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Question 1: Georges Charpak (1924 - 2010) was a naturalised French citizen of Polish origin. For what is he best known?

  • Famous French poet, notably writing "Alcools et Calligrammes"
  • Painter responsible for the painting of the ceiling of the Paris Opera
  • Physicist, pioneer of biomedical imaging and the detection of particles and winner of the Nobel prize for physics in 1992.
  • Grandson of an Italian merchant and fervent republican who helped France to recover after the defeat of The Franco-Prussian War. He was one of the fathers of the Third Republic
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Question 2: Marie Curie (1867 - 1934) was a naturalised French citizen of Polish origin. For what is she best known?

  • Discovered the atom at the start of the 20th century. Entombed at the Panthéon in Paris
  • Engaged in the struggle against apartheid and the first South African singer (Pata, Pata) to win a Grammy Award
  • A journalist, screenwriter, writer and politician, co-founder of the Express, and two times Secretary of State
  • A French poet and writer
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Question 3: What was the date of the first French Revolution?

  • 5 May 1789 (the date of the opening of the Estates General)
  • 9 November 1799 (The coup of the 18th Brumaire orchestrated by Louis Napoleon Bonaparte)
  • The period between 5 May 1789 and 9 November 1799
  • 25 February 1848
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Question 4: What was France's 2018 military world ranking?

  • 6
  • 5
  • 10
  • 7
France is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UN). The country has initiated a quarter of the resolutions voted since 2002, some of which led to military action in conflict zones.
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Question 5: When was the third republic formed?

  • 1830
  • 1848
  • 1875
  • 1885
Jules Ferry, Minister of Public Education for the third republic in the early 1880s, established free, secular public teaching.
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Question 6: What do the colours of the French flag symbolise?

  • The three principles of the French Republic - freedom, equality and fraternity
  • The three estates of France prior to the revolution comprising the clergy (the First Estate), nobles (the Second Estate), and peasants and bourgeoisie (the Third Estate)
  • The uniform colours of the Bourgeois Militia of Paris (later to become Revolutionary France's National Guard)
  • The red and blue cockade of Paris and the white cockade of the king
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Question 7: Which of the following relates to the time period 50 BC?

  • The Lascaux Cave paintings (prehistoric period)
  • The arrival of the Romans and Latin culture (period of antiquity)
  • Joanne of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc) - the young peasant who liberated a part of the French territory occupied by the English during the 100 years war
  • Clovis: the King who unified the kingdoms of France and adopted Christianity
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Question 8: When was the French age of majority fixed at 18 years?

  • 1984
  • 1964
  • 1994
  • 1974
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Question 9: Approximately how many French communes are there?

  • 101
  • 36,000
  • 18
  • 12
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Question 10: How many French Regions are there?

  • 18
  • 12
  • 13
  • 5
French Regions are comprised of 101 Departments.
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Question 11: Name a fourth principal of the French Republic?

  • Charity (la Charité) - assisting those who are ill, disabled, or very poor
  • Military Defence - that the principals of the French Revolution should, if necessary, be defended by force
  • Secularism (la laïcité - the principle of separation of civil society and religious society.)
  • Religion - all citizens must declare their religious beliefs in a regular census
The law of the 9th of December 1905, separating the Church and the State, guaranteed religious liberty for all and ensured that the state is neutral towards all religions. The law of the 15th March 2004 prohibited the wearing of religious symbols in public institutions such as schools.
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Question 12: Which document banned the wearing of religious symbols in schools and by state workers?

  • Declaration of the rights of man (1789)
  • The Constitution of the 5th Republic 1958
  • The Treaty of Rome 1957
  • The law of 15 March 2004
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Question 13: Who was François Mitterand?

  • A high-ranking French civil servant and resistance fighter who died in 1943
  • A French politician, guillotined in 1794, and one of the main figures of the French Revolution
  • A military general, resistance fighter, first president of the 5th Republic and French writer, died 1970
  • President of the Republic 1981 - 1995 (voted to abolish the death penalty), died 1996
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Question 14: How many people speak the French language in the world, in how many countries, and what percentage of the world's population is this?

  • 200 million, 70, 1%
  • 150 million, 65, 0.75%
  • 250 million, 75, 2%
  • 150 million, 75, 2%
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Question 15: Alain Mimoun (1921- 2013) was a naturalised French citizen of Algerian origin. What is he best known for?

  • The only writer to receive the Goncourt prize twice: the first time in 1956 under his real name for The Roots of Heaven, the second in 1975 under the pseudonym Emile Ajar for Life Ahead.
  • Reporter and novelist, elected a member of the Académie Française in 1962.
  • A painter - one of the founders of abstract art
  • Athlete and veteran of World War II, won the marathon at the 1956 Olympic Games
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Question 16: How many French Departments are there?

  • 96
  • 101
  • 111
  • 98
French Departments comprise 18 Regions (12 in Metropolitan France, Corisca and 5 over-seas (d'outre mer)
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Question 17: Guillaume Apollinaire (1880 - 1918) was a naturalised French citizen born to a Russian mother and Swiss father. For what is he best known?

  • Famous French poet, notably writing "Alcools et Calligrammes"
  • Painter of Russian origin responsible for the painting of the ceiling of the Paris Opera
  • Nobel Prize winning physicist, pioneer of biomedical imaging and the detection of particles.
  • Grandson of an Italian merchant and fervent republican who helped France to recover after the defeat of The Franco-Prussian War. He was one of the fathers of the Third Republic
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Question 18: How many French citizens were there in 2014?

  • 90 million
  • 85 million
  • 50 million
  • 66 million
French territories extend over 675 000 km² including mainland france (métropole) and overseas territories (outre-mer).
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Question 19: What are the responsibilities of the French Government?

  • Management of nursery and primary schools, sports and cultural activities, street maintenance and the registration of births, marriages and deaths
  • Management of colleges, child protection, assistance to the elderly
  • Management of public transport, vocational training, the construction and maintenance of high schools (les lycées)
  • Determination of national policy
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Question 20: Who served as the Chief of State of Vichy France from 1940 to 1944 during the World War II?

  • The Marshal of France at the end of World War I
  • The Lion of Verdun
  • Marshal Pétain
  • All of the above
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Question 21: What religious symbols can be worn by students in French schools?

  • The Hijab (a veil worn by some Muslim women in the presence of any male outside of their immediate family)
  • The Christian cross
  • The Kirpan (a sword or small dagger carried by Sikhs)
  • None of the above
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Question 22: Which 6 countries formed the European Economic Community in 1957 via the Treaty of Rome?

  • France, The United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
  • France, Belgium, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
  • France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
  • France, West Germany, Italy, Spain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands
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Question 23: When did the First World War begin and end?

  • 28th July 1914 to the 11th of November 1918
  • 28th July 1914 to the 9th of November 1918
  • 14th July 1914 to the 11th of November 1918
  • 14th July 1914 to the 9th of November 1918
The end of the First World War is marked by a national holiday in France (la Fête de l'Armistice) - marking the armistice signed between the Germans and the Allies.
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Question 24: What is the name of the current French Prime Minister:

  • Emmanuel Macron
  • Gérard Collomb
  • Edouard Philippe
  • François Fillon
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Question 25: Who was the Allies' supreme military commander present at the signing of the armistice that ended the First World War?

  • Field Marshal (Maréchal) Ferdinand Foch
  • Admiral Rosslyn Wemyss
  • Rear-Admiral George Hope
  • General Maxime Weygand,
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Question 26: What does the date of the 14th July represent?

  • The annual French National Holiday (la Fête Nationale Française)
  • The taking of the Bastille on the 14th July 1789
  • The Holiday of the Federation (la Fête de la Fédération) of the 14th July 1790, celebrating the Constitution of 1789
  • All of the above
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Question 27: Identify the correct, chronological list of French presidents of the Fifth Republic:

  • Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron
  • Charles de Gaulle, Georges Pompidou, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Dominique de Villepin, François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron
  • Charles de Gaulle, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Georges Pompidou, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron
  • Charles de Gaulle, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, Alain Poher, François Mitterrand, Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy, François Hollande, Emmanuel Macron
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Question 28: Place these French personages in their correct historical order:

  • Jeanne d'Arc, Clovis, Henri IV, The Sun King (Louis XIV)
  • Clovis, Jeanne d'Arc, Henri IV, The Sun King (Louis XIV)
  • Clovis, Jeanne d'Arc, The Sun King (Louis XIV), Henri IV
  • Clovis, Henri IV, Jeanne d'Arc, The Sun King (Louis XIV)
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Question 29: What were the estimated numbers of deaths in the First and Second World War respectively?

  • 50 million, 9 million
  • 8 millinon, 50 million
  • 9 million, 50 million
  • 8 million, 30 million
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Question 30: Who was Jean Moulin?

  • A high-ranking French civil servant and resistance fighter who died in 1943
  • A French politician, guillotined in 1794, and one of the main figures of the French Revolution
  • A military general, resistance fighter, first president of the li5th Republic and a French writer, died 1970
  • President of the Republic 1981 - 1995 (voted to abolish the death penalty), died 1996
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Question 31: What is the name of the French national anthem, written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle?

  • La Marianne
  • La Marseillaise
  • La Tricolore
  • La Marseille
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Question 32: What were the principal events of the French decolonisation period of 1950 - 1962?

  • The Indochina War (1945 - 1954) and Algerian War (1954 - 1962)
  • The Malagasy Uprising (1947 - 1948)
  • The Bamileke War (1955 - 1960)
  • The Biafran War (1967 - 1970)
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Question 33: France has 43 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Which is the most visited such site in Normandy?

  • Mont-Saint-Michel
  • Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
  • The Allied landing beaches
  • Abbey Church of Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe
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Question 34: What are some of the responsibilities of the elected officials of French Departments (les Départements)?

  • Management of nursery and primary schools, sports and cultural activities, street maintenance and the registration of births, marriages and deaths
  • Management of colleges, child protection, assistance to the elderly
  • Management of public transport, vocational training, the construction and maintenance of high schools (les lycées)
  • Determination of national policy
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Question 35: Which of the following is NOT a right/responsibility of a French citizen according to the Civil Code?

  • All citizens must contribute, as much as is possible, to public finances via income tax and social contributions (cotisations) taken at source from salaries
  • All citizens have equal access to positions of public employment according to their competencies
  • All citizens are required to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections. To not do so is a civil offence.
  • If called upon, in the event of war, all citizens must participate in the defence of France
From the age of 16, French citizens must register at their town hall to participate in the "Defense and Citizenship Day" ("la Journée défense et citoyenneté").
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Question 36: What is the name of the current French Minister of the Interior:

  • Edouard Philippe
  • Christophe Castaner
  • François Bayrou
  • Bruno Le Maire
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Question 37: Which of the following relates to the 17th Century AD?

  • Henri IV who gave protestants leave to practice their religion via the Edict of Nantes
  • Molière the most famous French playwright who lived at the time of Louis XIV (author of the Miser, l’Avare) (the modern epoch)
  • The philosophers of the Enlightenment: Rousseau, Voltaire and Diderot whose works promoted tolerance and the freedom of thought
  • The French Revolution
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Question 38: Who votes on French laws?

  • The President
  • The Prime Minister
  • The Parliament
  • The Prefectures
The French Parliament is composed of two chambers: the National Assembly (directly elected by the citizens) which sits at the Palais Bourbon; and the Senate, which is indirectly elected, based at the Palais du Luxembourg
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Question 39: When was the social security system, financed by French businesses and workers, established?

  • 1958
  • 1875
  • 1789
  • 1945
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Question 40: When did the French join the European Economic Community (EEC)?

  • In 1992 via the Maastricht Treaty (the Treaty on European Union)
  • In 1957 via the Treaty of Rome
  • 1 January 2002 after the introduction of the Euro currency
  • 1 December 2009 when the Lisbon Treaty, signed 13 December 2007, came into force.
The Euro came into existence on 1 January 1999. Until 1 January 2002 the Euro was the official currency in France but only existed as 'book money'
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