French People
This man has been the President of France since 2017, and is one of the two Co-Princes of Andorra.
Who is Emmanuel Macron?
One French folktale says that this simple dish originates from a housewife accidentally spilling porridge on a cooking stone.
What is a crêpe?
These three words compose the French motto, which originated as a rallying cry during the French Revolution.
What is liberty, equality, fraternity?
liberté, égalité, fraternité
This number represents how many countries have French listed as an official language.
What is 29?
This singer, born in Québec, has won 5 Grammys and introduced francophone music to many non-francophone countries around the world.
Who is Céline Dion?
This Polish-French physicist received 2 Nobel prizes (in 1903 and 1911) and is widely known for her work in radiation and radioactivity.
Who is Marie Curie?
This French goûter, or snack, is a small butter cake that shares a name with many French women.
What is a madeleine?
This word is used to describe the shape of France.
What is a hexagon?
l'hexagone
This French Polynesian island is known for its history of tattoo culture and influencing the English and French words for "tattoo," originating from this island's term "tatau," the use of which dates back to 1500 BC.
What is Tahiti?
This famous 19th-century dance is known for its high kicks and connection to the cabaret Moulin Rouge. It's also said to be a symbol of women’s liberty and emancipation.
What is the Can-can?
This French monk is credited to the invention of champagne and the creation of the traditional second fermentation process. Also known as the Father of Champagne.
Who is Dom Perignon?
This term describes a dessert that holds a plastic baby figurine inside as part of a Roman pagan tradition still enacted in Francophone regions today.
What is King Cake?
This animal is used to describe the spiral formation of the 20 districts of Paris.
What is a snail?
l'escargot
This country is the most populous country to have French as an official language.
What is the Democratic Republic of the Congo?
This set of French brothers are credited as inventors of the Cinématographe device and for the first commercial exhibition of motion-picture films in Paris, 1895.
Who are the Lumière brothers? (Louis and Auguste Lumière)
This King of France, also known as The Sun King, held the longest reign of France, ruling for 72 consecutive years and 110 days. One state in the U.S.A. is named after him.
Who is Louis XIV?
A “chocolatine” in the South of France.
What is pain au chocolat?
French Sign Language composes approximately 60% of this non-francophone country's sign language lexicon.
What is the U.S.A.?
This Francophone country is known for producing cheese, chocolate, and watches.
What is Switzerland?
This French rom-com film (which has been adapted into a musical) centers around a whimsical young woman in Montmartre.
What is Amélie?
This national heroine and patron saint of France led the country to victory against the English at Orléans in 1429.
Who is Joan of Arc?
France has a bread law that states that this traditional type of bread can only be made using 4 ingredients: wheat flour, water, salt, and yeast.
What is a baguette?
This is the year that the French Revolution took place.
What is 1789?
Cayenne is the capital of this South American overseas department of France.
What is French Guiana?
This francophone song, whose title translates to "Dad, where are you?," was released by a Belgian singer in 2013 and gained recognition around the world, including non-francophone countries.
What is Papaoutai?