| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| City 4: City on the French Riviera whose name in English is a synonym for "pleasant." | Nice | 100%
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| Events 1: Prison stormed to mark the beginning of the French Revolution. | Bastille | 96%
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| People 3: Polish-French scientist who led the study of radiation (and discovered the element Polonium.) | Marie Curie | 96%
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| City 3: Home of the popes from 1301-1377 | Avignon | 91%
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| People 2: Corsican general who led conquests of much of Europe. | Napoleon Bonaparte | 91%
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| Artificial Landmark 2: The company that designed this "Dame de Fer" also designed the steel skeleton of the Statue of Liberty. | Eiffel Tower | 87%
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| Natural Landmark 3: Tallest mountain in Europe (discounting Mount Elbrus), shared with Italy. | Mont Blanc | 87%
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| Artificial Landmark 4: Hunting lodge turned into an extravagant palace | Versailles | 87%
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| Vocab 2: (Adjective) Premier / Premiere | First | 78%
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| 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 | 74%
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| Vocab 1: (Noun) Un etudiant / Une etudiante | A Student | 70%
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| Vocab 3: (Verb) Adorer | To love | 70%
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| City 1: Center of the EU's aerospace program | Toulouse | 70%
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| People 4: Enlightenment critic of the church and supporter of civil liberties. | Voltaire | 70%
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| Vocab 4: (Preposition) Devant | In front of, before (spatially) | 65%
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| Food 1: Controversial dish of waterbird liver. | Foie Gras | 61%
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| Food 3: Tart filled with custard and a combination of cheese, meat, seafood, and vegetables, originating from Lorraine. | Quiche | 61%
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| Artificial Landmark 1: Tidal commune known for its abbey that recently celebrated its 1,000th birthday. | Mont St Michel | 57%
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| Food 4: Famous blue cheese from Occitania. | Roquefort | 48%
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| Culture 2: Claude Monet's most famous series of paintings depicting his garden in Giverny. | Water Lilies | 48%
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| Events 4: A Jewish officer was falsely accused of treason in this military scandal. | Dreyfus Affair | 43%
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| People 1: Patron saint of France. | Joan of Arc | 43%
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| Culture 4: Oldest and most famous of the "Grand Tours." | Tour de France | 43%
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| Culture 1: 68-meter embroidery that depicts the Battle of Hastings. | Bayeux Tapestry | 39%
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| Artificial Landmark 3: Art museum located inside of a former train station. | Musee d'Orsay | 39%
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| Food 2: Pastry filled with cream and topped with icing. | Eclair | 35%
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| Events 2: Final battle of the Gallic Wars, marked by Vercingetorix's surrender to Julius Caesar. | Battle of Alesia | 30%
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| Natural Landmark 1: Town home to white cliffs; also, the last place where the plane "The White Bird" was seen before its disappearance. | Etretat | 22%
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| Events 3: Campaign to remove Catharism from southern France from 1209-1229 | Albigensian Crusade | 17%
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| Natural Landmark 4: Tallest sand dunes in Europe | Pilat | 17%
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| City 2: Site of a failed Canadian landing in WWII (they would eventually free the city, though.) | Dieppe | 13%
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| Natural Landmark 2: Canyon in the French Riviera that reaches over 700 meters deep | Gorges du Verdon | 13%
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