France

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1. By what name is the French national flag known? The Tricolor Le Cockerel The Marseilles La Chavignon

2. What is the name of the most famous French mime artist? Georges Pompidou Maurice Chevalier Marcel Marceau Sacha Distel

3. What is the French term for a pen name or pseudonym? Answer: (Three Words)

4. From what is the French liquer 'Calvados' made? Bananas Pears Apples Plums

5. Which Chateau in the department of Yvelines is the summer residence of the French President? Versailles Thierry Rambouillet La Valliere

6. Who wrote the words 'We seek him here, we seek him there, those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel'? Honore de Balzac Emile Zola Marcel Proust Emma Orczy

7. Under which treaty did Germany surrender Alsace-Lorraine to the French in 1919? Sevres Villiers Versailles Paris

8. Who was the French tightrope walker who crossed the Niagara Falls, then repeated the feat blindfolded, then pushing a wheelbarrow? Charles Zidane Charles Blondin Jean Orcy Jean Descartes

9. Which French author wrote the book Les Miserables, adapted as a musical in 1980? Victor Hugo Charles Baudelaire Gustave Flaubert Arthur Rimbaud

10. What is the French name for the English Channel? La Biscay Le Chanel La Manche La Boulogne