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1. What year did Jacques Cartier first travel up the St. Lawrence River?
2. What year was Quebec City founded by French settlers?
3. What was Henri IV's title before he became King of France?
4. Henri IV was the first king of what French dynasty?
5. A Bourbon king still occupies which of the European thrones?
6. Louis XV was the ____ of Louis XIV, the Sun-King.
7. He commanded the French 1st Army that landed with American troops in the south of France in 1944.
8. He led the French 2nd Armoured Division that took part in the liberation of Paris in the summer of 1944.
9. He was not made Marechal de France by Napoleon?
10. He was prime minister of the Vichy Regime during World War II.
11. This French secret organization, of fascist sympathies, was very active in the 1930's, just prior to the Second World War.
12. He wrote the famous article 'J'Accuse!' to oppose the army's anti-semitism and treatment of captain Dreyfus.
13. This famous French writer and aviator died during a reconnaissance mission he was flying during WWII.
14. This was the SS Division composed of French volunteers that were among the last defenders of Berlin in 1945.
15. Which of these powerful feudal lords was never a vassal of the King of France?
16. Which of these European territories was never ruled by a Bourbon sovereign?
17. The Bourbon prince known as the 'Grand Condé', a cousin of the King of France, led what revolt of the high nobility in the XVIIth century?
18. He succeeded De Gaulle as president of the French Republic.
19. Students and worker protests almost toppled the French government in:
20. He was the key player in the French victory at the World Cup of Soccer in 1998. What is his name?
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