| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| President of France since 2017 | Emmanuel Macron | 95%
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| Military leader during the French Revolution and the first 'Emperor of the French' | Napoleon Bonaparte | 92%
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| FIFA World Player of the Year in 1998, 2000 and 2003 | Zinedine Zidane | 89%
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| Statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II | Charles de Gaulle | 84%
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| Founder of fashion brand of leather goods | Louis Vuitton | 84%
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| The ruler of France, considered to be the longest ruling monarch in Europe | Louis XIV | 84%
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| Architect and engineer, designed the famous tower for the world expo in Paris | Gustave Eiffel | 82%
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| Footballer who scored a hat-trick in the 2022 FIFA World Cup final against Argentina | Kylian Mbappé | 82%
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| Painter whose most famous paintings include the Waterlily pond in Giverny | Claude Monet | 79%
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| All-time great striker for Arsenal and the France national team | Thierry Henry | 74%
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| Author of the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Victor Hugo | 71%
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| Author of the novel Journey to the Centre of the Earth | Jules Verne | 68%
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| Philosopher famous for his criticism of the Roman Catholic Church | Voltaire | 68%
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| DJ who performed the official song for the UEFA 2016 | David Guetta | 66%
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| Scientist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination | Louis Pasteur | 66%
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| The architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror | Maximilien Robespierre | 66%
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| Author of The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers | Alexandre Dumas | 63%
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| Star of the movie Léon: The Professional | Jean Reno | 63%
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| His best known philosophical statement is "cogito, ergo sum" | Rene Descartes | 63%
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| Unit of pressure was named after him | Blaise Pascal | 58%
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| President of France from 1981 until 1995 | Francois Mitterrand | 58%
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| Footballer who won the Ballon d'Or three times, in 1983, 1984 and 1985 | Michel Platini | 58%
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| Nominated for Oscar for Best Actor for movie Cyrano de Bergerac | Gerard Depardieu | 55%
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| 2.24 m tall basketball player who was named the 2024 NBA Rookie of the Year | Victor Wembanyama | 55%
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| Actor, director and footballer who played for Manchester United | Eric Cantona | 53%
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| Footballer who scored a record of 13 goals at 1958 FIFA World Cup | Just Fontaine | 50%
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| Naval officer and explorer who studied the sea and all forms of life in water | Jacques Cousteau | 47%
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| Astrologer, physician and reputed seer, best known for his book Les Prophéties | Nostradamus | 47%
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| Author of The Stranger | Albert Camus | 45%
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| Writer of The Little Prince | Antoine de Saint-Exupery | 45%
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| Painter who created Woman with a Hat, The Joy of Life and Nu bleu | Henri Matisse | 45%
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| First French actor who won Academy Award for Best Actor (The Artist) | Jean Dujardin | 45%
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| Basketball player who played 17 seasons for San Antonio Spurs in the NBA | Tony Parker | 45%
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| One of the most prominent actors and screen sex symbols in 1960s and 1970s | Alain Delon | 42%
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| Four-time Formula One Drivers' Champion | Alain Prost | 42%
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| Hero of both the French and American Revolutions | Marquis de Lafayette | 42%
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| Composer and pianist of the famous Bolero | Maurice Ravel | 42%
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| Impressionist artist famous for his depictions of dancers | Edgar Degas | 39%
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| Philosopher whose ideas influenced the Enlightenment | Jean-Jacques Rousseau | 39%
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| Author of Tartuffe, Don Juan and The Misanthrope | Moliere | 34%
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| Director or producer of the films The Big Blue and La Femme Nikita | Luc Besson | 29%
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| Author of the novel Father Goriot | Honore de Balzac | 26%
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| Painter who is considered as a bridge between Impressionism and Cubism | Paul Cezanne | 26%
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| The last Frenchman to win a Grand Slam singles title (Roland Garros 1983) | Yannick Noah | 26%
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| Composer with one of his most famous works the Mazurka | Claude Debussy | 24%
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| Racer who won World Rally Championship a record 9 times in a row | Sebastien Loeb | 24%
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| First person who mapped the St Lawrence River in Northern America | Jacques Cartier | 21%
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| IHF Handball World Player of the Year in 2007, 2014, and 2016 | Nikola Karabatic | 18%
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| One of the biggest French film stars of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s | Jean-Paul Belmondo | 16%
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| President of France during the World War I | Raymond Poincaré | 13%
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