Alimentation & Boissons
Le petit déjeuner is often a quick meal consisting of what food?
a) cold fish and fruits
b) French bread with jam or croissants
c) thinly sliced ham and cucumber sandwiches
d) cupcakes
b) French bread with jam or croissants
What do you call a stage of the Tour de France in French?
a) brie
b) une étape
c) la gazzetta
d) metz
b) une étape
Is un centimètre more or less than an inch?
a) the same
b) more
c) less
d) un centimètre does not exist
c) less
What is the French slogan that came as a result of the Revolution?
a) Vive la France
b) Liberté, Égalité, Fratenité
c) Amitié, Charité, Union
d) Long Live the King
b) Liberté, Égalité, Fratenité
What elevated region is in central France?
a) le massif central
b) the Pyrenees
c) the Alps
d) the Eiffel Tower
a) le massif central
After dinner, with what is the evening commonly topped off?
a) cigars and fine wine
b) bread
c) le digestif or le café
d) a salad
c) le digestif or le café
What was the common name for the French golden age of peace and prosperity?
a) the Steampunk Era
b) La Belle Époque
c) the Post WWII Era
d) the Napoleonic Era
b) La Belle Époque
Defined as in style in French, which phrase means "to serve with ice cream" in English?
a) Coupe de grâce
b) Cul-de-sac
c) À la mode
d) À la carte
c) À la mode
How old was Marie Antoinette when she married Louis XVI?
a) 14
b) 18
c) 20
d) 72
a) 14
What is France's most important national resource?
a) clean water
b) forests
c) fertile soil
d) matching socks
c) fertile soil
What is the name of the beverage that precedes a meal?
a) apéritif
b) digestif
c) brandy
d) Sprite
a) apéritif
Where can you see la Joconde (the Mona Lisa)?
a) Musée du Louvre in Paris
b) Musée Rodin
c) the moon
d) Les Invalides
a) Musée du Louvre in Paris
What is the underground subway called in Paris?
a) le métro
b) Régie autonome des transports
c) Carte orange
d) the underground
a) le métro
What is the French national anthem?
a) Les Allobroges
b) Alsace Lorraine
c) la Marseillaise
d) Hail, Britannia
c) la Marseillaise
From where does most of France's olive oil come from?
a) Vannes
b) Provence
c) Chicago
d) Strasbourg
b) Provence
What meal of the day is considered the "main meal?"
a) lunch
b) breakfast
c) dinner
d) dessert
a) lunch
What art movement was used to design most of the Paris Metro stations?
a) L'art Prompier
b) Metro Beautification
c) Rococo
d) Art Nouveau
d) Art Nouveau
France is the world's leader in what three luxury goods?
a) perfume, leather goods, and fine papers
b) water, shoes, and silks
c) haute couture, perfumes, and cosmetics
d) cats, dogs, and birds
c) haute couture, perfumes, and cosmetics
For which occasion was La Tour Eiffel built?
a) to celebrate the end of the Hundred Years' War
b) as a monument to peace after WWI
c) to celebrate the new millennium in 2000
d) as the entrance to the 1889 World Fair
d) as the entrance to the 1889 World Fair
What regions are famous for their butter?
a) San Francisco
b) Lyon and Marseille
c) Normandy and Brittany
d) Paris and Nice
c) Normandy and Brittany
How many different types of cheese does France produce?
a) over 350
b) over 400
c) over 500
d) 1,000,000
b) over 400
In what year did France win the FIFA World Cup for the first time?
a) 1938
b) 1982
c) 1954
d) 2011
a) 1938
In which hand do the French usually hold the fork while eating?
a) either- it doesn't matter
b) the French don't use forks
c) right
d) left
d) left
What U.S. state is named after a province of France?
a) Louisiana
b) Maine
c) Vermont
d) New Mexico
b) Maine
How long is the coastline in Brittany, France?
a) 8 miles
b) 506 miles
c) 678 miles
d) 746 miles
d) 746 miles