Geography
The region of Bordeaux of France is known for producing the finest what?
What is vineyards, wineries, and congac.
This city in France has over 5,000 restaurants alone?
Paris
The most renowned leader of France who led them through the French Revolution
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
A sport played in France that is a mix of soccer and football?
What is Rugby.
The shape designated when referring to the whole country of France. 8 sides.
What is a hexagon?
This self-centered civil engineer was responsible for the construction of the Eiffel Tower.
Who is Gustave Eiffel
In France, lunchtime is typically how long?
2 hours
The French people are not allowed (it's Illegal) to name their pigs the name of this important French leader.
What is Napoleon
The annual cycling race in France
What it Tour de France
The way geographers normally designate 4 areas of France
What is Ile de France, Ardennes, Normandy, and Brittany?
This is a big pot of melted cheese or chocolate dip. You can dip vegetables or fruit.
What is Fondue
Name 2 common French breakfast items. One is a thin pancake, and the other is made with bread, milk and eggs.
What is Crepes and French toast.
in France, this word means both hello and goodbye
What is Salut
The countries of Poland, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Algeria bring the majority of what to the country of France.
What are majority of immigrants.
The city of Bourgogne is where specialty dish was invented. It involves a slimy terrestrial mollusk.
What is escargot. Usually cooked in butte, chicken stock or wine.
French was the official language of this other country for over 300 years.
What is England
The fall of Charlemagne's Empire after his death led to define the boundaries of these two countries
What is France and Germany?
This is one of the world's largest art museums
The Louvre Museum. It is located in Paris and was built in 1793. it is home to the Mona Lisa, Liberty Leading the People and Venus de Milo sculpture.
Famous 16 year old girl that inspired the French to drice Engalnd out of France.
Joan of Arc. She claimed God talked to her and told her she would lead the French to Victory which they did.
In France they say this before every meal?
Bon Appetit
What do Belgium, Luxemburg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Andorra what in common?
They all border France.
This palace was built during the rule of Louis XIV. It was for all the French kings up until XVI.
What is the Palace of Versailles. Spread over 30,000 acres. built with a rich hunting game and so it became popular for royalty to go hunting.
Nobel prize winning female scientist studied radiology in France, originally from Poland. She was not allowed to continue her studies in her country of origin, because she was a women.
Who is Marie Curie
A Truffle mean this in French.
Underground Fungi
This famous river runs through major cities such as Paris, Troyes and Rouen. Starts with S.
What is the Seine River. It is 483 miles long. There are 37 bridges to cross this river throughout the country.
This cathedral is located Paris, France and is also the name of a college located in Indiana, US.
Notre-Dame. the cathedral was constructed in 1160 but it burned about 850 years ago and then again in 2019. has been restored.
The French make how many different kinds of cheese?50, 100, 300
More than 300 different kinds. you can eat a different cheese every day.
What is the name of this famous French impressionist artist that was born in 1840 and is known for artworks such as, Women with a Parasol 1875, Water Lilies 1896-1926.
Claude Monet. known for his attempts to paint nature as he perceived it.
This percentage of modern English words are of French origin. 20%, 45%, 65%
What is 45% of words are of French Origin. Such as Restaurant, Menu, Chef, Arcade, Cinema, Bracelet, Brunette, Fiancé, Cliche, Debut, Souvenir, Bizarre, Mirage, Sabotage, Decor etc.
What is Mont Blanc?
The highest mountain in France. 15,766 ft above sea level, located on the French-Italian border. the 11th most prominent mountain in the world.
This monument was created to commemorate Napoleon Bonaparte's victories. The Arc de...
What is Triomphe. Triumph
A yeast bread rich in butter and eggs
What is brioche?
The French people consume this amount of Escargot each year. 5, 15 or 25 TONS!
What is 25 tons of escargot. (snails)
This city is known as the "City of Lights"
Paris. got its nickname in the early 19th century after becoming the first major European city to use gas lighting to illuminate its streets.