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France Trivia Quiz

A general knowledge quiz about France.

A multiple-choice quiz by yasmare. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
yasmare

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
51,342

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5536

Last 3 plays: Guest 147 (8/10), rahonavis (10/10), Guest 80 (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. By what name is the French national flag known? Hint

The Marseilles

La Chavignon

Le Cockerel

The Tricolor

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is the name of the most famous French mime artist? Hint

Marcel Marceau

Sacha Distel

Maurice Chevalier

Georges Pompidou

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the French term for a pen name or pseudonym?

Answer: (Three Words)

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Question 4 of 10

4. From what is the French liqueur 'Calvados' made? Hint

Turnips

Bananas

Plums

Apples

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which Chateau in the department of Yvelines is the summer residence of the French President? Hint

Thierry

Versailles

La Valliere

Rambouillet

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who wrote the words 'We seek him here, we seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel'? Hint

Honore de Balzac

Emma Orczy

Marcel Proust

Emile Zola

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Question 7 of 10

7. Under which treaty did Germany surrender Alsace-Lorraine to the French in 1919? Hint

Villiers

Sevres

Paris

Versailles

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was the French tightrope walker who crossed the Niagara Falls, then repeated the feat blindfolded, then pushing a wheelbarrow? Hint

Charles Zidane

Jean Descartes

Jean Orcy

Charles Blondin

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which French author wrote the book Les Miserables, adapted as a musical in 1980? Hint

Gustave Flaubert

Arthur Rimbaud

Charles Baudelaire

Victor Hugo

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the French name for the English Channel? Hint

Le Chanel

La Manche

La Boulogne

La Biscay

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. By what name is the French national flag known?

Answer: The Tricolor

The three colours convey the principles of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

2. What is the name of the most famous French mime artist?

Answer: Marcel Marceau

His most celebrated characterisation was Bip, a character half-Pierrot, half-Charlie Chaplin's tramp. He passed away in 2007.

3. What is the French term for a pen name or pseudonym?

Answer: Nom De Plume

4. From what is the French liqueur 'Calvados' made?

Answer: Apples

Calvados is an apple brandy produced from fermented cider.

5. Which Chateau in the department of Yvelines is the summer residence of the French President?

Answer: Rambouillet

Louis XVI bought the chateau from his cousin and built a dairy for his wife, Marie-Antoinette, in the gardens. He established an experimental sheep farm where the celebrated Rambouillet merinos are still bred.

6. Who wrote the words 'We seek him here, we seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel'?

Answer: Emma Orczy

She was a Hungarian-born British novelist, educated in Brussels and Paris. She then studied art in London. Later she exhibited some of her work in the Royal Academy. The Scarlet Pimpernel was first published in 1905 and was set during the time of the French Revolution.

7. Under which treaty did Germany surrender Alsace-Lorraine to the French in 1919?

Answer: Versailles

The treaty was drafted during the Paris Peace Conference in the spring of 1919, which was dominated by the national leaders known as the 'Big Four': David Lloyd George of Britain, Georges Clemenceau of France, Woodrow Wilson of the United States, and Vittorio Orlando of Italy.

8. Who was the French tightrope walker who crossed the Niagara Falls, then repeated the feat blindfolded, then pushing a wheelbarrow?

Answer: Charles Blondin

He was born Jean-Francois Gravelet in 1824. His first crossing of Niagara was made in 1859.

9. Which French author wrote the book Les Miserables, adapted as a musical in 1980?

Answer: Victor Hugo

He is considered the most important of the French romantic writers. Though regarded in France as one of their greatest poets, he is better known abroad for such novels as Notre-Dame de Paris (1831) and Les Miserables (1862).

10. What is the French name for the English Channel?

Answer: La Manche

La Manche takes its name from a department in the Basse-Normandie region of northwestern France, with a 200-mile coastline embracing the Cotentin peninsula.

Source: Author yasmare

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