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A Day in Paris
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A special name for the area along the banks of the Seine. One of the sides called “Rive Gauche.” What does this mean?
b) Left Bank
a) River Gaucho
c) Unfashionable River
2
What is the name of the gardens at the eastern-most end of the Champs Elysées?
b) Tuileries Gardens
a) Luxembourg Gardens
c) Gardens of Versailles
3
Place de l’Opéra is home to a famous opera house. Which Broadway musical is set in the 1800’s here?
a) Spamalot
b) My Fair Lady
c) Phantom of the Opera
4
Pont Neuf is the ____________ bridge in Paris.
b) oldest
c) ugliest
a) newest
5
Place du Tertre is located in the same arrondissement as the Moulin Rouge. What is this arrondissement commonly called?
b) Latin Quarter
a) Ile de la Cité
c) Montmartre
6
Boulevard de Clichy is the street where you can be entertained by cabaret dancers. The windmill-topped theater is called
a) Bal du Moulin Rouge
c) Folies-Bergère
b) Moulin de la Galette
7
The Louvre Museum was once a what before it was torn down and rebuilt into a palace that eventually became a museum?
b) stadium
c) horse racing track
a) fortress
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The Eiffel Tower has how many observation levels (all observation levels, including any that are closed)?
b) two
c) three
a) one
9
Ile de la Cité is where the first inhabitants of Paris lived and it is now home to what famous church?
a) Sacré-Cœur
c) Notre Dame Cathedral
b) Sainte-Sulpice
10
The Seine River is correctly pronounced
a) “sin”
b) “seen
“sign"
11
Place du Tertre is a plaza where the artists create and sell their wares in the shadow of what famous building?
a) Arc de Triomphe
b) the Eiffel Tower
a) the Sacré-Cœur
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The Eiffel Tower's engineer, Gustave Eiffel, is also the engineer of a gift given from France to America called...
c) Mount Rushmore
a) the Statue of Liberty
b) the Empire State Building
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The name of the large structure, built for Napoleon Bonapart, that anchors the western end of the Champs Elysées is
a) Les Invalides (Napoleon’s Tomb)
c) Arc de Triomphe
b) Assemblies National
14
The name “Pont Neuf” means what in English?
b) New Bridge
c) Bridge of Nines
a) Nine Points
15
At the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s lady sits demurely behind bulletproof glass, with a smile. The name is...
b) Mona Lisa
c) Venus, Satyr and Cupid
a) The Fortune-teller
16
The above-mentioned theater on Boulevard de Clichy is home to a famous French dance. What is it called?
b) The Can-Can
c) The Electric Slide
a) La Fête de la Poulet
17
You could use Gare Nord to do what?
b) Travel air to the south of France
c) Travel by train to the Normandy region
a) Travel by boat to England
18
Place de la Concorde has a unique feature from ancient times, more than 3000 years old. What is it?
b) an obelisk
c) a pyramid
a) a sphinx
19
What is Gare Nord?
b) An airport
a) A train station
c) A harbor
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The above-mentioned famous opera house in Paris has a more formal name. What is it?
a) Opéra Comique
c) Opéra Bastille
b) Opéra Garnier