France

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

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

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

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

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

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'? Emile Zola Honore de Balzac Emma Orczy Marcel Proust

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 Blondin Jean Orcy Charles Zidane Jean Descartes

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

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