French Trivia Day!

Question 1

In what field did Réné Descartes, Gaspard Monge and Peirre de Fermat make famous contributions?

Accepted Answer

Math

Question 2

What is the age for getting a driver's license?

Accepted Answer

18

Question 3

Which of the following artists was the founder of cubism?

Accepted Answer

Pablo Picasso

Question 4

In what year did the Revolution start?

Accepted Answer

1789

Question 5

What is France's most popular team sport?

Accepted Answer

Soccer

Question 6

What do Basque, Breton, Catalan and Occitan all have in common?

Accepted Answer

They are all spoken in France

Question 7

What is the main ingredient of pâté de foie gras?

Accepted Answer

Goose Liver

Question 8

Muscadet, Sancerre, Graves, are examples of what famous French product?

Accepted Answer

Wine

Question 9

Which country does not border France?

Accepted Answer

Austria

Question 10

Flying Buttresses, Gargoyles, Stained glass, Ribbed Vaults and thin walls are typic of ...

Accepted Answer

Gothic architecture

Question 11

When do the French eat their salad?

Accepted Answer

After the main course.

Question 12

What French actor popular in the US starred in Danton, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Green Card?

Accepted Answer

Gérard Depardieu

Question 13

Who was Quasimodo?

Accepted Answer

the huchback of Notre Dame

Question 14

What was the Bastille?

Accepted Answer

A prison

Question 15

Who invented the process of pasteurization?

Accepted Answer

Louis Pasteur

Question 16

What French author is better known as a long - nosed character in a theatrical work?

Accepted Answer

Maupassant, Cyrano de Bergerac

Question 17

What is a potage?

Accepted Answer

A soup

Question 18

Port- Salut, Camembert, Neufchâtel, Pont- l'Evêque are varieties of this famous French product:

Accepted Answer

Cheese

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a French river but rather a famous channel?

Accepted Answer

Manche

Question 20

Where does denim (stuff your jeans are made out of) come from?

Accepted Answer

Nimes

Question 21

The artist Cézanne came from what city?

Accepted Answer

Aix - en - Provence

Question 22

How many kilometers equal one mile?

Accepted Answer

1.6

Question 23

In Paris in1785 millions of skeletons were transported from overcrowded cemeteries to ...

Accepted Answer

The catacombs

Question 24

Where was the peace treaty of World War I signed?

Accepted Answer

Versaille

Question 25

Where was Picasso born?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 26

What French brothers are well known for successfully launching the first hot air balloon?

Accepted Answer

Montgolfier brothers

Question 27

What is Orly?

Accepted Answer

An airport

Question 28

La Liberté Éclairant le monde is the French name for what work of art?

Accepted Answer

The statue of Liberty

Question 29

What is the legal voting age in France?

Accepted Answer

18

Question 30

Which famous French composer wrote " Claire de Lune"

Accepted Answer

Claude Debussy

Question 31

What is the second largest French city after Paris?

Accepted Answer

Marseille

Question 32

What is the city of Evian famous for?

Accepted Answer

Mineral Water

Question 33

Where is the Route de Vin?

Accepted Answer

Alsace

Question 34

Lavender, Roman ruins, and Bouillabaisse are from what region of France?

Accepted Answer

Provence

Question 35

What sea is to the south of France?

Accepted Answer

Mediterranean Sea

Question 36

Which group of people first planted grape vines?

Accepted Answer

The Romans

Question 37

Identify the American author of the "Lost Generation" who called Paris a " moveable feast"

Accepted Answer

Ernest Hemingway

Question 38

French is NOT an official language in which of these countries?

Accepted Answer

Belize

Question 39

What famous author was friends with Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Owen Wilson? ;-)

Accepted Answer

Gertrude Stein

Question 40

What animal is the symbol of France

Accepted Answer

a rooster

Question 41

What is a centre commercial?

Accepted Answer

a mall

Question 42

What is a Hôtel de Ville?

Accepted Answer

A town hall

Question 43

Invasion Beaches, Diary products, and William the Conqueror are associated with what region?

Accepted Answer

Normandie

Question 44

Café au lait is coffee served with...

Accepted Answer

cream/ milk

Question 45

When you win the Tour de France what do you wear?

Accepted Answer

a yellow jersey

Question 46

What do these extraordinary structures all have in common: Amiens, Reims, Chartres, Strasbourg?

Accepted Answer

They are all cathedrals

Question 47

Where is the Mona Lisa?

Accepted Answer

The Louvre

Question 48

What is the highest mountain in France?

Accepted Answer

Mont Blanc

Question 49

What is the Sorbonne?

Accepted Answer

A university

Question 50

What mountain range separates France and Spain?

Accepted Answer

Les Pyrénées

Question 51

What is the oldest structure in Paris?

Accepted Answer

Notre Dame Cathedral

Question 52

Which French holiday is celebrated on May 1?

Accepted Answer

Labor Day

Question 53

Where was the final defeat of Napoléan?

Accepted Answer

Waterloo

Question 54

What does it mean when something is "farci"

Accepted Answer

stuffed

Question 55

Which French president is responsible for the building of the Louvre, and the Paris Opera House

Accepted Answer

François Mitterand

Question 56

Women in France obtained the right to vote in what year?

Accepted Answer

1945

Question 57

What is the SNCF?

Accepted Answer

the railroad system

Question 58

Who wrote the book "les miserables"

Accepted Answer

Hugo

Question 59

What was the nationality of Marie Antoinette?

Accepted Answer

Austrian

Question 60

In which sporting event do the French designate a national hero?

Accepted Answer

Winner of the Tour de France

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