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100
Rugby, Tennis or Football(soccer)
What is one of France's three most popular sports?
100
12-2pm
What is the time that most shops close for lunch?
100
the most visited tourist attraction in France
What is Disneyland Park, Paris?
100
the biggest biannual fashion show in Paris
What is Fashion week?
100
Merci Beacoup
How do you say "Thank you very much" in French?
200
the world's largest cycling event that lasts about three weeks
What is the Tour de France?
200
one of the most important speciality shops in a village
What is a bakery?
200
the world's most visited museum
What is the Louvre ?
200
when it is known that fashion became a significant part of Paris, France (what century?)
What is the seventeenth century?
200
he helped build the Statue of Liberty and another famous French symbol
Who is Gustave Eiffel?
300
the world's oldest annual endurance race
What is 24 Heures du Mans?
300
the second home that many people own for holidays
What is the maison secondaire ?
300
part of the Crown of Thorns
What is the important Catholic relic that is housed at Notre Dame de Paris?
300
one famous French artist we discussed
Who is Degas, Cezanne, Monet or Rousseau
300
the reason the Statue of Liberty was given to America
What is America's 100th bday?
400
another sport that is popular in France but NOT in America
What is sailing or alpine skiing?
400
was built in 1889 and was the tallest made-made structure for the next 41 years
What is the Eiffel Tower?
400
Degas was famous for paintings that included
What are ballet scenes, nudes and figures?
400
the title of one of the first French fairy tales we discussed
What is Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty or Cinderella?
500
a famous American cyclist who won the Tour de France 7 times in a row
Who is Lance Armstrong?
500
the religion of the majority of French people
What is Christianity ?
500
honours those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I. The Arc de Triomphe is the linchpin of the historic axis— a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route which goes from the courtyard of the Louvre, to the Grande Arche de la Défense.
What is the Arc de Triomphe?
500
a leading French Impressionist painter that is most famous for his landscapes, seascapes, and garden scenes
Who is Claude Monet?
500
the author of the original Fairy Tales
Who is Charles Perrault?