A France Question Tour

Bonjour! Ou Bonsoir! Eight categories, thirty-two questions, you know the drill. Or maybe you don't, but this should be fairly easy to comprehend. Bonne chance!

All questions will relate to mainland France.

For the verb, use the infinitive (the "to" form of the verb, such as "to run."

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City 1: Center of the EU's aerospace program

Toulouse

City 2: Site of a failed Canadian landing in WWII (they would eventually free the city, though.)

Dieppe

City 3: Home of the popes from 1301-1377

Avignon

City 4: City on the French Riviera whose name in English is a synonym for "pleasant."

Nice

Artificial Landmark 1: Tidal commune known for its abbey that recently celebrated its 1,000th birthday.

Mont St Michel

Artificial Landmark 2: The company that designed this "Dame de Fer" also designed the steel skeleton of the Statue of Liberty.

Eiffel Tower

Artificial Landmark 3: Art museum located inside of a former train station.

Musee d'Orsay

Artificial Landmark 4: Hunting lodge turned into an extravagant palace

Versailles

Natural Landmark 1: Town home to white cliffs; also, the last place where the plane "The White Bird" was seen before its disappearance.

Etretat

Natural Landmark 2: Canyon in the French Riviera that reaches over 700 meters deep

Gorges du Verdon

Natural Landmark 3: Tallest mountain in Europe (discounting Mount Elbrus), shared with Italy.

Mont Blanc

Natural Landmark 4: Tallest sand dunes in Europe

Pilat

People 1: Patron saint of France.

Joan of Arc

People 2: Corsican general who led conquests of much of Europe.

Napoleon Bonaparte

People 3: Polish-French scientist who led the study of radiation (and discovered the element Polonium.)

Marie Curie

People 4: Enlightenment critic of the church and supporter of civil liberties.

Voltaire

Events 1: Prison stormed to mark the beginning of the French Revolution.

Bastille

Events 2: Final battle of the Gallic Wars, marked by Vercingetorix's surrender to Julius Caesar.

Battle of Alesia

Events 3: Campaign to remove Catharism from southern France from 1209-1229

Albigensian Crusade

Events 4: A Jewish officer was falsely accused of treason in this military scandal.

Dreyfus Affair

Culture 1: 68-meter embroidery that depicts the Battle of Hastings.

Bayeux Tapestry

Culture 2: Claude Monet's most famous series of paintings depicting his garden in Giverny.

Water Lilies

Culture 3: Novel by Victor Hugo that would later become a Disney movie; it helped to preserve a famous cathedral.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Culture 4: Oldest and most famous of the "Grand Tours."

Tour de France

Food 1: Controversial dish of waterbird liver.

Foie Gras

Food 2: Pastry filled with cream and topped with icing.

Eclair

Food 3: Tart filled with custard and a combination of cheese, meat, seafood, and vegetables, originating from Lorraine.

Quiche

Food 4: Famous blue cheese from Occitania.

Roquefort

Vocab 1: (Noun) Un etudiant / Une etudiante

A Student

Vocab 2: (Adjective) Premier / Premiere

First

Vocab 3: (Verb) Adorer

To love

Vocab 4: (Preposition) Devant

In front of, before (spatially)

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3 Comments

Level 66

May 13, 2025

Please accept French versions, like Notre Dame de Paris and l'affaire Dreyfus.

Level 52

May 13, 2025

Both problems should be fixed!

Level 66

May 13, 2025

Please do not require TO when looking for a verb