Famous French People - Statistics

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Clue Answer % Correct
The longest reigning monarch in world history, he was known as the "Sun King" Louis XIV
96%
Captured Moscow (briefly) in 1812 Napoleon
96%
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person of any gender to win two Marie Curie
90%
Female warrior who was burned at the stake by the English Joan of Arc
88%
President of France since 2017 Emmanuel Macron
87%
She launched her No. 5 perfume in 1921 Coco Chanel
84%
Developed a process for making milk safer Louis Pasteur
82%
King of the Franks from 768–814 AD Charlemagne
81%
Leader of the Free French forces during WWII Charles de Gaulle
80%
Author of "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" Victor Hugo
76%
He made about 250 paintings of water lilies Claude Monet
75%
Led France to a FIFA World Cup title in 1998, but was sent off for headbutting in the 2006 final Zinedine Zidane
67%
"Giant" of professional wrestling Andre the Giant
66%
Not satisfied with the title of Duke of Normandy, he conquered England too William the Conqueror
62%
"Cogito ergo sum", he postulated René Descartes
57%
Born François-Marie Arouet, this witty Enlightenment era writer is more commonly known by his pen name Voltaire
57%
Bloodthirsty, incorruptible revolutionary who founded the "Cult of the Supreme Being" in 1794 Maximilien de Robespierre
52%
In 2022, this DJ released "I'm Good (Blue)" David Guetta
47%
Co-inventor of the SCUBA set, he explored the seas aboard the Calypso Jacques-Yves Cousteau
43%
Author of "The Second Sex" Simone de Beauvoir
36%
Author of "Madame Bovary" Gustave Flaubert
33%
Usually considered the first French king Clovis
31%
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