Ten quiz questions about France

JUST how good is your knowledge of France, both covering events from the present day to looking back over the past?

Well have a go at the questions posed by author Andrew Whittaker, who compiled the book Speak the Culture: France, to see how much you really know.

The list of questions are below, alongside a .pdf that you can print off and take away with you, which you could hand out at a get-together or similar event.

Speak the Culture: France Quiz Questions for October

Q. What did former Spanish Prime Minster José Maria Aznar recently deny in an official statement to the French media?
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Q. Which day of the year does France celebrate la Journée de l’Europe?
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Q. How many gold medals did France win at the Beijing Olympics? (Clue: it was 12 fewer than Great Britain.)
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Q. Who is Catherine Millet?
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Q. Why did the publication of photographs showing Taliban fighters by Paris Match stir controversy recently?
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Q. What is the difference between Vintage and Non-Vintage champagne?
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Q. Which French actress starred alongside Daniel Craig in the 2006 James Bond film, Casino Royale?
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Q. Who, born Madeleine Cinquin in November 1908, and recently voted France’s sixth most popular personality in a newspaper poll, published her memoirs in August?
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Q. Who contributed the breathy female vocals to Serge Gainsbourg’s 1968 hit Je t’aime…moi non plus?
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Q. Which novelist turned film director made his cinematic debut in 2008 with an adaptation of his own book, La Possibilité d’une île?
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Some of the questions are drawn from Andrew's book Speak the Culture: France.

Download Speak the Culture: France Quiz Questions and Answers for October (.pdf).