Drome history
Ballet
Lakes of New York
Docteurs de l'Eglise
French Creoles
100
The Via Agrippa refers to the Roman name of which important feature of modern Drome?
The Route National 7
100
Jules Leotard (1830-1870) gave his name to the garment worn by ballerinas. His profession was
A) Instructor at the école de danse de l'Opéra
B) Trapeze artist
C) Tailor
D) Open circuit scuba diver
Trapeze artist
100
New York's Lake Champlain is shared with which other US. state?
Vermont. Apparently, the Vermont side has more pastures and thriving farm towns.
100
Which two Carmelite Doctors of the Church, a man and a woman, are often referenced together?
Santa Teresa de Avila y Juan de la Cruz
100
What is this sign in Guadeloupe asking drivers to do?
Slow down. Children are playing
200
Which king was married in Tain l-Hermitage in 1350? The 5 kings that reigned before him did not include any Louis : Philippe V, Charles IV, Philippe VI, Jean I, and Jean II
Charles V of Valois (with Jeanne de Boubron)
200
Teatr Wielki is in which important ballet nation? Built in 1833 for a production of Rossini's The Barber of Seville the same year, it was almost entirely destroyed in World War II. In 1965 it reopened after nearly 20 yeras.
Poland
200
Which lake gave its name to a canal, completed in 1825 that was considered a gateway to the West, connecting the lake to the Hudson river, a distance of about 580 kilometers.
Lake Erie
200
St Irenaeus of Lyon was proclaimed a Doctor of the Church by which recent pontiff?
Pope Francis in 2022.
200
This is a creole family from a 1790 painting. Which nation controlled Louisiana from 1762 to 1801? 
Spain
300
Quelle arrivée à Valence a transformé l’économie de la Drome en 1854?
Le train
300
Which of these is not a ballet vocabulary word?
A) En dehors
B) Soubresaut
C) Encerclement
D) Rond de jambe
C) Encerclement
300
Lake Placid, New York hosted which sporting event in 1932 and 1980?
Lake Placid hosted the first Winter Olympics in 1932. That year the United States won the Winter Olympics medal tally for the first time in history.
The Winter Olympics returned to Lake Placid in 1980, hosting thirty-seven nations represented by over 1,000 athletes.
300
Eminens doctrina is a Latin phrase referencing what:
A) Quality of the theological reflection for a candidate to be Doctor of the Church
B) Supremacy of the magesterium of the Church over any one declaration by a Doctor of the Church
C) Connection between the writings of a Doctor of the Church and the corpus of literature from when they lived.
D) The use of a Doctor of a Church for biblical commentary, study, and exegesis (such as the Catena Aurea
A) Quality of the theological reflection. The writings should have been incorpoated into the magesterium for a candidate to move forward. However, it does not compare the magesterium to a Doctor's writing, which are already supposed to be orthodox.
300
Complétez la phrase => Le Courir de ____ : célébré dans les coins ruraux de la Louisiane française. Les participants sont déguisés avec de vieux vêtements et vont de ferme en ferme (certains à cheval) pour demander l’aumône et de la nourriture.
Mardi Gras (avant le carême). Cet événement est différent du défilé de La Nouvelle-Orléans (plus proche de l’esthétique du Carnaval de Rio).
400
En 1120 le Pape Calixte II envoya une lettre aux évêques de Coimbra et de Salamanque depuis quel chateau-fort au sud-est de Valence qui contient le plus haut donjon de France?
Crest
400
The 2-act ballet "Le Papillon" about the love story between a servant girl and a Prince was written by which composer?
A) Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski
B) Hector Berlioz
C) Giuseppe Verdi
D) Jacques Offenbach
D) Jacques Offenbach
400
Which of these lakes is located in New York?
Panuke Lake
Lake Mead
Windsor Lake
Seneca Lake
Seneca Lake is the largest of the seven finger lakes in a region known for wine making.
400
Who was the first proclaimed Doctor of the Catholic Church (in 1298)? He wrote Liber Regulae Pastoralis and a life of Saint Benedict. He shares a first name with two Church Fathers from Nyssa and Nazianzus.
Gregory I "The Great"
400
Quelle danse populaire des Caraïbes obtient son nom d'un dessert français à partir d’oeux et de sucre?
Méringue désigne une danse lascive, introduite depuis quelque temps en Haïti, et qui remplace, avec avantage pour quelques-uns, le respectable carabinier de nos pères. [footnote in Alcibiade Fleury-Battier, "Sous les Bambous," Paris, 1881]
500
Saint Marcel, évêque de Die, a du resister a quelle forme d’hérésie de la part des envahisseurs Burgondes à la fin du 4ème siècle?
L'Arianisme. Son frère, Saint Pétrone, était aussi un évêque (de Vienne).
500
In what century did dancing en pointe (on toe) become a popular component of ballets?
19th century
500
What is the former name of Lake George (at the Southeast base of the Adirondack mountains) from its discovery by French explorers?
Lac du Saint Sacrement as named by the missionary, martyr, and Catholic Saint, Isaac Jougues. The current name honors King George II.
500
John Henry Newman, declared Doctor of the Church in 2025, founded an oratory, died, and was beatified all in which United Kingdom city?
Birmingham
500
"Mo pa kapav manzé tro for" veut dire "je n'aime pas les épices" dans le créole de quelle ile aux épices avec 1.200.000 locuteurs? L'ile est donc au troisième rang mondial après Haiti (10 millions) et la Jamaïque (2,6 millions) selon le World Population Review de 2024.
Le Mauritien de l'Ile Maurice.