April 30, 1987
About 75% of France’s population are members of this religion
What is Catholicism?
After the revolution, Viollet-le-Duc supervised the repair of this famed French cathedral
What is Notre Dame (de Paris)?
France’s unknown soldier of WWI is buried under this Paris landmark
What is the Arc de Triomphe ?
The chateau at Ussé, not one in Anaheim, is said to be the inspiration for this fairy tale
What is Sleeping Beauty?
France is 2nd to Italy in production of this drink but consumes the most per capita in the world
What is wine?
They were first held in Chamonix, France in 1924 with just 293 participants
What are the Winter Olympics?
At present [until 1990-something], France’s finance ministry is headquartered in this Paris museum
What is the Louvre?
The capital of Burgundy, it’s known for its liqueur, spice bread and mustard
What is Dijon?
They could almost hang a “closed for vacation” sign on Paris during this summer month
What is August?
By law, full time French workers get at least 5 weeks of this with pay
What is vacation?
Only Frenchmen are forbidden to enlist in this famous fighting force.
What is the Foreign Legion?
You can travel about 270km per hour on the TGV, which is this type of transportation
What is a train?
Impressed by the chateau Vaux-le-Vicomte, Louis XIV hired the same team to design this palace for him
What is Versailles?
Pilgrimage center that is home of the second-largest Roman Catholic church in the world
What is Lourdes?
A "hôtel de ville" isn't a hotel at all but one of these municipal buildings
What is town/city hall?
The French buy bread at the boulangerie and fancy cakes/pastries in a shop called this
What is a pâtisserie ?
Becoming emperor in 1852, Louis Napoleon took this title
What is Napoléon III?
The colorful main attraction of the cathedral in Chartres
What is stained glass?
IM Pei designed a 70 foot glass pyramid as an addition to this famous French museum
What is the Louvre?
One of the two Caribbean territories that are départements, or administrative districts, of France
What are Martinique and Guadeloupe?
Vercingétorix was the last chieftain in Gaul to be defeated by this conqueror in 52 BCE
Who is Julius Caesar?
Between 1871 and 1945, ownership of these disputed territories passed back and forth between Germany and France
What are Alsace and Lorraine?
This village on the riviera became a hot resort when Brigitte Bardot moved there
What is St. Tropez?
Surprisingly, this, not grapes, is France’s leading single crop
What is wheat?
Subject of a long-standing dispute, France regained this area from Germany after both World Wars
What are Alsace and Lorraine?