| Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| The longest reigning monarch in world history, he was known as the "Sun King" | Louis XIV | 98%
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| Captured Moscow (briefly) in 1812 | Napoleon | 98%
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| The first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the first person of any gender to win two | Marie Curie | 95%
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| Female warrior who was burned at the stake by the English | Joan of Arc | 94%
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| President of France since 2017 | Emmanuel Macron | 92%
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| King of the Franks from 768–814 AD | Charlemagne | 91%
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| Leader of the Free French forces during WWII | Charles de Gaulle | 91%
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| She launched her No. 5 perfume in 1921 | Coco Chanel | 91%
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| Developed a process for making milk safer | Louis Pasteur | 91%
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| Author of "Les Misérables" and "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" | Victor Hugo | 86%
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| He made about 250 paintings of water lilies | Claude Monet | 84%
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| "Giant" of professional wrestling | Andre the Giant | 78%
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| Led France to a FIFA World Cup title in 1998, but was sent off for headbutting in the 2006 final | Zinedine Zidane | 76%
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| Not satisfied with the title of Duke of Normandy, he conquered England too | William the Conqueror | 74%
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| Born François-Marie Arouet, this witty Enlightenment era writer is more commonly known by his pen name | Voltaire | 69%
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| "Cogito ergo sum", he postulated | René Descartes | 68%
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| Bloodthirsty, incorruptible revolutionary who founded the "Cult of the Supreme Being" in 1794 | Maximilien de Robespierre | 64%
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| In 2022, this DJ released "I'm Good (Blue)" | David Guetta | 57%
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| Co-inventor of the SCUBA set, he explored the seas aboard the Calypso | Jacques-Yves Cousteau | 56%
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| Author of "The Second Sex" | Simone de Beauvoir | 46%
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| Usually considered the first French king | Clovis | 45%
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| Author of "Madame Bovary" | Gustave Flaubert | 43%
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