The French Revolution - What do YOU know?

Which government building was stormed by revolutionary citizens on July 14th 1789?

• The Tuileries

• The Palace of Versailles

• The Champ de Mars

• The Bastille

The French revolutionary leader Marquis de Lafayette was famous for his involvement in what other event?

• The Napoleonic Wars

• The American Revolution

• The English Civil War

• The St Bartholomew Day Massacre

"Let them eat cake" was a phrase mistakenly attributed to which French Revolution figure?

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Marie Antoinette

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Louis XIV

Which decorative devices were often worn in different colours, to denote support for the revolution?

• Cockades

• Cravats

• Ruffs

• Carnations

Which social class made up the Second Estate in France before the revolution?

• The middle classes

• The nobility

• The urban workers

• The clergy

The working class people of Paris, particularly the revolutionaries, were better known by what term?

• The Bastillians

• The bourgeoisie

• The federes

• The sans culottes

Which of these important figures of the French Revolution was NOT guillotined?

• Maximilien Robespierre

• Marquis de Lafayette

• Louis XVI

• Marie Antoinette

What was the name of the palace and royal residence of King Louis XVI, until October 1789?

• Tuileries

• Fontainbleu

• Versailles

• Saint-Cloud

On June 20th French politicians at Versailles swore an oath in a hall used for which sport?

• Tennis

• Bowling

• Squash

• Croquet

A significant document passed in August 1789 was the Declaration of the Rights of...?

• Man, Woman and Child

• Princes and Men

• Man and Citizen

• All People