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What is the capital of France?
Paris
Lyon
Marseille
Bordeaux
97% got this right
Paris is known as the 'City of Light' due to its role in the Age of Enlightenment.
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Which French region is famous for its wine production?
Bordeaux
Normandy
Brittany
Provence
58% got this right
Bordeaux produces some of the world's most renowned wines, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
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What is the French word for 'hello'?
Bonjour
Salut
Au revoir
Merci
90% got this right
Bonjour is a formal greeting used in France, while 'salut' is more informal.
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Which French author wrote 'The Three Musketeers'?
Alexandre Dumas
Victor Hugo
Gustave Flaubert
Marcel Proust
35% got this right
Alexandre Dumas also wrote 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and many other famous novels.
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What is the French national holiday celebrated on July 14th?
Bastille Day
Victory Day
Labor Day
Armistice Day
51% got this right
Bastille Day commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, a key event in the French Revolution.
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Which French painter is known for his Water Lilies series?
Claude Monet
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Paul Cézanne
Edgar Degas
71% got this right
Monet's Water Lilies series consists of approximately 250 oil paintings depicting his flower garden at Giverny.
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What is the name of the famous French Gothic cathedral in Paris?
Notre-Dame
Sainte-Chapelle
Sacré-Cœur
La Madeleine
70% got this right
Notre-Dame Cathedral was severely damaged by a fire in 2019, but restoration efforts are underway.
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Which French scientist is known for his work on radioactivity?
Henri Becquerel
Louis Pasteur
Marie Curie
Pierre Curie
16% got this right
Henri Becquerel discovered radioactivity in 1896 and shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with the Curies.