Category: France

France Quiz Questions 1) How was France known? a) Cymru b) Sverige c) Gaul d) Britannia 2) Who won the Battle of Tours in 732? a) Charles Martel b) Napoleon c) Louis XVI d) William of Normandy 3) From which people France got its name? a) Normans b) Vikings c) Danes d) Franks

French Open 2014 Quiz Questions with Answers 1. Who won mixed doubles championship in French Open 2014? a) Sania Mirza, Horia Tecau b) Timea Babos, Eric Butorac c) Anna-Lena Groenefeld, Jean-Julien Roger d) Arantxa Parra Santonia, Santiago Gonzalez 2. Who were runners up in mixed doubles championship in French Open 2014? a) Katarina Srebotnik, Rohan Bopanna b) Julia Georges, Nenad Zimonjic c) Cara Black, Robert Farah d) Andrea Hlavackova, Marc Lopez 3. Who won men’s doubles championship in French Open 2014? a) Julien Benneteau, Edouard Roger-Vasselin b) Andrey Golubey, Samuel Groth c) Lukasz Kubot, Robert Lindstedt d) Maximo Gonzalez, Juan ... Read more

French Guiana Quiz Questions 1. Which country is to the south of French Guiana? a) Panama b) Honduras c) Brazil d) Cuba 2. Which country is to the west of French Guiana? a) Canada b) Mexico c) Nicaragua d) Suriname 3. Which ocean is to the north of French Guiana? a) Atlantic b) Pacific c) Indian d) Antarctic 4. Which is the capital of French Guiana? a) Mana b) Cayenne c) Larivot d) Orleans 5. Which is the official language of French Guiana? a) Spanish b) English c) Dutch d) French 6. Which river forms the border between French Guiana ... Read more

1) When was Victor Hugo born? a) 26 February 1802 b) 17 March 1794 c) 3 June 1806 d) 4 May 1796 2) Who is hunchback in The Hunchback of Notre Dame? a) Frollo b) Phoebus c) Quasimodo d) Pierre Gringoire 3) What is Quasimodo’s profession in The Hunchback of Notre Dame? a) Cook b) Solider c) Bell ringer d) Singer

1. When was Blaise Pascal born? a) 2 February 1626 b) 19 June 1623 c) 9 September 1619 d) 18 October 1624 2. Where was Blaise Pascal born? a) Clermont-Ferrand b) Rouen c) Chevreuse d) Le Havre 3. When did Blaise Pascal write Essai pour les coniques? a) 1636 b) 1638 c) 1635 d) 1640

Portrait of Caroline Caroline Bonaparte before the Bay of Naples (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Caroline Bonaparte Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. What was Caroline Bonaparte’s original name? a) Caroline van Dommelen b) Caroline of Ansbach c) Maria Nunziata Caronia Buonaparte d) Caroline Harrison 2. When was Caroline Bonaparte born? a) 25 March 1782 b) 15 April 1780 c) 7 August 1778 d) 3 December 1776 3. Where was Caroline Bonaparte born? a) Trieste b) Ajaccio c) Nantes d) Miami 4. When did Caroline Bonaparte marry Joachim Murat? a) 20 January 1800 b) 16 June 1802 c) 2 September 1799 ... Read more

Claude Monet, photo by Nadar, 1899. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Claude Monet Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When was Claude Monet born? a) 12 March 1844 b) 18 May 1842 c) 25 August 1838 d) 14 November 1840 2. Where was Claude Monet born? a) Le Havre b) Rouen c) Paris d) Nantes 3. Who introduced Claude Monet to the practice of painting in the open air? a) Eugene Boudin b) Charles Daubigny c) Constant Troyon d) Marie Jeanne Lecadre 4. Where did Claude Monet serve in the French army? a) Pondicherry b) Algeria c) New Caledonia d) Tonkin ... Read more

Marie Walewska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Maria Walewska Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. What was Maria Walewska’s original name? a) Mashenka Safina b) Jadwiga Andegawenska c) Maria Laczynska d) Maria Sukova 2. When was Maria Walewska born? a) 1 March 1794 b) 2 April 1792 c) 5 August 1788 d) 7 December 1786 3. Where was Maria Walewska born? a) Brodno b) Danzig c) Lodz d) Poznan 4. Who was Maria Walewska’s mother? a) Letizia Ramolino b) Elizabeth Woodville c) Eva Zaborowska d) Matilda Blois 5. When was Maria Walewska Napoleon’s mistress? a) 1786-1790 b) 1806-1810 c) 1798-1802 d) ... Read more

Portrait of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Louis Bonaparte Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When was Louis Bonaparte king of Holland? a) 1806-1810 b) 1798-1804 c) 1792-1796 d) 1784-1789 2. What was Louis Bonaparte’s original name? a) Ludwig van Beethoven b) Luigi Buonaparte c) Aloysius Bourbon d) Francis Hohenzollern 3. When was Louis Bonaparte born? a) 19 February 1784 b) 12 May 1782 c) 2 September 1778 d) 29 November 1776 4. Where was Louis Bonaparte born? a) Turin b) Amiens c) Ulm d) Ajaccio 5. Where did Louis Bonaparte attend a military school? a) ... Read more

Tour de France Quiz Questions and Answers 1. Who established Tour de France? a) Pierre de Fredy b) William Penny Brookes c) Ottavio Bottecchia d) Henri Desgrange 2. Who won Tour de France in 1903? a) Louis Trousselier b) Maurice Garin c) Henri Cornet d) Rene Pottier 3. Which newspaper sponsored Tour de France? a) L’Auto b) Le Figaro c) El Pais d) Le Monde