1. French quiz

2. 1. Which of these countries does not share a border with France?
Spain
Italy
Germany
The Netherlands

3. 2. Jean-Paul Gaultier is famous for….
goal scoring
tennis playing
fashion designing
cooking

4. 3. Pick a country apart from France where French is spoken.
Senegal
The Netherlands
Turkey
Austria

5. 4. When did France win the soccer World Cup?
2002
2006
1998
1994

6. 5. Which of these labels is French?
Nike
Reebok
Le coq sportif
Puma

7. 6. What would you do with ‘le béret’?
Eat it
Drink it
Wear it
Carry it

8. 7. Pick the odd one out.
Brie
Camembert
Gruyère
Saucisson sec

9. 8. ‘Roland-Garros’ is the name of a famous tournament and sport’s ground in France. Which sport is played there?
Tennis
Rugby
Golf
Handball

10. 9. Where was the first McDonalds built in France?
Paris
Marseille
Strasbourg
Nice

11. 10. Who makes the perfume ‘J’adore’?
Chanel
Dior
Lancôme
L'Oréal

12. 11. ‘La Loire, La Seine and la Garonne’ are all French…..
mountains
rivers
lakes
monuments

13. 12. What is “Mont Blanc’? A famous French yoghurt
France’s highest mountain
France’s longest river
A village where all the houses are white

14. 13. ‘The small sparrow’ was the. nickname of which famous French
13. ‘The small sparrow’ was the nickname of which famous French singer?
Francoise Hardy
Vanessa Paradis
Edith Piaf
Maurice Chevalier

15. 14. Which food is Dijon famous for?
ham
snails
mustard
cheese

16. 15. When did the French Revolution take place?
1655
1789
1865
1431

17. 16. What is the ‘French Foreign Legion’?
A skin disease
A military unit
A road race

18. 17. What is the capital of France?
Lyon
Marseille
Paris
Rome

19. 18. “Pinot noir’ is an …………
Apple
Grape
Cherry
Black currant

20. 19. What does the ‘14th of July’ celebrate?
The French revolution
World War II
The birth of Napoleon

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20. What was the profession of Joseph Guillotin the inventor of the ‘guillotine’?
executioner
doctor
butcher
hairdresser

22. 21. Which French region is called ‘La Bretagne’?
Brittany
Bordeaux region
The south
Paris suburbs

23. 22. In which year did Joan of Arc die?
1455
1431
1589
1601

24. 23. Who developed a reading language for the blind?
Louis Pasteur
Louis Braille
Marie Curie

25. 24. In which year was the Eiffel Tower built?
1901
1889
1786
1942

26. 25. Which king of France was known as ‘The Sun King’ ?
Louis XIV
Napoleon
Charles V
Henri VI

27. 26. Which is the longest river in France?
Loire
Seine
Rhône

28. 27. Which monetary unit is used in France?
Euro
Mark
Lira

29. 28. How many ‘stages’ are there in the 2009 Tour de France?27 17 21 10

30. 29. What is the height of the Eiffel Tower?
512m
324m
280m
177m

31. 30. Which famous monument was a present to the USA from France?
The Liberty Bell
The Statue Of Liberty
The Washington Memorial
The Gateway Arch

32. 31. ‘Charles de Gaulle’ is a famous French….
holiday place
king
red wine
general

33. 32. Who is the current President of France?
Nicolas Sarkozy
François Mitterrand
Jacques Chirac
Napoleon

34. 33. Which of these car manufacturers is French?
Renault
Fiat
Porsche
Audi

35. 34. Who wrote the books ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and
Who wrote the books ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ and ‘Les Miserables’?
Hugo
Camus
Sartre
Voltaire

36. 35. What is the French National Anthem called?
La Parisienne
La Belle France
La Marseillaise