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Indentifying famous French athletes.
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This French trackster was a 3 time Olympic Gold Medalist.
Marie Therese
Marie Curie
Marie-Jose Perec
Marie Joseph Tascher
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This French soccer player plays for Atletico Madrid.
Lionel Messi
Antoine Greizmann
Didier Drogba
Paul Pogba
3
This French snowboarder finished 6th in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Nelly Moene Loccoz
Helene Olafsen
Alexandra Jekova
Tanja Frieden
4
This French runner was the first white man to break the 10s barrier in a timed 100m event.
Christophe Lemaitre
Ben Bassaw
Dimitri Bascou
Florian Carvalho
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This French skier won a gold medal in 2002 Olympics as well as a world championship in 2005.
Sebastien Fournier-Bidoz
Jean-Pierre Vidal
Jean-Claude Killy
Alberto Tomba
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This Belgian won the tour de France 5 times.
Jacques Anquetil
Eddy Merckx
Louison Bobet
Greg Lemonde
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What color jersey does the leader of the tour de France wear?
blue
red
yellow
orange
8
What French tennis Champion also became a successful recording artist?
Joachim Noah
Roger Federer
Francis Cabrel
Yannick Noah
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In what year did the French win the men's world cup of soccer?
1994
2014
1998
2006
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What years did the French national basketball team win silver in the Olympics?
1976, 1992
1948, 2000
1952, 2004
1996, 2012
11
Who won three alpine skiing events in the 1968 Olympics?
Greg Lemonde
Alain Prost
Jean-Claude Killy
Alain Bernard
12
Which French boxer won a bronze medal in the 2008 Olympics in the light featherweight division?
Alexis Vastine
Charles Ledoux
Jean-Baptiste Mendy
Marcel Cerdan
13
These siblings are both Olympic and World Champion swimmers.
Caroline and Philippe de Monaco
Joseph and Michele Montgolfier
Alain and Solange Bernard
Laure and Florent Manaudou
14
What Frenchman was the founder of the International Olympic Committee?
Charles de Gaulle
Charlemagne
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Louis Pasteur
15
Which French swimmer previously held world records for the 50 m and 100 m freestyle race?
Alain Bernard
Jeal-Paul Berjeau
Franck Iacono
David Abrard
16
This former national team captain spent much of his career playing for Arsenal.
Patrice Evra
Patrick Viera
Zinedine Zidane
Thierry Henry
17
This soccer player is nicknamed the octopus.
Benoit Costil
Bacary Sagna
Paul Pogba
Hugo Lioris
18
Chris Froome winner of the 2016 tour de France is from what country?
Denmark
Luxembourg
UK
USA
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She became the first French woman to win a gold medal in long jump at European championships.
Marie-Laure Leclarc
Maxine Martin
Eloyse Lesueur
Julie Perec
20
The modern Olympic games started in what year?
1900
1896
1812
1912