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100

What year were the Paris Olympics?

2024

100

Famous French Bread

Baguette  

100

Which fruit, known as pomme d’amour in France, was wrongly thought in Renaissance times to be poisonous?

Tomato

100

French colors

Red, white, Blue

100

Largest city in France

Paris

200

He is a basketball unicorn, height listed 7'3" and the future of the NBA

Victor "Wemby" Wembanyama

200

The “LV” in the French luxury fashion conglomerate LVMH stands for what fashion house that merged with Moët Hennessy in 1987?

Louis Vuitton 

200

The French Parliament is made up of an upper house (Senate) and a lower house that is known by which name?

National Assembly

200

This color in the French flag represents liberty

Blue

200

He is thought to be short. He was a political and military leader. In 1804, he crowned himself the Emperor of France,

Napoleon Bonaparte

300

what year did France win their latest Fifa World Cup.

2018

300

Double Jeopardy: Famous French Cookie

Macaron 

300

Unlike the gold-plated Oscars, France's César award for cinema excellence is cast from what mostly copper alloy?

Bronze

300

President Thomas Jefferson bought about 828,000 square miles worth of land from France in 1803. What name was given to the transaction for that territory?

The Louisiana Purchase

300

One of the top 5 smallest countries in the world. Also known as the principality and is surronded on all sides by France and the sea

Monaco

400

The best player on the French National Team (Soccer). Currently playing for Real Madrid. He scored 3 goals in the world cup Final

Kylian Mbappe

400

This is the most famous Motor Race in the country's history. Known for being a day long.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans

400

What “A” word is a day celebrated by France every November 11th since 1918 when Germany and the Allied countries signed an agreement in Compiègne, France to end World War I?

Armistice 

400

This color in the flag represents equality

White

400

National Bird of France

The Gallic Rooster

500

Which 21-stage, 23-day, 2,200-mile men’s bike race is held each summer and ends at the Champs-Élysées?

Tour de France

500

Invented in France in the 19th century, the velocipede was early version of what form of transportation?

Bicycle

500

 What Parisian-born actress and activist launched the U.N. Women campaign HeForShe in 2014 – about three years after starring in her eighth “Harry Potter” film?

Emma Watson

500

This was a gift from France to America and symbolizes the friendship between France and the United States and represents freedom.

Statue of liberty

500

France’s longest international border is with which 6-letter country?

Brazil (Because of French Guiana)