holidays
This is the holiday in Louisiana that takes place before Lent (the weeks preceding Easter)
Mardi Gras
This is the most popular sport in Canada
hockey
This is the English translation of the country whose French name is Côte d'Ivoire
Ivory Coast
This is the event the Eiffel Tower was built for
the Paris World's Fair
The fire was ___ (number) years ago.
two
This is the French food item that people in France eat for the holiday La Chandeleur
crêpes
This is a popular Olympic sport in which Canada has been successful in the pairs version; two famous pairs are Salé / Pelletier and Davis / White
figure skating
This is the largest French-speaking city in the world; it is located in the DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Hint: first letter is K
Kinshasa
This is the number of stories or elevator stops on the Eiffel Tower
three
The President of France hopes to have the Notre-Dame reconstruction complete by the time of this big event coming to Paris in 2024.
Summer Olympics
This is the month that the Carnaval de Québec is held in every year
February / février
Two popular teams in France who play this sport are Arsenal and Paris-St-Germain
soccer
This is the African country of origin of the largest number of immigrants in Lewiston
Somalia
Within five years either way, what year was the Eiffel Tower completed?
1889
This is the building material for the original stones that swelled up with water as the fire was being fought
limestone
This is the French word for Christmas
Noël
This is the French name for the NHL hockey team from Montréal
Le Canadien
This is the name of the newspaper published in Maine for the African immigrant community
Amjambo Africa
The French words for "the Eiffel Tower"
la Tour Eiffel
This is the architectural term for the famous external supports
This is the French word for holiday or festival
fête
This is the name of the Kansas City Chiefs football player who took last season off to work in a nursing home in Québec
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif
(two possible answers) Hundreds of immigrants came to Portland in 2019 from these two African countries. Name one.
Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Eiffel was the last name of the engineer who designed the Eiffel Tower. What was his first name?
Gustave
This is the term for the stone carvings of the monsters who form the rain spouts