Withington Pub Quiz League - ACQ - One in 4 - 15/07/12

Date of compilation	Title	Description	Links
15/07/2012	Vive La France	30 multiple choice questions about France.	Format index

Choose your question from the 30 questions about France listed below by clicking the adjacent question number. Each question has 4 possible answers. Click the one you think is right. The answer will turn red if it's wrong and green if it's right.
1.	Napoleon	2.	Ligue 1	3.	Telecoms	4.	Bridges	5.	Composers	6.	Les Dentelles
7.	Languages	8.	Trains	9.	Land borders	10.	World War 2	11.	Fictional heroes	12.	Presidents
13.	Van Gogh paintings	14.	World Heritage sites	15.	Chansons	16.	TV	17.	Navigo	18.	Oscar-winning films
19.	Wind	20.	Tennis	21.	Overseas territories	22.	Tour de France	23.	Guillotine	24.	Wine
25.	Windows	26.	Revolutionary months	27.	Grasse	28 .	Cheeses	29 .	Islands	30.	Literature

1.	Napoleon
Where was Napoleon born?


2.	Ligue 1
Which team won the French Ligue 1 title in the 2011/12 season?

A	Lille	B	Paris St Germain	C	Marseilles	D	Montpellier
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3.	Telecoms
France Telecoms, the second largest telephone company in the world, owns which of Britain’s mobile phone operators?

A	Orange	B	T-Mobile	C	O2	D	Vodafone
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4.	French bridges
Over the mouth of which French river does this bridge stretch?

A	Seine	B	Rhone	C	Loire	D	Gironde
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5.	French composers
Who wrote this music? (click to play)

A	Bizet	B	Saint-Saëns	C	Offenbach	D	Berlioz
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6.	Les Dentelles
What are Les Dentelles?

A	Chain of lakes in the Pyrenees	B	Mountains in Provence	C	Parisian ballet company	D	Truffaut's first full length film
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7.	Languages
In which indigenous French language is this phrase: “Kentoc’h mervel eget bezañ saotret” ?

Provencal

Occitan

Basque

Breton

It means: “Rather death than dishonour” and is the official motto of Brittany

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8.	Trains
If you were travelling by train from Paris to Bourdeaux from which Paris terminus would you depart?

A	Gare Montparnasse	B	Gare du Nord	C	Gare de Lyon	D	Gare d'Austerlitz
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9.	Land borders
With which other country does France share its longest land border?

A	Belgium	B	Germany	C	Spain	D	Italy
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10.	World War 2
During World War 2 the Free Zone of France was ruled by a government headed by Marshall Petain. Which of the following French cities was NOT in this Free Zone?

A	Toulouse	B	Bordeaux	C	Lyons	D	Marseilles
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11.	Fictional heroes
Jean Valjean is a fictional hero created by which author?

Molière

Victor Hugo

(in Les Misérables)

Jean Racine

Georges Simenon

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12.	Presidents
Since Charles de Gaulle which French President has been the youngest on entering office?

A	Jacques Chirac	B	Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	C	Francois Hollande	D	Nicolas Sarkozy
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13.	Van Gogh paintings
Which French town is depicted in this Van Gogh painting?

A	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence	B	Orange	C	Aix-en-Provence	D	Arles
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14.	Xabi Aonso
The Pont du Gard in Southern France is a World Heritage site. What is it?

A	Modern road bridge	B	Ancient prison	C	Roman road bridge	D	Aqueduct
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15.	Chansons
Who is singing this archetypal French song La Mer? (click to play)

A	Charles Trenet	B	Charles Aznavour	C	Serge Gainsbourg	D	Maurice Chevalier
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16.	TV
Loft Story is the French version of which TV format?

A	Dragon's Den	B	I'm a Celebrity get Me Out of Here	C	Big Brother	D	The Apprentice
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17.	Navigo
What would you be buying in Paris if you bought a Navigo?

A	A token for using the toilet in any Parisian Railway station	B	‘Smart’ Travel Card (like the Oyster card in London)	C	A ticket to ascend the Eiffel Tower by the superfast lift	D	A weekly token to park anywhere in the city limits
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18.	Oscar-winning films
In the 2011 Oscar-winning film The Artist what was the name of the dog that played the part of Jack?

A	Aggie	B	Oggie	C	Uggie	D	Iggie
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19.	Wind
The Mistral is a wind that blows strongly in the south of France. From which direction does it predominantly blow?

A	North	B	South	C	East	D	West
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20.	Tennis
The French Open Tennis Championships are held in Paris at the Roland Garros Stadium. Roland Garros was famous as what?

A	Poet	B	Politician	C	Aviator	D	Engineer
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21.	Noumea
Nouméa is the capital of which French Overseas Territory?

A	Martinique	B	New Caledonia	C	French Guyana	D	Réunion
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22.	Tour de France
Cyclists from France have won the Tour de France the most often but which country boasts the second highest number of winners?

A	USA	B	Spain	C	Italy	D	Belgium
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23.	Guillotine
When was the guillotine last used in France?

A	1977	B	1992	C	1946	D	1960
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24.	Wine
Saint-Émilion wine comes from which wine region?

A	Burgundy	B	Bordeaux	C	Languedoc-Roussilon	D	Côtes du Rhone
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25.	Windows
In which cathedral is this famous rose window?

A	Reims	B	Bourges	C	Chartres	D	Tours
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26.	Revolutionary months
In the French Revolution they renamed the months. Which season had these three months: Vendémiaire, Brumaire and Frimaire?

A	Spring	B	Summer	C	Autumn	D	Winter
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27.	Grasse
The southern French town of Grasse is famous for which industry?

A	Perfume	B	Truffles	C	Jewellery	D	Stained glass
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28.

Cheeses

“How can you govern a country that has 246 varieties of cheese” is a quote from whom?

A	Winston Churchill	B	Charles de Gaulle	C	Oscar Wilde	D	Harold Wilson
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29.	Islands
The Île de Ré is connected by a 2.9km bridge to which mainland French port?

A	Brest	B	Marseilles	C	Saint Nazaire	D	La Rochelle
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30.	Literature
Which of these French literary figures produced a work called Les Fleurs du Mal?

Molière

Victor Hugo

J P Sartre

Charles Baudelaire

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A	Paris	B	Corsica	C	Island of Elba	D	Martinique
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