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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 baobab?
The subway.
An African tree.
It's a celebration before Lent.
The Louvre

2. Where were French fries invented?
Belgium
A nickname for France because of its shape.
Someone Who loves French stuff.
A nickname for the French flag.

3. To What does 'terminale' refer?
Wise men in Africa.
Day first - then month - then year.
On Quebec license plates.
Senior year of high school.

4. What is the main river in Paris?
Middle School
The Seine.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
Masterpiece.

5. What are two mountain ranges in France?
Someone Who speaks French.
The subway.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
Senior year of high school.

6. What is 'le tricolore?'
Wine
A nickname for the French flag.
An African tree.
Champs Elys

7. Where would you find 'Je me souviens?'
Mardi Gras
I remember. They remember their French roots.
On Quebec license plates.
The French national anthem.

8. How are dates written in France?
Day first - then month - then year.
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
The Louvre
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.

9. What is the former name of France?
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
La Gaule
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.

10. What are bouquinistes?
0-20. 10 is passing.
Champs Elys
Someone Who speaks French.
Book vendors.

11. Chef d'
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.
Masterpiece.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)

12. What is the first day of the week on a French calender?
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
The English Channel.
Monday

13. What is 'La Marseilles?'
The French national anthem.
On schedules.
A national exam at the end of highschool.
An appetizer.

14. When is military time often used in France?
Quebec
Someone Who loves French stuff.
On schedules.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

15. What is a 'filet -' and when would you need it?
A nickname for the French flag.
Senior year of high school.
A nickname for France because of its shape.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.

16. What are the three colors of Marti Gras?
Purple - gold - and green.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
A nickname for the French flag.
On Quebec license plates.

17. What is a 'fluer de lys?'
The symbol of France.
The French national holiday.
The Seine.
The Louvre

18. What is an Anglophone?
Someone Who speaks English.
Les Vosques and les Juras.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)

19. What is a 'p
Masterpiece.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
Belgium
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

20. What Canadian province is Montreal in?
The French national holiday.
Quebec
A high speed train.
The subway.

21. What is the Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)?
Book vendors.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.

22. What is 'le m
La Gaule
The subway.
Day first - then month - then year.
The symbol of France.

23. What is Cannes?

24. What is the most famous museum in France?
Someone Who speaks French.
The Louvre
Monday
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.

25. Why do people celebrate Mardi Gras?

26. What is 'fat Tuesday?'
Mardi Gras
0-20. 10 is passing.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
It's a celebration before Lent.

27. When and Why would you say 'lapin - lapin?'
Bread
Book vendors.
Champs Elys
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.

28. What is a Francophile?
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.
The subway.
Senior year of high school.

29. What was the prior currency in France?
The French national holiday.
The Franc
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Wine

30. Translate 'la vin.'
Wine
The Quebec boogy-man.
The subway.
On schedules.

31. What is an hor d'
A nickname for the French flag.
An appetizer.
The symbol of France.
An underground tunnel connecting England and France.

32. What is the TGV?
The French president.
A high speed train.
Book vendors.
Mardi Gras

33. Who is the 'Bonhomme Sept Heures?'
Wise men in Africa.
The Seine.
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
The Quebec boogy-man.

34. What is the mainstreet of Paris? It is lined with trees and connect Concorde with Charles de Gaulle.
Bread
Champs Elys
Book vendors.
An African tree.

35. What is a francophone?
Senior year of high school.
Someone Who speaks French.
The French president.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.

36. What are 'faires les bises?'
The Seine.
The English Channel.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.

37. What do French people do when they greet each other?
Guys shake hands - girls and guys kiss each other on the cheek.
The French national anthem.
Mardi Gras
Masterpiece.

38. What is a baguette?
Someone Who speaks French.
Mardi Gras
A long - skinny loaf of bread.
Wine

39. What and Where is the 'Caf
A caf
The English Channel.
A national exam at the end of highschool.
Belgium

40. What is the grading scale in France?
A net bag. You would need it while shopping in France.
French Labor Day.
Masterpiece.
0-20. 10 is passing.

41. What is a 'muguet?'
On schedules.
A lily of the valley. In May - people give these to friends and family for luck.
The symbol of France.
French Labor Day.

42. Give three ways a French school system is different than an American school system.
A high speed train.
On schedules.
Day first - then month - then year.
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.

43. What does 'Je me souviens' mean?
A national exam at the end of highschool.
When you wake up on the first day of the month. You say it for good luck.
I remember. They remember their French roots.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

44. What is a gallette?
Grading system from 0-20. Starting at middle school - grades go in descending order. Essays are written on graph paper.
Senior year of high school.
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.
A long - skinny loaf of bread.

45. What is the 'baccalauréat?'
A national exam at the end of highschool.
It's a celebration before Lent.
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
0-20. 10 is passing.

46. What is a 'boulangerie?'
Kisses on the cheek. Used when greeting.
A bread store. (Not a bakery - only sells bread)
Day first - then month - then year.
A city in France. It's the location of a large annual film festival.

47. Who is Nicholas Sarkosy?
The French president.
The Louvre
The French national holiday.
A caf

48. What is 'le hexagon?'
A nickname for France because of its shape.
Bread
The symbol of France.
Someone Who speaks English.

49. Who were the king and queen of France during the revolution?
The symbol of France.
La Gaule
The Seine.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

50. What is 'le college?'
Champs Elys
Middle School
A pastry store. (Not a bakery - only sells pastries)
A flat buckwheat pancake filled with savory ingredients.