199 France Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

France is a country located in Western Europe, known for its rich history, culture, and art. From its famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre Museum, to its delicious cuisine and wine, France has a lot to offer in terms of trivia facts and information. Some of the most interesting French trivia facts include:

First, France is home to many famous landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Notre-Dame Cathedral, and the Palace of Versailles. These landmarks are not only popular tourist destinations but also significant historical and cultural sites.

Second, France has a rich cultural heritage that can be seen in its art, literature, and fashion. The country is home to famous artists like Monet, Van Gogh, and Cézanne and writers like Victor Hugo, Gustave Flaubert, and Albert Camus. French fashion and haute couture is also renowned worldwide, with famous designers such as Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent.

Third, French cuisine is considered one of the best in the world and is known for its delicious dishes such as coq au vin, ratatouille, and crème brûlée. French wine is also renowned worldwide, with famous regions such as Bordeaux, Champagne, and Burgundy.

These are just a few examples of the many interesting and unique trivia facts about France. With so much to discover, it's no wonder that France continues to be a popular tourist destination and a source of inspiration for many people around the world.

199 France Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)

1. Which 21-stage, 23-day, 2,200-mile men’s bike race is held each summer and ends at the Champs-Élysées?
   
   Answer: Tour de France
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   Answer: Princess Diana
   
   
3. Although often misattributed as a French invention owing to its name and history, what macabre beheading-device was actually first used in Ireland in 1307, over 450 years before it was first used in France?
   
   Answer: Guillotine
   
   
4. Found in Montastruc, France, one of the most ancient human artworks is a sculpture of reindeer carved from what pointy part of a mammoth?
   
   Answer: Canine
   
   
5. The “LV” in the French luxury fashion conglomerate LVMH stands for what fashion house that merged with Moët Hennessy in 1987?
   
   Answer: Louis Vuitton
   
   
6. Probably including lots of Roquefort, Comte, and Brie, what country eats more cheese per person than any other, according to a 2014 report from the International Dairy Federation?
   
   Answer: France
   
   
7. In 1541, Hernando de Soto claimed what is now Louisiana as a territory for which European country that would eventually lose it to France in 1682?
   
   Answer: Spain
   
   
8. Produced in France, Grey Goose is a luxury brand of what type of alcoholic spirit?
   
   Answer: Vodka
   
   
9. In October 2023, what country known for its foie gras production became the only nation in Europe to institute a mass vaccination of millions of ducks against bird flu?
   
   Answer: France
   
   
10. In May 2022, the government of what European nation banned its employees from using American gaming terms such as "e-sports," instead using their domestic language counterparts like "jeu video de competition?"
    
    Answer: France
    
    
11. Started in 1944, "Le Parisien" is one of the top-selling daily what in France?
    
    Answer: Newspapers
    
    
12. What Parisian-born actress and activist launched the U.N. Women campaign HeForShe in 2014 – about three years after starring in her eighth “Harry Potter” film?
    
    Answer: Emma Watson
    
    
13. France shares a land border with what country that also immediately follows it on an alphabetical list of the English names of E.U. nations?
    
    Answer: Germany
    
    
14. The Alpine region of Europe includes Austria, Italy, Liechtenstein, France, Germany, Monaco, Slovenia and what neutral country?
    
    Answer: Switzerland
    
    
15. Along with Libération and Le Figaro, Le Monde is considered one of the three "newspapers of record" in which European nation?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
16. Some of the earliest known depictions of owls come are drawings on the walls of the Chauvet Cave, in the southeastern portion of what European country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
17. The Statue of Liberty’s famously green, but only because of oxidation! What originally reddish-brown metal is France’s glorious gift made of?
    
    Answer: Copper
    
    
18. If you’re at a location in France, Germany, or several other European countries, which fast food place lets you order a beer with your Quarter Pounder?
    
    Answer: McDonald's
    
    
19. Navajo artist Carl Gorman was one of the original “code talkers” who famously used the Navajo language as an unbreakable code to transmit military communications during what 20th Century war?
    
    Answer: World War 2
    
    
20. Voltaire, Descartes, and de Tocqueville were all notable philosophers to hail from which European country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
21. Located about 12 miles west of Paris, what former royal residence built by Louis XIV of France now draws an estimated 15 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular tourist sites in the world?
    
    Answer: Versailles
    
    
22. Known as CNIL for short, the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés is the data protection authority agency of what EU nation?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
23. D.C. is considered a "planned city," which makes some sense considering the avenues radiating out from rectangles that make up the core of the city. The architect and city planner was commissioned in 1791 by President Washington and he was from what country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
24. What island in the Detroit River shares its name with the Disney Princess who starred in a 1991 animated film set in France?
    
    Answer: Belle Isle
    
    
25. Short for "Train à Grande Vitesse," TGV is an intercity high-speed rail system that primarily serves what European nation?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
26. In “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea,” Jules Verne based Captain Nemo’s Nautilus on what kind of machine technology that he’d seen at the 1867 Exposition Universelle in France?
    
    Answer: Submarine
    
    
27. What famous cathedral of Paris, France, opened in 1345, was made even more famous in an 1831 Victor Hugo novel that was adapted many times?
    
    Answer: Notre-Dame De Paris
    
    
28. What city was the center of the movement called Surrealism, whose artists include such notables as Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Rene Magritte, and Salvador Dali?
    
    Answer: Paris
    
    
29. Which glass and metal structure designed by Chinese American architect I. M. Pei stands in the main courtyard of the Louvre Museum?
    
    Answer: Louvre Pyramid
    
    
30. Italian Vincenzo Peruggia is a famous name in the history of art for stealing which iconic painting in 1911? One theory regarding his motivation for stealing the painting was that he wanted to return the painting from France to its country of origin.
    
    Answer: Mona Lisa
    
    
31. The Blériot XI is the aircraft French aviator Louis Blériot used to become the first person to fly an airplane across what famous arm of the Atlantic Ocean that splits Southern England from Northern France?
    
    Answer: English Channel
    
    
32. What color features in the national flags of all eight countries that border mainland France?
    
    Answer: Red
    
    
33. The Principality of Monaco is bordered to the north, east, and west, by what other European country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
34. What sun-powered transportation experiment in France took a real bad turn in 2016, and didn’t end up paving the way for a new eco-friendly infrastructure?
    
    Answer: Solar Roadway
    
    
35. The 2000 film "Chocolat" stars Juliette Binoche as a woman who opens a sweet shop in a straitlaced fictional village in what country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
36. Augustin Mouchot successfully demonstrated a solar steam engine in 1878 at the Universal Exposition which was coincidentally hosted in his home country that year. What was the country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
37. The nursery rhyme titled "Brother John" is more often known by what French-language name?
    
    Answer: Frère Jacques
    
    
38. The only time cricket was an official Olympic sport was in the 1900 games, played in what European capital city proposed as a host by Pierre de Coubertin?
    
    Answer: Paris
    
    
39. In France, the July 14 national holiday is called Fête nationale française. What’s it called in English? (Hint: The observance marks the fall of a French prison at the start of the Revolution)
    
    Answer: Bastille Day
    
    
40. President Thomas Jefferson bought about 828,000 square miles worth of land from France in 1803. What name was given to the transaction for that territory?
    
    Answer: Louisiana Purchase
    
    
41. Which airport in Paris is the biggest and busiest in France? (Hint: It’s named after a French president)
    
    Answer: Charles de Gaulle Airport
    
    
42. What EU nation that's home to the Pompidou Centre and Reims Cathedral passed a law in 2023 requiring parking lots of more than 80 spaces to have canopies of solar panels?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
43. Although they also operate in Belgium, and the Netherlands, Eurostar is a high-speed rail service best known for using a famous tunnel to provide international travel between which two countries?
    
    Answer: France and the UK
    
    
44. Vincent van Gogh painted his watery Seine series while living in and around what European capital city?
    
    Answer: Paris
    
    
45. What “M” French landmark is a large hill in Paris’s 18th arrondissement? It is home to the Basilica of the Sacre-Coeur.
    
    Answer: Montmartre
    
    
46. The Palme d’Or is the top prize awarded at the Internation Film Festival held in which French City?
    
    Answer: Cannes
    
    
47. Euskara, a language isolate (i.e., a language that cannot be shown to be related to any other language), is spoken in what region that straddles Spain and France, next to the Pyrenees?
    
    Answer: Basque
    
    
48. Created by French sculptor Charles Gumery, the two figural group statues named “Harmony” and “Poetry” in English that sit on opposite ends atop the Palais Garnier Opera’s main façade are made out of what metallic element whose Periodic Table symbol is Cu?
    
    Answer: Copper
    
    
49. Invented in France in the 19th century, the velocipede was early version of what form of transportation?
    
    Answer: Bicycle
    
    
50. Unlike the gold-plated Oscars, France's César award for cinema excellence is cast from what mostly copper alloy?
    
    Answer: Bronze
    
    
51. The vodka brand Grey Goose has an English name despite coming from what non-English speaking country (where its name would become "oie grise" in the national language)?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
52. Literally translating as "beautiful wands," Beauxbatons is the institution of wizardly education of what country in the Harry Potter universe?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
53. Along with France and Spain, which North African country is one of only three countries have both an Atlantic coast and a Mediterranean coast?
    
    Answer: Morocco
    
    
54. Lyon, France is home to what border-spanning law enforcement agency?
    
    Answer: Interpol
    
    
55. Lilian Thuram is the record-holder for most appearances ("caps") and Thierry Henry the record-holder for most goals for what nation's men's soccer team?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
56. The modernist, concrete Saint-Pierre church in Firminy, France is one of the major works of what architect whose birth name was Charles-Edouard Jeanneret?
    
    Answer: Le Corbusier
    
    
57. On the periodic table, Francium is named for the country of France. Less obviously, what metallic element gets its name from the old Latin name for what is now France?
    
    Answer: Gallium
    
    
58. Pacífica Fernández designed the flag of Costa Rica in 1848 after being inspired by which European country’s revolution?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
59. Thales is a multinational company that designs and builds electrical systems for the aerospace market, based out of what European country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
60. 'Entente Cordiale' is a term typically used to describe the relationship between the UK and what other country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
61. Alexis de Tocqueville is a famous European political scientist who famously wrote a 19th century treatise titled "Democracy in America." What nationality is de Tocqueville?
    
    Answer: French
    
    
62. Used by the French as a symbol of solidarity with veterans and victims of war, the cornflower (also known as bachelor's button) is what primary color?
    
    Answer: Blue
    
    
63. Known for fine art and antiques, the Hotel Drouot is a large auction house featuring multiple independent auction firms in what world capital city?
    
    Answer: Paris
    
    
64. The largest news agencies in the world are the Associated Press, Reuters, and AFP, an agency headquartered in what European nation?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
65. Stretching over 31 miles between Kent, England and Hauts-de-France, France, the Chunnel is a colloquial portmanteau of what famous tunnel?
    
    Answer: The Channel Tunnel
    
    
66. In the Tour de France, the yellow jersey is awarded to the cyclist who has the fastest aggregate time across all stages. What color jersey is awarded to the "young rider" — a cyclist under the age of 26 — with the fastest aggregate time?
    
    Answer: White
    
    
67. Located near Nimes, France, the Pont du Gard is a very well-preserved example of what Roman engineering feat? Another example of this particular engineering is located in Segovia, Spain.
    
    Answer: Aqueduct
    
    
68. Lettered subway tiles spell out the text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen at the Concorde stop of what city's metro line?
    
    Answer: Paris
    
    
69. There are five countries that were represented at every modern Olympics since its beginning. Greece is one of them. Name two others.
    
    Answer: Australia, France, Great Britain, Switzerland
    
    
70. Which style of art, also known as Late Baroque, focused on decorative ornamentation and began in France in the 1730s? Jean-Honoré Fragonard is a noted exponent of this style.
    
    Answer: Rococo
    
    
71. Which large city located on the French south coast is only 13km away from the principality of Monaco?
    
    Answer: Nice
    
    
72. What shape, the highest order regular polygon that can "tile a plane", is used in French as a synonym for the mainland of France?
    
    Answer: Hexagon (L'Hexagone)
    
    
73. Only one part of the former New France remains legally part of France. This small archipelago named Saint Pierre is home to ~6,000 citizens and is located off the coast of what Canadian province?
    
    Answer: Newfoundland and Labrador
    
    
74. What French jeweler is famous for its "menagerie" animal pieces, including an onyx-and-diamond bracelet shaped like a panther that was owned by Wallis Simpson?
    
    Answer: Cartier
    
    
75. Which monument situated in the center of the Place du Charles de Gaulle commemorates those who died in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars?
    
    Answer: Arc de Triomphe
    
    
76. From 2022 to 2023, Pap Ndiaye was the minister of education and youth in what Eurozone country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
77. In what country did the deadliest auto racing accident ever occur? It occurred during a 24-hour race in 1955?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
78. The movie "Ford v. Ferrari" was about Ford Motor Company's efforts in the mid-1960s to win what iconic race? The race takes place over 24 hours in a town in France.
    
    Answer: Le Mans
    
    
79. In the 1795 Peace of Basel treaty, Spain lost control over two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. To what other nation did they cede this land?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
80. Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a 19th century inventor and mechanical engineer, most famous for the invention of his namesake engine. He's also well-known for a suspicious death at sea. Although born in France, Diesel was what nationality?
    
    Answer: German
    
    
81. In 1956, Israel invaded Egypt, followed by the UK and France, forcing outside pressure from the United States. This crisis is referred to by what name? It refers to the canal the Western powers were hoping to control.
    
    Answer: Suez Crisis
    
    
82. In mid-July 2021, President Emmanuel Macron announced sweeping COVID-19 vaccination mandates in what European country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
83. Although born in the United States, civil rights activist Josephine Baker became famous as an entertainer and supporter of Nazi resistance in what country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
84. In 1775, the United States sent Silas Deane to what European country, to rally support for the American Revolution?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
85. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla over what European country?
    
    Answer: France
    
    
86. What “A” word is a day celebrated by France every November 11th since 1918 when Germany and the Allied countries signed an agreement in Compiègne, France to end World War I?
    
    Answer: Armistice
    
    
87. How old was Laurent Fabius, the youngest prime minister of the current governmental structure of France, when he was appointed on July 17, 1984?
    
    Answer: 37
    
    
88. Which French river rises in the southern Massif Central and flows northwest for 634 miles to the Atlantic Ocean? This river gives its name to six departments.
    
    Answer: Loire
    
    
89. Irish-born playwright and novelist Samuel Beckett wrote in English, but also in what other language that reflects the country where he spent much of his adult life?
    
    Answer: French
    
    
90. Who was the only person to be prime minister more than once under the Fifth Republic of France? He served from 1974 to 1976, and again from 1986 to 1988.
    
    Answer: Jacques Chirac
    
    
91. What is the "L" name of the network of caves in Dordogne in southwest France, famous for their paleolithic drawings of bulls and other local animal life?
    
    Answer: Lascaux
    
    
92. Which city of the French Riviera, located close to Monaco, is the second largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille?
    
    Answer: Nice
    
    
93. Which French monarch with the nickname “The Sun King” reigned for 72 years from the age of four? Name and regnal number required.
    
    Answer: Louis XIV
    
    
94. Winning his fifth and final title in 1985, which cyclist nicknamed Le Blaireau (The Badger), was the last Frenchman to win the Tour de France?
    
    Answer: Bernard Hinault
    
    
95. Which former Winter Olympics host is known as the "Capital of the Alps", which seems reasonable given its population of ~160,000 makes it the largest city in the alps?
    
    Answer: Grenoble
    
    
96. What city in southern France's Languedoc area is the namesake of a tile-placement game in which players can turn their "meeple" into monks, knights, robbers, and farmers?
    
    Answer: Carcassonne
    
    
97. Which author of the romance novel "Clisson et Eugénie" (whose literary career is much less remembered than his political and military ones) was born on Corsica in 1769, and died on Saint Helena in 1821?
    
    Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
    
    
98. Jeanne d'Arc (Joan of Arc) is remembered for her role in the Siege of Orleans, a conflict in what inaccurately named war that was fought between France and England between 1337 and 1453?
    
    Answer: The Hundred Years' War
    
    
99. The combo of bagpipes and drums isn't just for the Scottish - bagadoù (or bagads) are pipe bands associated with which historical province of France?
    
    Answer: Brittany
    
    
100. Depending on your cultural references, its name might put you in the mind of Pinocchio's cat, an opera by Mozart, or the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. Founded in January 1826, what is the oldest national newspaper in France?
     
     Answer: Le Figaro
     
     
101. Which northwestern city in Brittany is a center of technology, art, and history, and has the unique claim to fame as being the smallest city in the world with a Metro line?
     
     Answer: Rennes
     
     
102. There are more than 300 châteaux of the Loire Valley, some of which date back to the Middle Ages. Here, the word châteaux would be equal to which English word that also starts with C and brings up an image of a home fit for a king?
     
     Answer: Casles
     
     
103. In May 2022, who did Emmanuel Macron appoint as Prime Minister to replace Jean Castex (who had resigned)?
     
     Answer: Élisabeth Borne
     
     
104. Which northern France city on the river Deûle is nicknamed the “Capital of French Flanders?”
     
     Answer: Lille
     
     
105. Being one of the iconic landmarks in Paris and also being a well-known tourist driving experience, how many roads are connected to the roundabout circling the Arc de Triomphe?
     
     Answer: 12
     
     
106. Which style of breakfast toast made with egg and commonly topped with syrup and fruit actually predates France?
     
     Answer: French
     
     
107. In what European country was the first veterinary school founded by Claude Bourgelat in 1762?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
108. Crowned Miss France in 2016, Iris Mittenaere reigned supreme and won what global beauty pageant competition held in late January 2017 in Manila, Philippines?
     
     Answer: Miss Universe
     
     
109. The first veterinary school in the world was created in what city in France in 1761?
     Answer: Lyon
     
     
110. Sacramento is home to a film festival celebrating the cinema of what European country?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
111. Serving from 1981 to 1995, who is the longest serving President of France?
     
     Answer: Francois Mitterrand
     
     
112. What did France win in the years 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969 and 1977? Their five wins are only behind Ireland and Sweden who have won it seven times each.
     
     Answer: Eurovision Song Contest
     
     
113. What’s the name of the Ancient Roman three-tiered aqueduct that crosses the Gardon river in Southern France?
     
     Answer: Pont du Gard
     
     
114. Between 1995 and 1996, which country conducted six nuclear tests in the Pacific—specifically, at Muratoa Atoll?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
115. Perhaps you might go to a similar sounding place decades after leaving school. Of France's 11 overseas territories, French Guyana is by far the biggest in area, but which island in the Indian Ocean with over 800,000 people has the largest population?
     
     Answer: Réunion (Reunion)
     
     
116. The original village of Les Salles-sur-Verdon was destroyed to make room for what man-made lake that the rebuilt community now sits on?
     
     Answer: Sainte Croix
     
     
117. Since 2020 coups have rocked many African nations including Mali, Niger, and Gabon, all of which are united by the fact they are former colonies of what European nation?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
118. Nicknamed "The Professor", who is the only Frenchman to win the Formula One World Drivers' Championship, doing so on four separate occasions?
     
     Answer: Alain Prost
     
     
119. What was the first name of the French contestant who won the second season of Netflix reality show “Too Hot to Handle”?
     
     Answer: Marvin
     
     
120. Elected to five-year terms, how many members are the in the lower house of French parliament, the National Assembly?
     
     Answer: 577
     
     
121. What is the name of the smooth, creamy, seasoned soup of French origin that is typically based on a strained broth of crustaceans? The name is thought to come from the body of water between Spain and France below the Celtic Sea.
     
     Answer: Bisque
     
     
122. On April Fool's Day in France, one might be presented with un poisson d'avril, a chocolate shaped like what animal?
     
     Answer: Fish
     
     
123. What is the name of the far-right party of Marine Le Pen, who lost the French presidential runoff election to Emmanuel Macron in April 2022?
     
     Answer: National Rally
     
     
124. Fischer and Kronenbourg are two of the most significant breweries based around the city of Strasbourg in what French region? This region, which produces more beer than any other, is historically and culturally linked to neighboring Germany.
     
     Answer: Alsace
     
     
125. What “S” hotel located on the Strand in London was the first luxury hotel in Britain, opening in 1889 by Richard Carte? It is also the name of a region in the Western Alps, split between France and Italy, and the titular “Truffle” in a Beatles song.
     
     Answer: Savoy Hotel
     
     
126. Tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, tuna, and black olives are the principal ingredient in a salad named for what city in southern France?
     
     Answer: Nice
     
     
127. Beginning and ending in Chamonix, France, the 106-mile Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc foot race loops around Mont Blanc, through what other two countries?
     
     Answer: Italy and Switzerland
     
     
128. The Concorde, a joint venture between the UK and another European country, made its first flights in 1973. What airline other than British Airways flew the Concorde?
     
     Answer: Air France
     
     
129. Produced and sold in France by Heineken France is an Irish Red beer with what man's name in the brand's title?
     
     Answer: George Killian's Irish Red
     
     
130. In 2005, Isabelle Dinoire became the first patient to undergo a partial face transplant. In what country did she receive this groundbreaking surgery?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
131. Which major eastern French city on the border of Germany is home to the European Parliament, Parc de l'Orangerie, Musée des Beaux-Arts, and Petite-France?
     
     Answer: Strasbourg
     
     
132. 159 years later, it would become a decisive victory for ABBA. Also known as La Belle Alliance, what is the English name for the 1815 battle that saw the defeat of Napolean, thus marking the end of the Napoleonic Wars?
     
     Answer: The Battle of Waterloo
     
     
133. The Louisiana Purchase occurred in 1803, when the United States bought the territory of the country of France for how many million dollars?
     
     Answer: 15
     
     
134. Before becoming perhaps the most famous canine movie star, Rin Tin Tin had quite the origin story. For one, he was rescued from a battlefield in World War I. Despite his recovery in France, what breed was Rin Tin Tin?
     
     Answer: German Shepherd
     
     
135. Bagaleu, a white owl with multicolored glasses, was the mascot for the XIth Games of the Small States of Europe held in what microstate sandwiched between Spain and France?
     
     Answer: Andorra
     
     
136. In 1991, the World Wide Web was released for the first time outside of the research organization where it had been invented in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee. What is the name of that organization, more famous today for operating the Large Hadron Collider on the border between France and Switzerland?
     
     Answer: CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research)
     
     
137. In 2022, Kylian Mbappé became the second player to score goals for France in two FIFA World Cup finals. Which alliteratively named French footballer managed this feat before him?
     
     Answer: Zinedine Zidane
     
     
138. French Guiana, the overseas territory that France has on the South American mainland, has what city as its capital? You might find the answer to this question a little peppery for your liking.
     
     Answer: Cayenne
     
     
139. Moroni is the capital of which country (made up of three islands) in Southeastern Africa that claimed independence from France in 1975?
     
     Answer: Comoros
     
     
140. The largest national park in the European Union is located in which overseas department of France situated on the coast of South America? Two-word answer required.
     
     Answer: French Guiana
     
     
141. There is a very small (180 square miles) landlocked sovereign country between France and Spain with a population of approximately 75,000. Believed to have been created by Charlemagne, what is the name of this country?
     
     Answer: Andorra
     
     
142. Inspired by a liqueur produced in the Loire Valley in 17th-century France, Chambord is a liqueur flavored with what fruit?
     
     Answer: Raspberries
     
     
143. French citizens have won it a record 16 times, but Annie Ernaux became the first female French recipient of the Nobel Prize in which category?
     
     Answer: Literature
     
     
144. Creating a record for furthest distance away from the opening ceremony, the surfing events in the Paris 2024 Olympics will be held on which French Polynesian Island?
     
     Answer: Tahiti
     
     
145. Born in 1822, which French chemist has a type of food preservation process (typically used for items like milk and juice) named after him and is recognized by many as the “Father of bacteriology” and the “Father of microbiology”?
     
     Answer: Louis Pasteur
     
     
146. "The Night of the 12th" won the 2023 Best Film award at what French equivalent of the Oscars? The awards share their "C" name with a Euro dog food brand and the actor who played The Joker on the 1960s "Batman" series.
     
     Answer: César
     
     
147. What is the name of the spice blend in French cooking composed of fennel, marjoram, parsley, rosemary, tarragon, and thyme? The name for this blend comes from a region in France.
     
     Answer: Herbes de Provence
     
     
148. In August 2020, Tadej Pogacar became the first cyclist from what central European nation to win the Tour de France?
     
     Answer: Slovenia
     
     
149. Often called a Nazi puppet state, the French state headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II is usually known by what name taken from the spa town in Central France that served as its capital?
     
     Answer: Vichy France (Régime de Vichy)
     
     
150. What “T” public French garden is located between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde? It was created by Catherine de Medici as the garden of its namesake palace in 1564.
     
     Answer: Tuileries Garden
     
     
151. Sharing its name with the département which has Saint-Étienne as its capital, what is the longest river to be entirely located within France?
     
     Answer: Loire
     
     
152. With roughly 12 million visitors a year visit, it is said to be the most visited site in all of Europe. The Parisian commune of Chessy is home to the European version of what major American attraction?
     
     Answer: Disneyland (Disneyland Paris)
     
     
153. Named after an early aviator and World War I fighter pilot, what is the name of the stadium that hosts the French Open every year?
     
     Answer: Stade Roland Garros
     
     
154. A pair of islands off the coast of Newfoundland, an island 400 miles east of Madagascar, and a mainland territory in South America are all "overseas departments" of what country?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
155. Founded on August 17, 1220, the University of Montpellier has the world's oldest school of medicine, and is located in what European country?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
156. By French regulations, what distilled spirit must be made with grapes grown within the Charente and Charente-Maritime regions of France, distilled twice in copper pot stills, and aged in either Limousin or Tronçais oak barrels for at least two years?
     
     Answer: Cognac
     
     
157. In Steven Jay Schneider’s book "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", the earliest movie listed is a 1902 French science fiction film directed by Georges Méliès, the English title of which is “A Trip to...” what extraterrestrial location?
     
     Answer: The Moon
     
     
158. From its pronunciation you might think it was made from footwear, but what bakery product (made using butter, water, flour, and eggs) gets its name from the French for cabbage, due to its shape?
     
     Answer: Choux pastry (Pâte à choux)
     
     
159. The French monarchs known as "The Bald," "The Fat," and "The Simple" all share what first name?
     
     Answer: Charles
     
     
160. Popular in France and the U.S., one of Amazon's best-selling baby care products is a teething toy shaped like a giraffe. What is the giraffe's name?
     
     Answer: Sophie
     
     
161. When you take into account overseas territories, what country contains the most time zones?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
162. France’s national men’s soccer team walked away from what host country with the namesake championship trophy in the 2018 FIFA World Cup?
     
     Answer: Russia
     
     
163. What 1916 “V” battle of World War I was the longest battle of that conflict, taking place on the Western Front in France?
     
     Answer: Battle Of Verdun
     
     
164. In the commune of Montmorillon in central France, you will find a museum (and attached store) dedicated to which iconic pastel colored, almond based, French sweet treat?
     
     Answer: Macarons
     
     
165. "The Fire Next Time," "If Beale Street Could Talk," and "Giovanni's Room" are all books by what acclaimed Black American author that spent most of his professional life in France rather than the U.S. due to the racial discrimination he faced in America?
     
     Answer: James Baldwin
     
     
166. France’s longest international border is with which 6-letter country?
     
     Answer: Brazil
     
     
167. What French city on the coast of the Gulf of Lion is known as the home of the fish soup bouillabaisse?
     
     Answer: Marseilles
     
     
168. Total S.A. is a multinational integrated oil and gas company founded in 1924 and headquartered in what European country?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
169. What variety of billiards, popular in France where it originated, involves trying to bounce your cue ball off your opponent's cue ball, and then strike a target ball? It’s “C” name comes fittingly from a verb meaning to strike and rebound.
     
     Answer: Carom
     
     
170. Which small village in Pyrénées-Atlantiques is known for its hot peppers, which you’ll often see drying outside of people’s homes?
     
     Answer: Espelette
     
     
171. Known for its high style of architecture designed by Richard Rogers, Su Rogers, Renzo Piano, and Gianfranco Franchini, what French landmark is named after the 19th President of France and is home to Europe’s largest modern art museum?
     
     Answer: Centre Pompidou
     
     
172. What “P” building is a complex near the Les Halles in Paris? It is named after a French president of the 1970s.
     
     Answer: Pompidou Centre
     
     
173. Consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, G7 is short for what international intergovernmental organization comprised of seven of world’s largest developed economies?
     
     Answer: Group of Seven
     
     
174. At the Tokyo Olympics, France defeated Japan 4-1 to win the mixed teams event in which sport?
     
     Answer: Judo
     
     
175. In 2018, which French football player became the fourth goalkeeper in history to captain his country to victory at the FIFA World Cup?
     
     Answer: Hugo Lloris
     
     
176. What museum in Paris, home many impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, was once a railway station on the Left Bank of the Seine River?
     
     Answer: Musee d’orsay
     
     
177. Which fruit, known as pomme d’amour in France, was wrongly thought in Renaissance times to be poisonous?
     
     Answer: Tomato
     
     
178. Famous French Olympian Teddy Riner is a multiple Olympic champion in which combat sport?
     
     Answer: Judo
     
     
179. The district known as “Paris Centre” is made up of how many arrondissements in central Paris?
     
     Answer: Four
     
     
180. What French writer was known for his adaptations of earlier folk tales, such as "Cinderella," "Puss in Boots," and "Sleeping Beauty," establishing the literary genre known as fairy tales, and serving as an influence on the work of the Brothers Grimm?
     
     Answer: Charles Perrault
     
     
181. Which island in the Mediterranean Sea southeast of the French mainland has a regional capital called Ajaccio? This island is the birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte.
     
     Answer: Corsica
     
     
182. In 2016, which country opened the world’s first stretch of solar-powered road—1km (0.6-mile) paved with over 2,800 panels?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
183. Which archipelago in the Caribbean was once a Swedish colony? This archipelago now belongs to France and is known locally as Gwada.
     
     Answer: Guadeloupe
     
     
184. What is the name of the Klaus-Jürgen Wrede designed card game that finds players creating cities, roads, cloisters, and fields for their meeple to live in? It shares a name with a Southern French city known for its walled citadel.
     
     Answer: Carcassonne
     
     
185. Named host country for the 2023 edition, France had never actually won the Rugby World Cup. However, up to and including the 2019 tournament, how many times had France qualified for the final, only to be defeated?
     
     Answer: Three
     
     
186. Giovanni Verrazzano, the Italian explorer who in 1524 was the first European to explore the Jersey shore, was working in the service of the king of what country?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
187. Palais des Papes (Palace of Popes) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site which served as the papal residence for part of the 14th century. In which Southern France city, known as 'La Cité des Papes' (The City-State of Popes), is it located?
     
     Answer: Avignon
     
     
188. The Bishop of Urgell and the president of which European country share title of Prince of Andorra?
     
     Answer: France
     
     
189. Which southern French city near the border of Spain is filled with terra cotta brickwork, leading to its nickname: “La Ville Rose?”
     
     Answer: Toulouse
     
     
190. What is the name of the antisemitic political scandal that occurred during the late 19th and early 20th centuries during which Captain Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason?
     
     Answer: Dreyfus Affair
     
     
191. Which city in southeast France is nicknamed the “Pearl of the French Alps?”
     
     Answer: Annecy
     
     
192. The football team known as "OL" dominated Ligue 1 (France's top domestic football league) at the start of the 21st century, winning a record seven consecutive titles. What city does OL represent?
     
     Answer: Lyon
     
     
193. Which Oscar winning movie for Best Picture was set around the 1924 Summer Olympics that were held in Paris?
     
     Answer: Chariots of Fire
     
     
194. Known for its glass roof, what architectural masterpiece in central Paris will host the fencing and taekwondo events at the 2024 Olympics?
     
     Answer: Grand Palais
     
     
195. The European Commission bestows an annual prize for achievement in photovoltaic energy conversion, named for what French dude who started all that stuff? Surname only is fine!
     
     Answer: Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel / Edmond Becquerel / Becquerel
     
     
196. In France, the dog is called Berger de Brie. Elsewhere, what name is given to the large, long-coated herding breed with the unusual feature of double dewclaws on its hind legs?
     
     Answer: Briard
     
     
197. The French Parliament is made up of an upper house (Senate) and a lower house that is known by which name?
     
     Answer: National Assembly
     
     
198. Between 1888 and 1889 Vincent van Gogh lived in which city in the south of France where he produced over 300 works? Pablo Picasso and Paul Gaugin also lived here.
     
     Answer: Arles
     
     
199. In 2017, Emmanuel Macron was elected President of France as a candidate from what newly-created party, whose name means "Forward?"
     
     Answer: En Marche
     
     

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