French Trivia Questions And Answers About French Things
Disney's Beauty and the Beast takes place in what country?
A: France
French mail boxes are what color?
A: Yellow
Brassiere comes from an old French word meaning what?
A: Arm Protector
In what country is July 14th a national day of celebration?
A: France, Bastille Day.
The word negligee is French and suggests that the wearer
doesn't do what?
A: Housework.
What did the French once call Acadia?
A: Nova Scotia.
In France if you were served le miel what would you be
served?
A: Honey
The word "caterpillar" comes from the old French term mean?
A: Hairy Cat
What is both a musical instrument and the French word for
paper clip?
A: Trombone
What do the French call the movie High Noon ?
A: La Train Sifflera Trois Fois
Why it is illegal to sell an ET doll ET in France?
A: Dolls must have human faces only.
French Polish varnish is made by dissolving shellac in
what?
A: Alcohol.
The French call the Hitchcock movie North by Northwest
what?
A: La Mort aux Trousses.
Which French actors catch phrase was "Come with me to the
Casbah"?
A: Charles Boyer in Algiers.
In medieval France a person's rank was shown by the length
of what?
A: Shoe points bigger meant higher.
What common word comes from the French for purse or wallet?
A: Budget.
What do the French call the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?
A: Daimants Sur Canape
In the USA it’s the Oscars what is it in France?
A: Caesars
The metropolitan area of France extends from the
Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to where?
A: To the Atlantic Ocean.
It is bordered by what countries to the northeast?
A: Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
What countries border France to the east?
A: Switzerland and Italy.
What two countries border France to the south?
A: Andorra and Spain.
What are France’s overseas territories?
A: French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic,
Pacific and Indian oceans.
Where is France’s capital?
A: In Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre.
During the Iron Age, what is now metropolitan France was inhabited by whom?
A: The Gauls, a Celtic people.
Rome annexed the area in 51 BC, holding it until when?
A: Until the arrival of Germanic Franks in 476, who formed the Kingdom of Francia.
The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned Francia into what?
A: East Francia, Middle Francia and West Francia.
West Francia which became the Kingdom of France in 987 emerged as a major European power in the Late Middle Ages following its victory in what war?
A: The Hundred Years' War (1337–1453).
During the Renaissance, French culture flourished and a global colonial empire was established, which by the 20th century would become what?
A: The second largest in the world.
The 16th century was dominated by religious civil wars between whom?
A: The Catholics and Protestants (Huguenots).
France became Europe's dominant cultural, political, and military power in the 17th century under what king?
A: Louis XIV.