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100

What French Impressionist artist painted many of his paintings in the garden he created at his home in Giverny?

Claude Monet

100

Port-Salut, Camembert, Gruyère, Neufchâtel, and Pont-l'Évêque are varieties of what French product?

Cheese

100

What is the French word for "thank you"?

Merci

100

What is the capital of France?

Paris

100

What gift did the French give to America to commemorate its centennial to independence?

The Statue of Liberty

200

What opera was the masterpiece of Georges Bizet?

Carmen

200

What are escargots?

Snails

200

What does the verb "parler" mean?

To speak

200

What is the highest French mountain range that includes Mont Blanc?

Les Alpes

200

What Austrian princess became a very unpopular queen of France (wife of Louis XVI)

Marie-Antoinette

300

Flying buttresses, gargoyles, stained glass, ribbed vaults, and thin walls are characteristic of what architectural style which was prevalent in Europe from the 12th in the 16th century?

Gothic

300

What is the name of the individual French stick of bread weighing 250 grams?

La baguette

300

What are the present tense conjugations of "avoir"?(Je,tu,il/elle,nous,vous,ils/elles)

J'ai                        Nous avons

Tu as                     Vous avez

Il/elle a                  Ils/Elles ont

300

What franophone country's flag is black yellow and red?

Belgium

300

Where was Napoleon Bonaparte's final defeat?

Waterloo

400

What French town in the south of France hosts an International Film Festival every May?

Cannes

400

What cheese dish is popular in the Savoie region of France?

Fondue

400

What is the conjugation of Être in the present tense in the Nous form?

Nous sommes

400

What body of water borders France to the south?

The Mediterranean Sea


400

During what war did Joan of Arc and her army drive back the English and guide the Dauphin to be crowned King Charles VII?

The 100 years War

500

What French science-fiction writer is the author of Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Around the World in 80 days, and A Journey to the Center of the Earth?

Jules Verne

500

What chocolate company originally began in Switzerland enjoys large sales in America with products like the "Crunch" bar?


Nestle

500

What is "The beach" in French?

La plage

500

What is the river that runs through Paris?

The Seine

500

What was the former name of France?

Gaul