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Food and Drink
Geography
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History
100
Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Who is France's most famous ecologist?
100
What type of cooking is called provincial?
What is traditional, local cooking?
100
the nuclear power industrt
What industry produces most of France's electricity?
100
Romanticism, realism, and impressionism
What are the three schools of art that flourished in the mid 19th century?
100
age 5
At what age did Louis XIV begin ruling France?
200
After the inventors the Montgolfiere brothers
Why were the first hot-air balloons known as montegolfieres?
200
nouvelle cuisine
Name the movement in the 70s featuring simpler foods and smaller portions
200
Toulouse
Where is the center for French Space programs?
200
Gothic
The Cathedral of Chartres is an example of which type of art?
200
1500
Where were the boundaries of modern France established?
300
Edith Cresson
Who was the first female prime minister, appointed in 1991?
300
lunch
Which meal of teh day is considered the main meal?
300
Space, electronics, and computer software
What types of industry are most prominent in Toulouse, France?
300
the Baroque Period
The Palace of Versailles is a monument to art of which period?
300
Huguenots
Protestanism came to France during the 1500's. Those who converted were called what?
400
Marie Curie
Whose work on radiation was the first step in treatment for cancer?
400
le reveillon de Noel
What is the French term for the meal that is celebrated Christmas Eve?
400
Kourou (French Guyana)
Where is France's spacecraft launched?
400
Paris
Where did the first ever public film screening take place in 1895?
400
Germany
On June 12, 1940, Paris surrendered to what country?
500
Alexandre Gustave Eiffel
Who buildt the world famous structure in Paris in 1889?
500
rich chocolate cake with vanilla or coffee icing in the shape of a log
What is une buche de Noel?
500
the French Riviera
What is the name of the long beach in Southern France?
500
emotions and imagination
What do painters from the romantic period appeal to?
500
the Germans
By 1942 who had taken over the entire country of France?
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