Monarchs
"Let them eat cake" is attributed to her, though it is unlikely she ever stated these words.
Who is Marie Antoinette
Device used to behead 40,000 in the French Revolution
What is the guillotine?
Members of the 1st Estate.
Who were the Church or clergy?
Leader of the Reign of Terror
Who is Robespierre?
Leader of the Haitian Revolution.
Who was Toussaint L'Overture?
Who is Louis XIV
Though he led the Reign of Terror, he too met his end under the rule of the mob.
Who was Robespierre?
Members of the 2nd Estate.
Who were the nobles or nobility?
Team that had its stadium roof ripped off by hurricane Milton.
Who are the Tampa Bay Rays?
Number of games it took for the Yankees to beat the Royals, and not the French Royals.
What is four?
First monarch to be beheaded in European history.
Who was Louis XVI
This guy avoided the guillotine, and instead opted for island life.
Who is Napoleon?
This group made up 97% of the population, and paid just about all the taxes.
Who was the 3rd Estate?
Though we think he was a Ticonderoga fan, his hit song "Purple Rain" topped the charts in the 1980s.
Who was Prince?
French symbol that is popular throughout some parts of American culture, and even serves as the symbol of New Orleans' NFL team.
What is the fleur des lis?
The leader of France when Louis XIV was too young to rule.
Who is Cardinal Mazaran
Like Robespierre, he was a revolutionary figure that wrote against the Royals until he was beheaded too.
Who was Danton?
Concept that the Kings were appointed by God and were his representative on earth.
What is Divine Right Theory?
Who were loyalists or those sympathetic to the monarchy?
Which two colleges play in the Red River Shootout this Saturday in the Cotton Bowl?
University of Oklahoma Sooners vs. University of Texas Longhorns
Louis' (all of them) last name
What is Bourbon
These beheadings didn't happen by the guillotine, but instead by the mob on July 14, 1789.
What is the Bastille prison riots/attack?
Term for kings and queens have unquestioned and total power.
What is absolutism?
This actor played Dwight on the hit TV show The Office.
Who is Rain Wilson?
Term for when you burn everything around you in a military retreat.
What is scorched earth?