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100
The inventor of Champagne.
Who was Dom Pérignon ?
100
Biologist has long been renowned in France for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization.
Who is Louis Pasteur?
100
The preferred writing style of french culture.
What is cursive.
100
Liberté, égalité et fraternité. (Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity) There is a higher emphasis on equality.
What is the French motto?
100
The popular cycle race held in France.
What is the Tour de France?
200
A French emperor and military commander who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
Who was Napolean Bonaparte?
200
The French physician who invented the stethoscope and perfected the art of auditory examination of the chest cavity.
Who is René Laennec?
200
French dining etiquette is considered an art form.
What is Art de la Table ?
200
Acknowledged globally as the birthplace of nudism.
What is Montalivet Beach?
200
In 1660, French King Louis XIV built the Fort Saint-Jean in Marseille, but famously had his cannons pointed AT the city, instead of to defend it. Today, this rivalry still remains.
What is the Marseille – Paris rivalry?
300
The King of the Franks from 768 to 814, is often referred to as the "Father of Modern Europe" for his role in unifying Western Europe
Who is Charlegmange?
300
A chemist and physicist known as a pioneer in the field of research for radioactivity. Her greatest achievement lay in the discovery of the elements radium and polonium with techniques invented for the isolation of radioactive isotopes.
Who was Marie Curie?
300
A French painter and founder of impressionist painting who is seen as a key precursor to modernism
Who is Claude Monet?
300
The celebration held on July 14 in remembrance of the day a specific fortress in Paris was stormed into by revolutionaries starting the French Revolution.
What is Bastille Day?
300
The French culture participates in a twice a year shopping event known as _________.
What is “Les Soldes”?
400
The last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was imprisoned, tried and convicted of treason and sent to the guillotine to be executed by the revolutionaries in 1793.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
400
A French psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test
Who is Alfred Binet?
400
The event that began when a group of painters including Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley and Pierre-Auguste Renoir pursued plein air painting together.
What was the Impressionist movement?
400
An alternative to traditional marriage. A union with many of the same benefits as marriage such as tax breaks, but can be dissolved with a notice or by marrying someone else without going through the process of a divorce.
What is a pacte cilvil de solidarité?
400
The celebration to commemorate the storming of the Bastille Prison on July 14, 1789, which sparked the French Revolutionary War. It is referred to as ___________ or Bastille Day.
What is Fête Nationale (Independence Day)?
500
A young maid that said that she received visions of the archangel Michael instructing her to support the French King Charles VII from the English. Fought with the French alongside the Scots and helped lead the French army to victory.
Who was Joan of Arc?
500
The two Pioneers in the world of cinema that invented the cinématographe (an early motion-picture camera).
Who are Auguste and Louis Lumière?
500
The French have a concept called “terroir” which means “from the earth”, and there is a strong push towards eating locally produced meals.
What is organic and home-grown food?
500
What is the cheek kissing standard for greeting someone?
500
A legal document that enforces the principle that it is illegal in France to count statistics based on race or religion.
What is “Declaration de Droits des Hommes” (The Declaration of the Rights of Man)?