French Events, 2001-2020 - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 24 times
The average score is 16 of 20

Answer Stats

Year	Hint	Answer	% Correct
2017	At 39, he becomes the youngest president in French history	Emmanuel Macron	100%
2014	Far-right Front National, led by this woman, gains most seats at the European Elections	Marine Le Pen	100%
2019	This Gothic Cathedral, situated on the Île de la Cité, burns	Notre-Dame de Paris	100%
2015	Twelve people are killed during an attack aimed at this satire magazine	Charlie Hebdo	95%
2020	This foreign leader promised to pull out of the Paris Agreement (which is possible from 2020 on)	Donald Trump	95%
2012	This big actor renounces his French citizenship, shortly before becoming Russian	Gérard Depardieu	91%
2005	Amid Paris riots, this president declares a state of emergency	Jacques Chirac	91%
2007	It is revealed that Bjarne Riis, Alexander Vinokourov and other cyclists used doping at this sports event	Tour de France	91%
2002	France refuses to join the US in this conflict	Iraq War	86%
2006	This soccer player ends his career with a head butt at the World Cup final	Zinédine Zidane	86%
2008	Nicolas Sarkozy marries this Italian singer and former model	Carla Bruni	82%
2003	This supersonic passanger airline ceases to operate	Concorde	82%
2011	This silent film is the first foreign one to win a Best Picture Oscar	The Artist	82%
2016	France hosts this sports event, at which Antoine Griezmann wins the Golden Boot	UEFA Euro	82%
2004	This Palestine leader dies in a hospital near Paris	Yasser Arafat	82%
2001	Audrey Tautou stars as a quirky Parisian woman in this colorful movie	Amélie	77%
2009	This dance-pop DJ releases "When Love Takes Over" and "Sexy Chick"	David Guetta	73%
2018	Fuelled by rising gas prices and neoliberal policies, this protest movement emerges	Yellow vests	73%
2013	Along with Pharrell Williams, electronic music duo Daft Punk releases this single	Get Lucky	59%
2010	This controversial writer and critic of Islam publishes "The Map and the Territory"	Michel Houellebecq	14%