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The US-French Relationship

Guess the events, people, and places that unite (or divide) France and the United States.
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Sculpture built by Gustave Eiffel that France gave as a gift to the United States
Statue of Liberty
New Orleans celebrates Fat Tuesday under this French name
Mardi Gras
French general who commanded US troops in its Revolutionary War
Marquis de Lafayette
Modern-day country that won independence from France in 1954, and a war against the US in 1975
Vietnam
A book of interviews with François Truffaut helped to give this classic Hollywood director the reputation of a serious artist in America
Alfred Hitchcock
Theme park complex that opened in Chessy in 1992
Disneyland
African American woman who became an icon of Paris' 1920s jazz scene and fought for the French Resistance
Josephine Baker
US ambassador to France 1776-1785
Benjamin Franklin
Popular Franco-Belgian comic series about a lonesome cowboy
Lucky Luke
Year in which the US purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
1803
Amid power plays with the United States, Charles de Gaulle pulled out of the military command of this international organization
NATO
US forces landed at the beaches of this French region on June 6, 1944
Normandy
French political scientist who wrote "Democracy in America" (1835/40): Alexis de _____
Tocqueville
This is what french fries were called in the US House of Representatives cantine between 2003 and 2006
Freedom Fries
He wrote the autobiography "A Moveable Feast" about his life in Paris in the 1920s
Ernest Hemingway
The only US state whose legal system is (partly) inspired by French law
Louisiana
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2 Comments
toowise
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Level 81
Jun 2, 2020
Alfred Hitchcock was British, and it wasnt just US troops that fought on the beaches.
camus
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Level 80
Jun 2, 2020
1) Hitchcock became a US citizen in 1955 and more importantly, he was a Hollywood director. 2) So what? I didn't write "ONLY US forces landed on the beaches".
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