| # | What they did / were | Frenchman / Frenchwoman | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WWII general and first president of the Fifth Republic | Charles de Gaulle | 94%
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| 16 | Corsican who conquered Europe after the French Revolution | Napoleon Bonaparte | 90%
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| 4 | Polish-born nobel prize winner | Marie Curie | 78%
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| 6 | Les Misérables | Victor Hugo | 78%
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| 2 | He discovered vaccination and microbial fermentation | Louis Pasteur | 76%
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| 25 | He designed the most famous tower in Paris | Gustave Eiffel | 72%
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| 10 | Singer, Non, je ne regrette rien | Edith Piaf | 71%
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| 22 | "Father of Europe" who united much of the continent around 800 | Charlemagne | 66%
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| 15 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne | 64%
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| 24 | Longest ruling president (1981-1995) | François Mitterrand | 57%
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| 9 | Pioneer in oceanography | Jacques Cousteau | 55%
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| 21 | Current manager of Real Madrid | Zinedine Zidane | 43%
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| 26 | J'accuse | Émile Zola | 41%
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| 8 | Playwright during absolutist France and great writer | Molière | 33%
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| 29 | Singer and diplomat with Armenian roots | Charles Aznavour | 29%
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| 17 | Giant of French comedy, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Louis de Funès | 28%
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| 14 | Fables (17th century) | Jean de la Fontaine | 24%
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| 3 | Catholic priest and Resistance member, Emmaus | Abbé Pierre | 18%
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| 5 | Comedian and founder of Restaurants du Cœur | Coluche | 18%
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| 13 | Actor / singer nicknamed "her Fernand" | Fernandel | 15%
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| 28 | Leader of French resistance during World War II | Jean Moulin | 14%
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| 7 | Mononymous actor and comedian who played in Le Corniaud | Bourvil | 12%
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| 20 | Famous for his popular music, from mambo over reggae until funk | Serge Gainsbourg | 11%
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| 19 | Singer popular in the French-speaking world, died in Mali | Daniel Balavoine | 9%
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| 30 | Italian-French actor married to Simone Signoret | Yves Montand | 9%
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| 18 | Starred in many classical films (30s) | Jean Gabin | 7%
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| 23 | Italian actor who starred in French film | Lino Ventura | 6%
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| 12 | Singer-songwriter and poet, texts are black humour-tinged | Georges Brassens | 5%
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| 11 | First filmmaker elected to the Académie française | Marcel Pagnol | 1%
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| 27 | Nun and humanitarian | Sœur Emanuelle | 1%
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