La Culture 2021

What type of cooking is called haute cuisine?

• foreign type of food not commonly found in France

• common man's food, accessible by anyone and easily produced

• meticulous preparation and careful presentation of food, at a high price level, accompanied by rare wines

• not food at all--actually indicates trash

What cheese is known as the oldest in France?

• Roquefort

• Cantal

• Sargento shredded cheese

• an unnamed cheese for Charlemagne

What is the controversial delicacy Foie Gras?

• frog legs

• peanut butter and jelly

• fattened liver of duck or goose

• fish eggs

What is a bûche de Noël?

• Christmas cookie

• Christmas cake shaped like a log

• Santa Claus

• Christmas stocking for gifts

What is un ragoût?

• soup

• lasagna

• casserole

• stew

What are the ingredients of mirepoix?

• celery, onions, carrots

• potato, onion, tomato

• celery, potato, squash

• apples, grapes, bananas

When was the first Tour de France féminin held?

• 1816

• 1984

• 1987

• 1992

What series is the most popular French comic in the world, with the series being translated into over 100 languages?

• Gaston

• Tintin

• Astérix

• X-Men

What was the profession of Simone de Beauvoir?

• actress, model, danser

• existentialist philosopher, intellectual, feminist

• priest, sociologist, explorer

• biologist, historian, professor

What popular family of sports requires navigational skills using a map and compass to navigate from point to point in diverse and usually unfamiliar terrain?

• Orienteering

• Connect the Dots

• Astral Navigation

• Draftsmanship