French Language
Italian Language
French Culture
Italian Culture
French & Italian Sports
100

What language comes from a Celtic language, Germanic dialects, and Latin?

French

100

Italian is the closest national language to what?

Latin

100

This palace was built between 1661-1715 by a famous French king: where and who?

 

Louis XIV, Versailles

100

Which mountain range forms the backbone of the peninsula?

 Apennine mountains

100

What are the two names for this game (1 French, 1 Italian)?


Bocce or pétanque

 

200

What language is spoken along with French in the south of France?

Occitan

200

How many letters are in the Italian alphabet?

21

200

What French festival takes place on July 14?

Bastille Day

200

 Which musical instrument was invented by an Italian maker around 1700?

Piano


200

What French soccer team plays in this light blue and white stripe? 


Olympique de Marseille

300

How many countries have French as the official language?

29

300

When did Italian first appear in written language?

10th Century

300

What year did the French Revolution start?  

1789

300

What is the name of the church in the Vatican?


St. Peters

300

What Italian Football team does this logo belong to? 


ACF Fiorentina

400
Around how many French speakers are there worldwide?

About 220 million

400

Which Italian author was a major force in standardizing the language?

Dante

400

Who crowned himself emperor on December 2nd 1804?

Napoleon

400

Who wrote the opera ‘La Boheme’?

 Puccini

400

How many times has France hosted the Olympics?

5, (6 in 2024!)

500

What language spoken in France is this?

“Pelec’h emaomp ? Komz a rit saozneg ?”

Breton

500

How many countries have Italian as an official language?

4

500

What French film by the Lumière brothers was considered the birth of cinema?  

L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat

500

What was the official currency in Italy before it changed to the euro in 2002?

Lira

500

How many FIFA world cups have the French and Italian national football teams achieved total? 

6

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