Frenchcon Bonus Questions 29-57

Name 4 towns or cities associated with the life of Joan of Arc.

Orléans, Reims, Paris, Rouen

Name the individual for which the following inventions or discoveries are associated: a. Photography b. Radioactivity c. Calculating machines d. Parachute

a. (Niépce or Daguerre)
b. (Becquerel)
c. (Pascal)
d. (Lenormand)

Name the impressionist painter associated with each of the following themes: a. Ballet dancers b. Children and female nudes with rosy hued skin
c. The countryside, his garden
d. Mothers and children

a. (Degas) b. (Renoir )
c. (Monet)
d. (Cassatt)

Put the following painters in chronological order: Cézanne, David, Degas, Delacroix

David, Delacroix, Degas, Cézanne

Identify the occupation of each of the following individuals: as architect, composer, fashion designer, writer, explorer, statesman, painter, scientist , or sculptor: a. Alphonse de Lamartine
b. Yves Saint Laurent
c. Camille Pissarro
d. Jean-Antoine Houdon

a. Alphonse de Lamartine (writer, poet, or politician)
b. Yves Saint Laurent (fashion designer)
c. Camille Pissarro (painter - not "artist")
d. Jean-Antoine Houdon (sculptor - not "artist")

Identify the following French words refer to in English: a. sabot b. kiosque c. boules/petanque d. un puy

a. sabot (wooden shoe)
b. kiosque (newsstand)
c. boules/pétanque (lawn bowling or bocce ball)
d. un puy (extinct volcano)

Name the authors of the following literary works: a. Gargantua et Pantagruel ()
b. L'Étranger ()
c. Les Pensées ()
d. Candide ()

a. Gargantua et Pantagruel (François Rabelais)
b. L'Étranger (Albert Camus)
c. Les Pensées (Blaise Pascal)
d. Candide (Voltaire)

Answer the following questions about The Louisiana Purchase, which more than doubled the size of the Nation. a. In what year was the purchase?
b. What president bought the land from France?
c. What leader of France sold the territory to the United States?
d. How much did the territory cost

a. (1803)
b. (Thomas Jefferson)
c. (Napoléon Bonaparte)
d. (15 million dollars /60 million francs)

Give the century associated with each of the following writers: a. Voltaire ()
b. Rabelais ()
c. Georges Sand ()
d. Jean de la Fontaine ()

a. (18th)
b. (16th )
c. (19th)
d. (17th)

Answer the following questions about Quebec's modern coat of arms: a. Name the three symbols on the coat of arms.
b. What do these symbols represent?
c. What year was the coat of arms adopted?
d. What is the provincial motto scrolled on a banner beneath the shield?

a. (3 golden fleur-de-lis, 1 golden leopard, and 3 green maple leaves)
b. (French Presence, British Rule, and Canada)
c. (1939, replacing Queen Victoria's of 1868)
d. (Je me souviens)

Name the French philosopher responsible for the following works:
a. The spirit of the laws
b. The Social Contract
c. Conversations on the plurality of worlds
d. Zadig

a. The spirit of the laws (Montesquieu)
b. The Social Contract (Rousseau)
c. Conversations on the plurality of worlds (Fontenelle)
d. Zadig (Voltaire)

Identify the following painters from the following descriptions or generalizations: a. Father of modern painting b. Tahitian painter
c. Dutch painter
d. Painter of music halls and circuses

a. (Cézanne)
b. (Gauguin)
c. (Van Gogh)
d. (Toulouse-Lautrec)

State to which school or style of painting the following artists belonged: a. Renoir ()
b. Watteau ()
c. Delacroix ()
d. Braque ()

a. (impressionist)
b. (classical, Rococo)
c. (romantic)
d. (cubist)

Answer the following questions about "La Chanson de Roland":
a. When the main action occurs, from which country are the French returning? () b. Whom had they been fighting? ()
c. Who betrays Roland? ()
d. What is the name of Roland's magic sword which will not break?

a. (Spain) b. (the Arabs, Sarrasins or Muslims)
c. (Ganelon)
d. (Durandal)

Answer the following questions about William the Conqueror:
a. Who was his cousin, the King of England?
b. In what year did William invade England?
c. What was the battle called?
d. What famous tapestry depicts this battle?

a. (Edward the Confessor)
b. (1066)
c. (Battle of Hastings)
d. (Bayeux Tapestry or Tapestry of Queen Matilda)

Identify the author of the following works:
a. À la recherche du temps perdu
b. Vol de Nuit
c. La Nauseé
d. L'Etranger

a. (Marcel Proust)
b. (St. Exupéry)
c. (Jean-Paul Sartre)
d.(Albert Camus)

Give the pseudonym of the following individuals:
a. Francois Marie-Arouet ()
b. Aurore Dupin ()
c. Henri Beyle ()
d. Jean-Baptiste Poquelin

a. (Voltaire)
b. (George Sand)
c. (Stendhal)
d. (Molière)

What are the following historical sites in Canada known for?
a. National Battlefields Park
b. Cartier-Brebeuf Park c. Fort Chambly National Historic Site d. Fort Lennox National Historic Site

a.(British victory over French 1759)
b.(Jacques Cartier spent winter 1535-36)
c.(remains of stone fort built by French from 1709-11)
d.(ruins of 19th century British fort and Naval station)

Identify the historical figures associated with the following nicknames: a. La Pucelle ()
b. L'Aigle ()
c. Le Roi Soleil ()
d. Le bon roi ()

a. Jeanne d'Arc b. Napoleon c. Louis XIV d. Henri IV

Identify the field in which the following Frenchmen were pioneers:
a. Ambroise Paré ()
b. Brillat-Savarin ()
c. Nungesser & Coli ()
d. Les frères Lumière ()

a. (medicine, surgery)
b. (gastronomy, cooking)
c. (aviation)
d.(cinematography, movies)

Name four presidents of the 5th Republic.

Answers: 1)Charles de Gaulle, 2)Georges Pompidou, 3) Francois Mitterand, 4) Jacques Chirac,

Identify the city noted for the following characteristics:
a. Glove factories
b. Palace of the Popes
c. Astronomical clock on cathedral
d. Large shipbuilding industry

a. (Grenoble)
b. (Avignon)
c. (Strasbourg)
d. (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire)

Name the French post-impressionist painters associated with the following works: a. The Circus
b. Peaches and Pears
c. Mont Sainte-Victoire From the Southwest with Trees and a House d. Yellow Christ

a. (Georges Seurat)
b. (Paul Cézanne)
c. (Paul Cézanne) d. (Paul Gauguin)

. Name the composer of each of the following musical works:
a. Boléro ()
b. Carmen ()
c. L'Après-midi d'un Faune
d. La Marseillaise.

a. (Ravel)
b. (Bizet)
c. (Débussy)
d. (Rouget de Lisle)

Give the time period in which each of the following pieces of literature were written: a. Chanson de Roland
b. Gargantua
c. Phèdre
d. Le Cid

a. (Middle Ages)
b. (16th century)
c. (17th century)
d. (17th century)

Answer the following questions about the Battle of New Orleans:
a. Waged between America and what country?
b. Who commanded the American troops?
c. Where is the famous landmark in New Orleans which honors him? d. What famous Louisiana pirate fought for America in this battle?

a. (England)
b. (Andrew Jackson)
c. (Jackson Square) d. (Jean Lafitte)

Answer the following questions about Louisiana:
a. In what year was it sold to the U.S.? ()
b. Who (person) sold it to the U.S.? ()
c. How much did the U.S. pay for it? ()
d. What is the law in Louisiana based on?

a. (1803)
b. (Napoleon Bonaparte)
c. ($15 million)
d. (the Napoleonic Code)

Answer the following concerning Napoleon Bonaparte's life:
a. Where was he born?
b. Where was he first exiled to?
c. The name of his judicial reform? d. The high commendation he created?

a. (Ajaccio, Corsica)
b. (Elba)
c. (Le Code Napoléon / Napoleonic Code) d. (The Legion of Honor)

The artist, Morris, drew a series of comic books based on American westerns.
a. Who is the cowboy hero?
b. What is the name of his talking horse?
c. What color is his ten gallon hat?
d. At the end of each episode, what is the hero doing?

a. (Lucky Luke)
b. (Jolly Jumper)
c. (white)
d. (riding off into the sunset/singing)