
The Euro
Someone Who speaks French.

4. What is 'le quatorze juillet?'
Bread
The French national holiday.
The Seine.
The subway.

5. What is Cannes?

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6. What is the current currency in France?
The symbol of France.
The Euro
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
La Gaule

7. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
On Quebec license plates.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
An African tree.

8. Translate 'la vin.'
Wine
La Gaule
Someone Who speaks French.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.

9. What is a 'groit?'
The English Channel.
Wise men in Africa.
The Seine.
A high speed train.

10. What is 'Le Premier Mai?'
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
Day first - then month - then year.
French Labor Day.

11. What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?
An African tree.
It's a celebration before Lent.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
Les Vosques and les Juras.

12. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?

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13. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
Mardi Gras
The symbol of France.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
The English Channel.

14. When is military time often used in France?
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
Purple - gold - and green.
On schedules.
A caf

15. Translate 'la pain.'
The subway.
An appetizer.
The English Channel.
Bread

16. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
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.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
Bread

17. What is the mainstreet of Paris? It is lined with trees and connect Concorde with Charles de Gaulle.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Champs Elys
Someone Who loves French stuff.
The symbol of France.

18. What do French people do when they greet each other?
Wine
Middle School
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
0-20. 10 is passing.

19. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
An appetizer.
The Quebec boogy-man.
Senior year of high school.

20. What is 'le tricolore?'
A nickname for the French flag.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
Quebec
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.

21. What Canadian province is Montreal in?
Quebec
Bread
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
An appetizer.

22. Chef d'
A nickname for the French flag.
The Seine.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Masterpiece.

23. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Purple - gold - and green.
French Labor Day.
Belgium

24. What is a Francophile?
Someone Who loves French stuff.
La Gaule
The English Channel.
Middle School

25. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
The French president.
An African tree.
Day first - then month - then year.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.

26. What are two mountain ranges in France?
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Purple - gold - and green.
Middle School
The English Channel.

27. What is 'La Marseilles?'
Champs Elys
Masterpiece.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
The French national anthem.

28. What and Where is the 'Caf
La Gaule
A caf
Champs Elys
I remember. They remember their French roots.

29. What was the prior currency in France?
The Franc
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
The Louvre

30. What is 'le hexagon?'
0-20. 10 is passing.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

31. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
Someone Who loves French stuff.
A national exam at the end of highschool.
An appetizer.
On schedules.

32. To What does 'terminale' refer?
Someone Who speaks French.
Mardi Gras
Senior year of high school.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.

33. What is a gallette?
The Louvre
The Seine.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
Middle School

34. What is the most famous museum in France?
Book vendors.
The Louvre
Purple - gold - and green.
The English Channel.

35. What is a 'p
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
The symbol of France.
French Labor Day.

36. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
An appetizer.
Quebec

37. What is the former name of France?
La Gaule
The Quebec boogy-man.
Wise men in Africa.
The Franc

38. What is 'le college?'
Purple - gold - and green.
Middle School
The Franc
The symbol of France.

39. What is a 'boulangerie?'
The subway.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
I remember. They remember their French roots.
The English Channel.

40. What is a baguette?
Belgium
A caf
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
An appetizer.

41. What is a 'beignet?'
Middle School
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.
On schedules.
Wise men in Africa.

42. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?
Senior year of high school.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.

43. 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.
An appetizer.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
A high speed train.

44. What is the grading scale in France?
The English Channel.
Champs Elys
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
0-20. 10 is passing.

45. What are bouquinistes?
Someone Who speaks English.
La Gaule
Book vendors.
A fried doughnut covered in powdered sugar.

46. What are 'faires les bises?'
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
The Euro
The French president.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.

47. What is 'le m
La Gaule
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
The subway.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)

48. What is a baobab?
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
An African tree.
It's a celebration before Lent.
A nickname for France because of its shape.

49. What is 'la Manche?'
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
The English Channel.
Senior year of high school.
A nickname for the French flag.

50. What is the main river in Paris?
Bread
0-20. 10 is passing.
The Seine.
It's a celebration before Lent.