Question 1

Lutece

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the original name of Paris

Question 2

Eiffel Tower (984 ft)

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the highest building in Paris

Question 3

La Seine

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What river divides Paris?

Question 4

left bank and right bank (rive droite and rive gauche)

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What is the name of the 2 sides of Paris?

Question 5

La Seine

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What gives Paris it's special charm?

Question 6

On the Ile de la Cite

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Where is Notre Dame Cathedral located?

Question 7

on the right bank of the Seine

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Where is the Louvre located?

Question 8

It was a King's palace and today is used as a museum.

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What was the Louvre in the past? What is it used for today?

Question 9

L'Arc de Triomphe

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What building was ordered to be built by Napoleon in honor of the French army and their victories?

Question 10

It is where artists show their paintings, tourists visit night clubs, pilgrims visit Sacre Coeur Basilica

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Why is Montmartre an interesting neighborhood?

Question 11

It was a prison and represented the tyranny of kings

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What is the Bastille and what does it still symbolize to the French?

Question 12

The Latin Quarter, theological students

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Where is the Sorbonne located? for whom was it built?

Question 13

Robert de Sorbon in the 13th century

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By whom and when was the Sorbonne founded?

Question 14

nickname for the Boulevard Saint Michel where one can walk past many outdoor terrassed cafes where students hang out

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What is the "Boul'Mich"?

Question 15

Le Pantheon

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Where are Voltaire, Rousseau and Victor Hugo laid to rest?

Question 16

Hotel des Invalides

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What building was ordered by Louis 14th for the war wounded?

Question 17

To see military artifacts

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Why do tourist visit Hotel des Invalides today?

Question 18

Folles Bergeres

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Where can one find posters of theatrical shows today?

Question 19

A modern business neighborhood with many sky scrapers

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What is the Defense?

Question 20

A modern art museum filled with 21st century artwork

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Pompidou Center

Question 21

An underground mall not far from Pompidou where one can find clothing stores, museums and movie theatres

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Forum des Halles

Question 22

What was France divided into before the French Revolution?

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Provinces

Question 23

Because that is the Province that Paris is located.

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Why is Ile -de-France historically important?

Question 24

Hugh Capet, the king of France elected in 987 and founding this dynasty (during 940-996)

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Capetian Dynasty

Question 25

Province known as the "Jardin" of France

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La Touraine

Question 26

What historical significance does "La Touraine" have in France's history?

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Joan of Arc came to see the Dauphin and succeeded in convincing him to save France

Question 27

Largest chateau in the Loire Region. Has 440 rooms

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Chateau de Chambord

Question 28

He was a major French Renaissance writer, doctor and humanist. Born in Chinon in the Loire Valley

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Rabelais

Question 29

Neolithic tomb structures constructed of two upright megalithic stones capped with a covering slab.

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Dolmens

Question 30

What did the Bretons rely on for their living?

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The ocean

Question 31

What are the important ports found in Brittany?

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Saint-Nazares, Nantes, Brest Saint-Malo

Question 32

What is found between Brittany and Normandie?

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Mont Saint Michel

Question 33

Who is the Norman the most known in history?

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William the Conqueror

Question 34

Which WWII event happened in Normandy?

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D-Day Invasion

Question 35

What 3 products are most known to come from Normandy?

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Butter cheese and cider

Question 36

2 French regions that were decimated by both wars between France and Germany?

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L' Alsace and Lorraine

Question 37

These 2 regions were lost by the French in the Franco-Prussian war of 1871 and reinstated to France at the Treaty of Versailles in 1919

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L' Alsace and Lorraine

Question 38

Why is Strasbourg famous?

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"Cathedral Curiosite" (famous clock tower and mechanical marvel) and where the French national anthem "La Marseilles" was written

Question 39

Which famous statue did Bartholdi sculpt?

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Statue of Liberty

Question 40

Why was Avignon renamed?

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Well known song "Sur le Pont d'Avignon"

Question 41

Section of the beach between Marseilles and Nice

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La Cote d'Azur

Question 42

Why was Grasse renamed?

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Named after flowers and the essence of parfume.

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