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The French Revolution

Can you guess these facts about the French Revolution?
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First submittedMarch 6, 2018
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King and queen who were beheaded in 1793
Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Device used to behead them
Guillotine
Famous utterance of the queen which she probably never actually said
Let them eat cake
Prison that was stormed in 1789
Bastille
Day of the year when the prison was stormed
July 14th
Groups of people who comprised the "Three Estates" prior to the Revolution
Clergy
Nobility
Commoners
Charles Dickens novel set in London and Paris during the time of the Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities
Period in 1793 and 1794 in which thousands were executed
The Reign of Terror
Small group that led France during the above period
Committee of Public Safety
"Incorruptible" and bloodthirsty revolutionary who was executed in 1794
Maximilien Robespierre
Revolutionary motto, first uttered in 1790, which is still the national motto of France
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
City which France's national anthem is named for
Marseille
Official state cults which were attempted as a replacement for Catholicism
(name either)
Cult of Reason /
Cult of the Supreme Being
System of weights and measures introduced in 1791
Metric System
Period of time which was increased to 10 days in length
Week
People who were NOT granted rights by the "Declaration of the Rights of Man"
Women and slaves
Leader elevated to the rank of "First Consul" in 1799, an event usually
considered the end of the Revoluion
Napoleon Bonaparte
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42 Comments
mikeb
+10
Level 65
Mar 6, 2018
Accept "Bastille Day" for day prison was stormed? (This is a joke before any of the usual crowd get your shorts in a knot. However, it might be considered legitimate for those who didn't know the name of the prison!)
MajorStranger
+8
Level 35
Jul 14, 2018
Officially French do not celebrate bastille day. They celebrate Federation day which happened a year later at the same date. They choose that date because they didn't want a bloodbath to become celebrate. That didn't worked.
Malbaby
+3
Level 70
Jul 16, 2018
Only 7 prisoners were released on that day and all low level crooks, thieves etc.
Baalhammon
+1
Level 71
Jul 19, 2021
This might be a joke but please accept

"The Xth of Y" instead of only "Y Xth"

(knew the right date but only tried the first format and concluded I misremembered)

mrnafe
+1
Level 84
Mar 6, 2018
Could decimal work for metric?
WT2008
+13
Level 77
Mar 7, 2018
Not the same thing
typhon
+3
Level 51
Jul 14, 2018
Could you accept "brotherhood" in addition to fraternity? They are actually the same word in French, and I didn't even think of the word fraternity. I always heard "Liberty, Egality, and Brotherhood"
mikeyp
+4
Level 76
Jul 14, 2018
Sure but at least can you say it with a French accent?
Malbaby
+4
Level 70
Jul 16, 2018
Why would you not say 'Equality' for Egality then?
martay
+2
Level 69
Jul 14, 2018
Robbespiere Robspierre Robespiere Robespierre is hard to spell
TinuvielAelin
+7
Level 62
Jul 19, 2018
Interesting that in English it's "Committee of Public SAFETY", while in German for example you call it "Wohlfahrtsausschuss", meanning "Committee of Public WELFARE" - the latter seeming closer to the original "comité de SALUT public".
FranckMee
+2
Level 68
Jul 14, 2021
Yes, I'm French and I tried "salute", "salvation", anything I could think of related to "salut public", but hard luck…
Rufy
+1
Level 79
Jul 14, 2021
Same for me : I tried "salvation", "salute", before having to check on Google how it was translated into English...
Tramp
+5
Level 79
Jul 14, 2021
I prefer the more accurate "Committee of Public Greetings That May Be Used Among Friends and Acquaintances"
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Jul 22, 2018
Interesting that Thomas Jefferson, an author of the American "Declaration of Independence" also co-authored the French

"Rights of Man" in 1789. (guess that's why neither document took issue with slavery). Nonetheless, while the French in effect, ended slavery in 1794, it took the United States a good 71 years (1865) to follow suit. Truly the embodiment of a man "who speak with fork tongue".

TheRatmeister
+5
Level 95
Jul 6, 2020
Could "Everybody else" be accepted for the 3rd estate?
GrassKnuckles
+2
Level 39
Jul 14, 2021
i couldn't even get that last estate, because i didn't know it was called "commoners" and was trying many different things lol
jonh
+2
Level 58
Jul 14, 2021
Why is "Bourgeosie" an accepted answer for commoner? Shouldn't it really be part of the Nobility??
Valenmiceli
+4
Level 63
Jul 14, 2021
No. Bourgoise people were commons.
JWatson24
+7
Level 71
Jul 14, 2021
"Bourgeoise" in the French Revolution and "Bourgeoise" in the Communist Manifesto were a bit different (though they ultimately came from the same group of people). In the 1780s-90s, the bourgeoise was made of merchants, businessmen, doctors, lawyers, etc. Despite being educated and relatively rich, these people were still locked out of the political process of the Ancien Regime because they didn't have noble blood, and thus were considered "Commoners." By 1848, due to the Industrial Revolution kicking into high gear, this group of people had much more influence in the economy and government and thus were morphing into the "upper crust" of society, which is why Marx treated them as separate from the working class, which still didn't have many rights.

That's what I learned in high school history anyways. I'm not an expert on this, so if someone has a better explanation, feel free to elaborate!

Aficionado
+3
Level 72
Jul 14, 2021
I was about to say the exact thing! The Bourgeoisie were the upper middle classes. In the Estates General of 1789, they were the representatives of the Third Estate, even though peasants formed the bulk of this particular estate.
Minutiae
+7
Level 74
Jul 14, 2021
For 'Who weren't granted rights by the "Declaration of the Rights of Man"?', I tried 'pigs'...

I'm not wrong you see...

Dimby
+1
Level 83
Oct 8, 2022
Have you read Animal Farm?
FranckMee
+6
Level 68
Jul 14, 2021
So as a French, I tried "3rd estate", "third estate", "third state"…

We really have this usual expression: clergé, noblesse et tiers-état. "Commoner" (roturier in French) is absolutely never used in that context (though it is historically accurate).

Could you accept "third estate"?

Rufy
+2
Level 79
Jul 14, 2021
Same here (again!) : I tried "third estate" and finally typed "people", just in case, and it was accepted!
Temudhun
+1
Level 73
Jul 14, 2021
I agree, I was even more baffled when I finally got the answer right by typing peasant even though peasants are only a part of the Third Estate.
TGrob
+4
Level 67
Jul 14, 2021
I was surprised the quiz doesn't accept the Cult of the Supreme Being (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Supreme_Being)
Xen0n
+2
Level 31
Jul 15, 2021
yep ! this is exactly what i tried for a long time and is a n equally acceptable answer. And in many ways is actually a more suitable answer to the prompt - given that it was specifically intended to replace Catholicism
Stayn
+2
Level 56
Jan 13, 2024
not really as it wasn't an atheistic religion but a deistic one
Stayn
+1
Level 56
Jan 13, 2024
the cult of the supreme being is a 'deistic' religion not an atheistic one
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 2, 2026
I've updated the question to accept either cult.
b1094
+2
Level 71
Jul 14, 2021
What is the Third Estate? Everything.

What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing.

What does it ask? To become something.

Anderis
+1
Level 76
Jul 14, 2021
It was very annoying knowing the date of the storming of the Bastille prison but not being able to type it in a way expected by the quiz maker.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 2, 2026
The following are all accepted:

7/14

14/7

July 14

July Fourteen

14 July

14th July

Fourteenth July

July Fourteenth

The Fourteenth of July

The 14th of July

And more!

JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Jul 14, 2021
The French Revolution is probably one of my favorite historical events and something I really want to learn more about. Great quiz!
Dewot423
+3
Level 66
Jul 14, 2021
If you're not already dug deep want a very readable, general-audience history of it that doesn't sacrifice detail or analysis, Simon Schama's Citizens is an excellent overview of the revolution.
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Jul 15, 2021
Cool, I'll look into it. Thanks for the suggestion!
FNWY4life
+1
Level 75
Jul 14, 2021
Happy Bastille Day Everyone!
kevlarkev
+2
Level 65
Jul 14, 2021
Apparently, Cult of Personality doesn't work
Blitz12
+3
Level 39
Jul 15, 2021
I guessed Taco Bell Crunch Wrap supreme because I watch too much OverSimplified
Jibe
+1
Level 64
Jul 15, 2021
excellent. thanks for the quizz.

you could also accept "buns" instead of "cake", according to the fact that the french word is "brioches", not "gateaux"

Wolfboy12
+2
Level 48
Dec 30, 2021
Learned most of these from Oversimplified.
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