WorksheetsInteresting facts about France
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
You can marry a dead person in France.
YES
NO
You have to prove that a deceased person actually wanted to marry you (while alive) in order to marry them posthumously.
YES
NO
To marry someone posthumously, you must have a wedding with the corpse.
yes
no that's horrible
The French army was the first to use camouflage.
true
false
A "camofleur" is a gunman.
true
false
Marianne symbolizes the "triumph of the Republic"
true
false
The legal system in France is still largely based on the principles set down in Napoleon Bonaparte’s Code Civil after the revolution, in the 1800s.
true
false
Louis XIX was the QUEEN of France.
true
false
France is known as the...
hexagon
triangle
circle
octagon
France is the world's
city
fair
most popular tourist destination
center for psychologists
_______________ invented in France.
Braille was
Glasses were
Salmon farming was
Socks were
French supermarkets must
donate unsold food
re-sell old food
Basque is a
regional dialogue in France
city in France
French dish
type of animal
The Academie Francaise is trying to ban words like:
dog, cat, and bird
blog, email, and parking
shoe, shirt, and eggs
intellectual, tumultuous, and insidious
At least 40% of the music on private radio stations must be of French origin.
true
false
The "cinematographe"
showed movies
sang songs
directed traffic
was a governor of Paris
How long did the oldest French woman live?
164 years
122 years
75 years
95 years
Same sex marriage is illegal in France in 2018
true
false
When same sex marriage was legalized in 2013, thousands of people took to the streets in protest.
true
false
Mont Blanc is
a mountain
a lake
a hotel
a village
The Louvre is a
museum
church
lake
tour
In 2005 French surgeons were the first to perform a
brain transplant
foot transplant
kidney transplant
face transplant
The TGV is a
high speed car
high speed train
museum
factory
The French invented the metric system.
true
false
The tour de France has only been around for 20 years.
true
false
Voltaire , Descartes, and Flaubert were...
tv producers
kings
writers
business men
There are 1200 varieties of cheese in France.
true
false
Poisson d'avril is a holiday that children:
go fishing
eat fish
go to aquariums
tape paper fish on other's backs
Snails are served with:
cumin, paprika, and sea salt
cinnamon and sugar
guacamole
garlic, parsley, and butter
On a high speed train in France, it is illegal to carry:
live snails without train tickets
snails without heads
live snails without shells
snails without giving them a good bye kiss first
The world's longest novel is Marcel Proust's
A la recherche du temps rouges
A la recherche du temps perdu
A la recherche du temps vide
A la recherche du temps de mon papa
What color veins does Roquefort cheese have?
purple
blue
red
orange
Paris Gare du Nord is Europe's busiest railway station
true
false
Europe's highest mountain is on the French Riviera
true
false
Auguste and Louis Lumiere had to do with French:
wine
food
art
film
France's national motto is:
liberty, justice, and all
la Marseillaise
liberty, equality, and fraternity
brotherhood, sisterhood, and motherhood
France is Europe's largest country in the EU
true
false
