Q1) April 19th, 1934, saw which child star make her debut in “Stand Up and Cheer”?
Q2) Today in 1824 also saw the death of poet, Lord Byron; in which European country did he die?
Q3) Daphne Du Maurier died today, in 1989; many of her short stories and books were made into films by whom; Alfred Hitchcock, Ingmar Bergman, or Stephen Spielberg?
Q4) Today in 1987 saw the debut of which cartoon family?
Q5) And finally, today in 1956 saw which American actress join the royal family of Monaco?
Q1) April 18th saw the starting of the canonisation of which very French saint?
A1) Joan of Arc.
Q2) In which year of the 1780’s did the French Revolution start?
A2) 1789.
Q3) What’s the name of the well know annual bicycle race that goes through France?
A3) The Tour De France.
Q4) Which iconic American statue was made in France, and given to the USA in 1886?
A4) The Statue of Liberty.
Q5) True or False; The Bayeaux Tapestry is a tapestry.
A5) False; it’s an embroidered cloth. (Tapestries are entirely woven.)
Q6) The current version of the French Government is what; the 4th, 5th, or 6th Republic?
A6) The 5th Republic.
Q7) Which French city is the home of denim?
A7) Nîmes. (The phrase is an anglicised version of the phrase “De Nîmes”, “Of/From Nîmes”; it’s the home of the type of cotton used by Levi Strauss to make the original jeans. Which is an anglicised version of Genoa, the Italian city which was an alternative source.)
Q8) In which French city was the the French national anthem — “La Marseillaise” — first heard; Marseille, Paris or Strasbourg?
A8) Strasbourg.
Q9) What was the Roman Empire’s name for what is now France?
A9) Gaul.
Q10) True or False; in France, it’s illegal to name a pig Napoleon.
A10) True. Which gives the late George Orwell problems …
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