Paris
What is Paris known as?
The City of Love
or
The City of Lights
What French art museum was originally a train station?
Le Musée d'Orsay
What famous French dish's main ingredient was also used to color clothing purple for centuries?
Escargot (snails)
Who is the president of France?
Emmanuel Macron
What part of France is best know for beautiful chateaux
The Loire Valley
When was the Eiffel Tower Built?
January 26, 1887
What famous French painted was actually born in the Netherlands?
Which of these dishes does not use cheese;
A - aligot
B - reclette
C - fondu
D - blanquette
D - blanquette (it involves cream and flour but not cheese)
How many treaties of Versailles have there been?
What French museum is the most visited in the world?
Le Louvre
What famous Irish Writer has a tomb Paris accompanied by a sculpture of their likeness?
Oscar Wild
Which French artist has a famous museum in Paris and Philadelphia?
Rodin
What famous French pastry was actually invented in Austria?
What was the most catastrophic invasion in French history?
France's invasion of Russia in 1812
In what discipline does France hold the most Nobel Prize winners?
Literature (with 16 laureates)
Tours of the Paris sewers have been available since what year?
1858
Which 19th century French author had the foresight that humans would walk on the moon one day?
Jules Verne
Who is the patron saint of pastry?
Bonus points possible
Saint Honore
What French ruler sat (mummified) on their throne for 400 years?
Emperor Charlemagne (Yes, seriously his subjects liked him that much)
Which queen was briefly married to a Prince Francis the Dauphine in the sixteenth century?
Mary Stuart Queen of Scots
How many art pieces does the Louvre have in its collection?
460,000
Which French novelist kept an Egyptian mummies foot on his desk?
Gustave Flaubert (known for many works including Madame Bovary)
What is the national dish of France?
Pot-au-Pot (A dish of stewed meat and vegetables)
In what year did France become a sovereign nation?
486 CE
What is the newest castle in France?
Guédelon Castle (This castle is being built from the ground up in the Medieval style and construction began in 1997)