Revolutions and Resistances
This French general became the first President of the fifth republic after World War II.
Who is Charles de Gaulle?
The French region known for its bubbly wine.
What is champagne?
The sale of a large swath of France's American territory to Thomas Jefferson.
What is the Louisiana purchase?
This French electronic music duo is known for the songs “Get Lucky” and “One More Time”
What is Daft Punk?
French Politician who became the youngest President of France in 2017 and was re-elected in 2022.
Who is Emmanuel Macron?
A French Revolutionary who really lost his head, after chopping off the heads of many others.
Who is Maximilien Robespierre?
This French sandwich is served with a fried egg on top.
What is croque madame?
If you take a class with Professor Tarjanyi, you'll probably read or watch something from this francophone African nation.
What is Algeria?
This 1942 novel by Albert Camus follows an indifferent protagonist who finds himself on trial for murder after shooting a man, claiming he was blinded by the sun.
What is The Stranger?
This Parisian museum, home to the Venus of Milo, will soon undergo a massive renovation.
What is the Louvre?
In Paris, this fort had seven prisoners broken out and now has a national holiday named after it.
What is the Bastille?
In the French cartoon Miraculous Ladybug, the character Plagg frequently requests this type of cheese.
What is camembert?
The island nation formerly called France's "Malagasy Protectorate."
What is Madagascar?
This prestigious French film festival, held annually on the Côte d'Azur, awarded its top prize, La Palme d’Or, to Anora in 2024.
What is the Cannes Film Festival?
As a result of this governmental body's dissolution, French people had to vote twice in the summer of 2024.
What is Assemblée Nationale?
Born in St.Louis, this famous singer, dancer, and actor spied for the French resistance and even housed resistance fighters and Jewish refugees.
Who is Josephine Baker?
The region of France that produces the most wine.
What is Bordeaux?
The year the French Parliament officially repealed Charles X's 1825 ordinance demanding Haiti pay France for its "loss of slaves."
What was 2016?
Recently, a French woman made news when she was scammed out of €830,000 by scammers using AI-generated images of this American actor.
Who is Brad Pitt?
This herbal French liquor recently experienced a production decline because the monks crafting it decided they wanted to protect the environment
What is Chartreuse?
The battle that brought Napoleon Bonaparte to the attention of high ranking officials of the First Republic.
What was the Siege of Toulon
In France, charcuterie refers primarily to this type of food.
What is cured meat or sausage?
Fighters from the Taiping rebellion fled to this French colony.
What is Vietnam?
What was French Indochina?
This eight-minute song, featuring rappers from Marseille such as Jul, SCH, and Naps, is known for its gimmick “Zumba Café, Café Carnaval”
What is "Bande Organisée?"
This around-the-world sailing race happens once every 4 years and departs from Les Sables d’Olonne, a French seaside town
What is Vendée Globe?