Bastille Day
How do people celebrate Bastille day in France?
parades, festivals, communal eating, and fireworks
Originally supposed to be a temporary structure for the 1889 Exposition.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
Name of main character in Goscinny's story about a young boy who lived in France in the 1950's
Who is Nicolas?
Perhaps the most famous of all French people, he lost the Battle of Waterloo.
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
What caused the economic hardships that ultimately led to the revolt on Bastille Day?
Widespread crop failures and Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette's frivolous spending
The second biggest city in France
What is Marseille?
He was a physically deformed bell ringer.
Who was Quasimodo?
Author of The 3 Muskateers
Who is Alexander Dumas?
What is the motto for the revolution?
liberté, égalité, fraternité
Principal Royal Residence from 1682 until the French Revolution in 1789. It contains the Hall of Mirrors.
What is Versailles?
She was otherwise known as "Beauty."
Who is Belle?
Told that the peasants had no bread, she uttered the phrase, "Let them eat cake."
Who was Marie Antoinette?
Where does the oldest military parade in the world take place?
Champs-Elysee avenue
Has been both literally and figuratively been called The City of Light.
What is Paris?
He fell into a magic potion as a baby which gave him super human strength.
Who is Asterix?
He was a physician during the plague, an astrologer, but is best known for his poetic quatrains of predictions.
Who was Nostradamus?
What did Bastille day signify?
It symbolized that the loyalties did not lie with King Louis
You can see Mona Lisa here.
What is the Louvre?
A Belgian reporter who solved mysteries with his little dog Snowy (Milou in French)
Who is Tintin?
She was a peasant, a warrior, and a saint. Died at 19.
Who was Joan of Arc?