French Revolution
Bastille Day
July 14th, 1789
What is béchamel?
Soup
Sauce
Patisserie
What cheese does Tamara despise
Chevre :(
In general, what time do stores close at?
19h / 7pm
Since 2000, the president is elected for how many years?
5 years
Where are Voltaire and Rousseau buried ?
Pantheon
Why did Marie & Louis get married?
It had been negotiated in an attempt to hold together the two former enemies, France and Austria.
Choucroute is a specialty from where ?
Bourgogne
Alsace
Savoyarde
Does gruyere have holes?
Yes
What number do you call for the sexy firemen?
18
Who appoints the prime minister?
The president
Who wrote Les Misérables?
Victor Hugo
What was the enlightenment?
An intellectual and cultural movement which spread across Europe during the 18th century.
What is the base for gratin dauphinois?
Potatoes!
How many varieties of cheese are there?
400
What is considered full time work in France ? (Hours)
35...
Quelles sont les devises de la France ?
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
Name of the heroine in the hunchback of notre dame?
Esmeralda
Name some philosophes des Lumières
Voltaire Montesquieu Diderot Rousseau Locke d'Alembert
What is a religieuse?
Dessert
Salad
Sauce
Brie is a cheese from what animal ?
Vache
On average, how many KGs of bread are consumed yearly?
81 kgs
65 kgs
54 kgs
Years for WWI and WWII
1914-1918
1939-1945
Le petit prince lived on asteroid D612 ?
False
B612
What was Louis XIV known by / name?
Le roi soleil
Profiteroles are a...
Little saucisses
An amuse-bouche
A dessert
What kind of milk is in Roquefort?
Brebis
On average, how many Litres of wine is consumed yearly?
51 litres
69 litres
104 litres
Name three presidents from the 5th (current) republique
Charles de Gaulle - Georges Pompidou - Valéry Giscard d’Estaing - François Mitterrand - Jacques Chirac -Nicolas Sarkozy - François Hollande - Emmanuel Macron
Who wrote Le Petit Prince?
Antoine de St Exupery
Name two people who were guillotined during the revolution?
Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette
What is Saint-Jacques in English?
Scallop
Camembert originates from where?
Normandie
Where is the oldest cafe in Paris?
Quartier Latin (Le Procope - 1686
Who decided to construct the Arc de Triomphe?
Napoleon 1er
Who was not one of The Three Musketeers?
Aramis - Rastignac - Athos
Rastignac
Who was the 1st Emperor of France?
Napoléon Bonaparte
Who is the French patron saint of bakers?
Saint Honoré
What is in the middle of morbier?
Mould (moisissures)
Natural colouring
Ash (de la cendre)
Name two people buried in Pere Lachaise
Oscar Wilde - Chopin - Jim Morrison - Edith Piaf - Moliere - Balzac
Where did CDG organize the resistance?
London
Who wrote l'etranger?
Why did mobs storm invalides?
Weapons to defend themselves (Crowd of 8,000 & 32,000 weapons + artillery were found)
Main ingredients in aligot?
Cheese and potatoes
Why is mimolette orange?
A spice
National release day for new films ?
Wednesday
How many deputies are there in the Assemblee Nationale
577
Victor Hugo (one of the first to use a standing desk)