Personnes et Places
What French King, responsible for the construction of the magnificent palace at Versailles said, "L'État, c'est moi." (I am the State)?
Who is Louis XIV?
Port-Salut, Camembert, Gruyère, Neufchâtel, and Pont-l'Évêque are varieties of what French product?
What is cheese?
When do the French celebrate their national holiday?
What is July 14th?
What French town in the south of France hosts an International Film Festival every May?
What is Cannes? (come to our French Film Festival April 2026!!!)
What French expression refers to a feeling of reliving an experience?
What is déjà vu?
The author Oscar Wilde once wrote, "They say that when good Americans die they go to..." (what city)
What is Paris?
What is the name of the high-speed train that runs between Paris and London?
What is the Eurostar?
What French holiday is celebrated on May 1?
What is Labor Day?
What mountain range separates France from Spain?
What is the Pyrenees? (Basque country!!!)
What is the French equivalent for the bald eagle?
What is the rooster (le coq)?
Where is nearly every French king from the 10th to the 18th century buried?
What is in the Basilica of Saint Denis?
What gift did the French give to America to commemorate its centennial to independence?
What is The Statue of Liberty?
When the French count with their hands, which finger represents one?
What is their thumb?
What is the furthest distance one would have to walk in Paris to get to a metro (subway) station?
What is 500 meters?
What product is the city of Evian known for?
What is mineral water?
What French general (later president of France) said in a broadcast to the French people form London on June 18, 1940, "France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war."
Charles de Gaulle
Where are French children taught to keep their hands during dinner?
What is on the table?
Around what famous monument do twelve Parisian avenues meet and form a star?
What is the Arc de Triomphe?
What mountain in the French Alps is Europe's highest peak?
What is Mont Blanc?
What is the French equivalent for Uncle Sam?
Marianne
In what Paris square were many guillotined during the French Revolution?
What is La Place de la Révolution, now called Place de la Concorde?
This actor is one of the most prolific French film stars and has appeared in several American movies including Green Card, My Father the Hero, and Life of Pi.
Who is Gérard Depardieu?
What opera was the masterpiece of Georges Bizet?
What is Carmen?
What do Alsatian, Breton, Catalan, and Provençal all have in common?
What are they are dialects spoken in France?
What is the French equivalent for E Pluribus Unum?
"Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité"