25 Off The Wall Facts about France

. Which French actor played a part in British soap, Coronation Street in 1987 and 1988 ?
1. Franck DUBOSC
2. Gérard Depardieu
3. Alain Delon
4. Jean Dujardin
Approximately how many STOP signs are there in Paris?
1. 1,000,000
2. 1
3. 150,000
4. 500,000
The word ‘Salut’, Means?
1. Hello
2. Goodbye
3. Hello and Goodbye
4. Cheers
In 1386, _____ was hung in France for the murder of a child?
1. A man
2. A wolf
3. A woman
4. A pig
When was the guillotine last used in France?
1. 1894
2. 1792
3. 1977
4. 1944
What is the most visited attraction in or around Paris?
1. The Eiffel Tower.
2. The Louvre
3. Disneyland
4. Notre Dame Cathedral
The rubbish bin was invented in France by ?
1. Monsieur Eugène Poubelle (1831-1907)
2. Madame Elise Sac-Noir (1799 - 1867)
3. Monsieur Thomas Trache-Cannes (1789 - 1879)
4. Monsieur Rudolph Bish (1901 - 1967)
Which particular item of dress was invented in France?
1. The scarf
2. Socks
3. Shoes
4. The kilt
What was the punishment for an adulterous wife in medieval France?
1. The guillotine
2. To chase a chicken through town naked.
3. The ducking stool.
4. To dress us as a bear and be whipped with birch twigs.
Which international distress call comes from French?
1. Mayday
2. SOS
3. Au sécours
4. #WTF
Where did the idea for jeans come from?
1. Nimes
2. Cergy
3. Paris
4. Jean de Florette
If you were to spend each day of your life in Paris visiting a different open terrace (of a bar, cafe, or restaurant), roughly how long would it take you?
1. 1 year
2. 10 years
3. 30 years
4. 6 months
What is the name of the bell in the Notre Dame Cathedral?
1. Quasimodo
2. Emmanuel
3. François
4. Jean-Claude
Why did Guy de Maupassant (the famous French writer) eat lunch at the base of Eiffel Tower almost every day?
1. As his lover owned the restaurant.
2. As he owned the restaurant.
3. As it was the best restaurant in Paris.
4. So he couldn't see the Eiffel tower.
How did the French Resistance prevent Hitler from visiting the Eiffel Tower after the fall of Paris?
1. They blew up the Eiffel Tower.
2. They cut the elevator cables to the Eiffel Tower.
3. They posted snipers on the bridge leading to The Eiffel Tower.
4. They tied strings of garlic to the legs of The Eiffel Tower.
A popular zoo in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, with over a million visitors, housed what?
1. Dinosaurs
2. Reptiles
3. Humans
4. Insects
When the mummy of Ramesses II (aka Egyptial king Ozymandias) was flown to Paris in 1974, it was issued with what?
1. A vaccination certificate.
2. A C.V.
3. A passport
4. La Légion d'honneur.
What is the largest French speaking city in the world?
1. Kinshasa
2. Montreal
3. Paris
4. London
What is the tallest structure in France?
1. The Eiffel tower.
2. The spire of Notre Dame cathedral.
3. The Millau bridge.
4. The spire of Strasboug cathedral.
André Gide, French writer and Nobel Prize of Literature, described French people as what?
1. "French people are Italian people in bad mood".
2. "French people are English people with bad manners".
3. "French people are American people with culture".
4. "French people are German people in better clothes".
In France, in exceptional cases it is possible to marry whom, with the authorisation of the President of the Republic?
1. A donkey.
2. A dead person.
3. An English person.
4. A loaf of bread.
In the town of Chateauneuf-du-Pape in Provence, a municipal law of 1954, that is still in force today, prohibits what?
1. Flying saucers from landing within the borders of the municipality.
2. People marrying English people within the borders of the municipality.
3. People eating garlic within the borders of the municipality.
4. Playing rugby within the borders of the municipality.
In the 1730s, a group of printing apprentices tried and hanged ____ in Paris’ Rue Saint-Séverin?
1. Young girls
2. Young women
3. Cats
4. Old women
It is still illegal to give the name Napoleon to what?
1. A boy
2. A pig
3. A horse
4. A girl
How Many Time Zones Are There in France?
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 12

25 Off The Wall Facts about France

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