December / January Quiz Answers

1/ After what in France is world famous Champagne named?
_a region

2/ What color do rear French number plates have?
_yellow

3/ What film did Luc Besson direct?
_Le grand Bleu

4/ Which one of these four is not a French car manufacturer?
_Seat

5/ What are the colors of the French flag?
_Bleu, blanc, rouge

6/ King Louis XIVth was nicknamed the: _Moon God
_Sun God

7/ Who won the tour de France for a record of seven consecutive times? _Louis Armstrong
_Lance Armstrong

8/ What is the name of the popular chocolate filled pastry that many french have for breakfast and snack?
_pain au chocolat

9/ What does « nénuphar » mean?
_waterlilly

 

November Quiz Answers

1/ In how many timezones does France have territories? _1 _7
_11

2/ On what day of July is the French national day celebrated?
_the 14th

3/ What is the name of the French high-speed train?
_TGV

4/ What term designates the theory of the recently deceased French philosopher Jacques Derrida?
_deconstruction

5/ What were the French territories in Asia named in the early 20th century?
_Indochina

6/ Which two French regions repeatedly changed hands between the Germans and the French between 1871 and 1945?
_Alsace and Lorraine

7/ What is the emblem of the French National Rugby Team?
_a rooster

8/ “Toast” derives from old French word…
_Toster

9/ How can you say “the boondocks” or “the wop-wops” in French?
_Trifouilly-les-Oies
_Perpète-les-Bains
_ Perpète-les-Oies
_all of the above

 

October Quiz Answers

1/ Which is the second largest city in France?
_Lyon

2/ Which French region is famous for its red wine?
_Bordeaux

3/ Who wrote the famous novel “Le rouge et le noir”?
_Stendhal

4/ What French queen was portrayed by Kirsten Dunst in a recent blockbuster movie?
_Marie-Antoinette

5/ What event of 1789 is commemorated on the French national day, the 14th of July?
_the storming of the Bastille prison

6/ What French region has the most Top 14 rugby teams?
_Midi-Pyrénées

7/ In Belgium how do you say 70 and 90?
_septante et nonante

8/ “Computer” derives from the old French word…
_ Computer

9/ What is the longest word in the french language?
_anticonstitutionnellement

 

September Quiz Answers

1/ When did the French national rugby team last win the rugby world cup?
_Never

2/ Which historic French figure was considered to be very short?
_Napoleon

3/ Which Mediterranean island is part of France?
_Corsica

4/ Who wrote the novel “Madame Bovary”?
_Gustave Flaubert

5/ With what French dish is cider traditionally drunken?
_Les crêpes

6/ A Romance language is spoken in France that is also spoken in Spain – which one is it? _Catalan

7/ As which animal are French people commonly referred to by foreigners?
_Frogs

8/ “Ticket” derives from old French word…
_Estiquette

9/ What is the correct French spelling for “What is that”?
_qu'est-ce que c'est que ça

 

August Quiz Answers

1/ Name the two Caribbean islands which are French:
_Guadeloupe and Martinique

2/ Which French painter was inspired by the Pacific Islands/Polynesia in his artwork?
_Henri Matisse

3/ What is the number designating the French capital Paris on car number plates in France?
_75

4/ One of these French actresses did not have a part in François Ozon’s film “8 Women” (“8 Femmes”). Which one ?
_Audrey Tautou

5/ After what geometric shape is France currently nicknamed?
_Hexagon

6/ What is a Frenchman born in Africa called?
_Un pied noir

7/ What is the name of the French national rugby stadium?
_Le stade de France

8/ “Porridge” comes from the old French word…
_Potage

9/ “Choice” derives from the old French word…
_Chois

 

July Quiz Answers

1/ How many people have French as their mother tongue?
_119 million

2/ In which Canadian province is French the main language?
_Québec

3/ Which of these birds is New Caledonia‘s emblem?
_kagu

4/ Which French writer was the last resident at Randell Cottage, Wellington, the New Zealand writers’ residence for French writers?
_Olivier Bleys

5/ When did the first Cannes Festival take place?
_1946

6/ New Zealander Nicholas Willis and Frenchman Mehdi Baala raced in the Men's 1500m at the Beijing Olypic Games. How did they finish the race?
_Willis had a 5-hundredth-second lead over Baala

7/ The All Black and France have played 48 games in their history. What was the highest score for the All Blacks over France?
_61 – 10

8/ And the opposite…: what was the highest score for France over the All Blacks?
_43 – 31

9/ Which of these four French and English words does not have the same meaning(s) in both English and French ?
_Cave

 

June Quiz Answers

1/ Which one of these countries is not a French-speaking country?
_South Africa

2/ Which one of these French-speaking female singers is Canadian ?
_Celine Dion

3/ The great composer and singer Jacques Brel was from:
_Belgium

4/ Jane Campion was the first and only female director to ever receive a “Palme d’Or” at the Cannes Film Festival – when was it ?
_1993

5/ Which of these birds is New Caledonia‘s emblem ?
_kagu

6/ How many times did Eric MacKenzie race in the tour of France ?
_4

7/ In June 2007, 2 test matches opposed France and New Zealand. Who won?
_New Zealand

8/ In Quebec, how do they say “e-mail” :
_courriel

9/ What is the palindrome of « Karine alla en Irak »
_Karine alla en Irak