| Category | Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geography | What country has the longest land border with France ? | Brazil | 90%
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| History | What battle did Napoleon 1st win against armies of Russia, the Holy Roman Empire and Austria, despite being outnumbered ? | Austerlitz | 80%
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| History | Where would you find a long tapestry relating Richard Lionheart’s story ? | Bayeux | 70%
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| Geography | Name one of the two main woods in Paris. | Bois de Vincennes | Bois de Boulogne | 70%
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| History | Who was prime minister of Louis XIII and tutor of Louis XIV ? | Richelieu | 70%
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| Geography | Which french city hosts an International Comics Festival ? | Angoulême | 60%
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| Geography | What is the westernmost department of metropolitan France ? | Finistère | 60%
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| History | What book are Diderot and D’Alembert known for ? | The Encyclopedia | 60%
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| Politics | Who’s the richest french citizen ? | Bernard Arnault | 50%
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| Politics | What were the 2019 rioters against oil price rise named ? | Gilets jaunes | 50%
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| Language | Whose “chausettes" are “sèches, archisèches” ? | L’archiduchesse | 50%
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| Culture | Name one of the top 5 french amusement parks that isn’t Disneyland Paris. | Parc Astérix | Futuroscope | Puy du Fou | Parc d’acclimatation | 50%
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| History | What battle in the Franco-Prussian war ended Napoleon III’s reign ? | Sedan | 50%
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| History | Which city’s vase was broken by the first French king ? | Soissons | 50%
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| Language | What organization decides of the official french language ? | The Académie Française | 50%
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| Politics | What political party does Yannick Jadot belong to ? | The ecologists | The greens | 50%
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| Politics | What article of the constitution allows the government to overrule the national assembly ? | 49.3 | 40%
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| Geography | Name a sister city of Marseille (Hint : most of them have major ports too) | Abidjan | Antwerp | Copenhagen | Genoa | Haifa | Hamburg | Kobe | Dakar | Odesa | Piraeus | Shanghai | Marrakesh | Glasgow | Tunis | Bethlehem | 40%
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| Language | What portmanteau word are you expected to say to replace the verb “spoiler”, according to that organization ? | Divulgâcher | 40%
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| Culture | Who plays Obélix in "Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre" ? | Gérard Depardieu | 40%
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| History | What battle is known as the greatest victory of Gaul against Julius Caesar ? | Gergovie | 40%
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| Culture | Who sang “Bella” and "Sapés comme jamais" ? | Gims | 40%
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| Politics | What city was Patrick Balkany the mayor of ? | Levallois-Perret | 40%
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| Language | What is the child of a “laie” called ? | Marcassin | 40%
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| Politics | Who assumedly financed Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign ? | Muammar Gaddafi | 40%
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| Culture | What French judoka has won most medals in the World Judo Championship ? | Teddy Riner | 40%
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| Politics | If the government, the national assembly and the senate agree on a law proposition, what organization can still reject it ? | The constitutional council | 40%
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| Language | How would you say Brest (Brittany) in breton ? | Breizh | 30%
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| History | What king dynasty did Charlemagne belong to ? | Carolingians | 30%
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| Language | Which home appliance company’s name is commonly used to name the products it sold ? | Frigidaire | 30%
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| History | Who was the first President of the National Council of the Resistance ? | Jean Moulin | 30%
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| Politics | Who was prime minister during the last "cohabitation" ? | Lionel Jospin | 30%
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| Language | What are the two verbs that can end up by -x ? (type the infinitive) | Pouvoir | Vouloir | 30%
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| Language | How would you translate the figure of speech “When pigs fly” ? | Quand les poules auront des dents | 30%
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| Culture | Name one of two french authors known for their gay relationship. | Rimbaud | Verlaine | 30%
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| Politics | Name a teacher killed in the last 5 years in an islamist attack. | Samuel Paty | Dominique Bernard | 30%
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| Culture | In what musical would you encounter songs like "le monde est stone" or “Quand on n’a plus rien à perdre" ? | Starmania | 30%
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| Culture | Name one of the top 3 french youtubers. | Tibo Inshape | Squeezie | Cyprien | 30%
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| Language | What is the second most spoken native language in France ? | Alsatian | 20%
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| Culture | In what series would you find the characters of Nounours, Nicolas and Pimprenelle ? | Bonne nuit les petits | 20%
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| Geography | What is the largest ski station in France ? | Courchevel / Les trois vallées | 20%
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| Geography | How are the autoroutes A6 and A7, linking Paris to Marseille, frequently surnamed ? | L’autoroute du soleil | 20%
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| Language | Name a word that’s masculine in singular but feminine in plural. | Orgue | Délice | Amour | 20%
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| Geography | What is the third largest french harbor, after Le Havre and Marseille ? | Dunkirk | 10%
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| Geography | What is the name of the islands of the coast of Ajaccio ? | Iles sanguinaires | 10%
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| Culture | What has been the most succesful french movie ? | Intouchables | 10%
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| Culture | Fill in the blank : “C’est le jeu, ma pauvre ____” | Lucette | 10%
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| Politics | Who got the worst score in the 2022 presidential elections ? | Nathalie Arthaud | 10%
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| History | Which city’s bombing started the Indochina war ? | Haiphong | 0%
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| Geography | What is the southernmost point of France ? | The South Pole | 0%
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