Domrémy, Chinon, Orléans, Reims, and Rouen all played a role in the life of this French heroine.
Who is Joan of Arc?
100
This American author, who was famous for her friendships with Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso, and Alice B. Tolkas, once said, "American is my country and Paris is my hometown."
Who is Gertrude Stein?
100
Port-Salut, Camembert, Gruyère, Neufchâtel, and Pont-L'Evêque are varieties of this famous French product.
What is cheese?
100
Known as La Manche in French, this body of water is found to the north of France.
What is the English Channel?
100
This literary movement is associated with Gustave Flaubert.
What is realism?
200
This French King (known as the "Sun King") was responsible for the construction of the magnificent palace at Versailles and who said: "L'État, c'est moi."
Who is King Louis XIV?
200
This Irish author, famous for writing The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), once wrote, "They say that when good Americans die they go to Paris."
Who is Oscar Wilde?
200
This culinary description means that your food will be smoked.
What is fumé?
200
You are here if you see signs for Mairie des Lilas, Porte d'Orléans, Pont de Sèvres, Gallieni, or Créteil-Préfecture.
What is in the Parisian métro?
200
This literary movement is associated with Jean-Paul Sartre.
What is existentialism?
300
This French president was responsible for the building of the Louvre pyramid, the Great Arch at La Défense, and the Bastille Opera.
Who is François Mitterrand?
300
This famous seventeenth-century philosopher, scientist, and mathematician once said, "Je pense, donc je suis." (I think, therefore I am)
Who is René Descartes?
300
Muscadet, Sancerre, Graves, Saint-Emilion, and Maçon are just a few examples of this French product enjoyed worldwide.
What is wine?
300
The town of Chamonix in the French Alps is a favorite ski destination because of its proximity to the highest mountain in Europe. Name this peak.
What is Mont Blanc?
300
This literary movement is associated with Émile Zola.
What is naturalism?
400
Evariste Galois, René Descartes, Jules-Henri Poincaré, Gaspard Monge, and Pierre de Fermat made outstanding contributions in this field.
What is the field of mathematics?
400
This American author of the "Lost Generation" once said, "If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
Who is Ernest Hemingway?
400
This culinary description means that your food will be cooked in a white cream sauce.
What is blanquette?
400
This landlocked country, whose official language is Catalan and which has the 2nd highest life expectancy in the world (82 years) is found between Spain and France.
What is Andorra?
400
This literary movement is associated with Victor Hugo.
What is romanticism?
500
In 1785, millions of skeletons were transported from overcrowded cemeteries to this network of quarries beneath Paris, which served as the headquarters of the Resistance during World War II.
What are the Catacombs?
500
Albert Camus, Anatole France, André Gide, and Frédéric Mistral are all famous for their contributions to literature and all won this distinctive honor.
What is the Nobel Prize?
500
This culinary description means that your food will be cooked with onions.
What is lyonnaise?
500
This town inspired Paul Cézanne.
What is Aix-en-Provence?
500
This literary movement is associated with Jean Racine.