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This famous type of French bread is characterized by its long, narrow shape.
What is the baguette?
This city, known as the "City of Light," is the capital of France.
What is Paris?
Around 6 to 7 million people visit this iconic French tower every year, located in Paris.
What is the Eiffel Tower?
This famous execution device was used during the French Revolution.
What is the guillotine?
This beloved novella by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry tells the story of a young prince who travels from planet to planet, learning valuable life lessons along the way.
What is "Le Petit Prince" or The Little Prince?
This French vegetable dish shares a name with a famous Disney movie.
What is ratatouille?
This European country, known for pasta, wine, and architecture, borders France.
What is Italy?
This famous art museum in Paris houses the Mona Lisa.
What is the Louvre?
"Let them eat cake" is a phrase that is commonly attributed to this French queen.
Who is Marie Antoinette?
This 19th-century French writer is best known for his works Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.
Who is Victor Hugo?
This buttery, flaky French pastry actually originates from Austria as the "kipferl".
What is the croissant?
This 777-km long river flows through Paris.
What is the Seine?
This grand palace near Paris, commissioned by Louis XIV, features the famous Hall of Mirrors and extensive gardens.
What is (the Palace of) Versailles?
This French heroine, later declared a saint, led the French army to victory at the Siege of Orléans during the Hundred Years' War.
Who is Joan of Arc?
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Known for his "Water Lilies" series, this French painter was a founder of the Impressionist movement.
Who is Claude Monet?
A traditional French delicacy, snails are also called this in France
What is escargot?
This mountain range, which forms a natural border between France and Italy, is home to Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe.
What are the Alps?
This massive Gothic cathedral in the heart of Paris is known for its flying buttresses, gargoyles, and for surviving a fire in 2019.
What is Notre Dame?
This 19th-century emperor of France was exiled to the island of Saint Helena after his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This existentialist writer, who penned The Stranger and The Plague, won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957.
Who is Albert Camus?
This French food is often served with a variety of fillings like cheese, fruit, vegetables, meats, and sweet or savory spreads
What are crêpes?
This West African country, known for its rich cultural heritage and historical significance, was formerly a French colony and has its capital in Dakar.
What is Senegal?
A triumphal arch in Paris commissioned by Napoleon, it honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars.
What is the Arc de Triomphe?
In 1789, French citizens stormed this Paris prison, symbolizing the start of the French Revolution.
What is the Bastille?
This French singer, known as "The Little Sparrow," became a national icon for her soulful voice and songs like La Vie en Rose and Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien.
Who is Édith Piaf?