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Which French naval officer invented the aqualung?

posted Jul 16, 2019 by Prithvi

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Where is the classic French dish, bouillabaisse, said to originate?

posted Aug 19, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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What annual event takes place in spring on the beaches of at Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast of northern France?

posted Apr 14, 2022 by Mohammad

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Why was the Eiffel Tower built?

posted Oct 15, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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Who rests in the Hotel des Invalides, Paris?

posted Dec 5, 2017 by Atif

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When did the territory known as New France, also sometimes known as the French North American Empire or Royal New.......

posted Dec 18, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator in the French islands.........

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the official mistress of Louis XV of France from 1745 to 1750, lent her titled name..........

posted May 16, 2022 by Anshika Utadi

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Which new French wine is released annually on the third Thursday in November?

posted Apr 29, 2016 by Amarvansh

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Who was the mother of Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XIV of France?

posted Feb 23, 2017 by Anshika Utadi

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For a French citizen what flower is associated with the dead of World War I?

posted Dec 2, 2016 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Against what forces were the French fighting at the 1803 Battle of Vertières?

posted Mar 7, 2019 by Sandeep Otari

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Who has been President of France twice but never been elected to the position?

posted Jun 9, 2017 by Balwinder

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The French novelist, polemicist and physician Louis Ferdinand Destouches (1894 - 1961, pen-name Louis.........

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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French physicist and engineer Augustin-Jean Fresnel contributed significantly to the establishment of what theory?

posted Sep 13, 2017 by Varun Kumar

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Where are The Kerguelen Islands, a territory of France, also known as Desolation Island?

posted Apr 14, 2016 by Amarvansh

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Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430) was France's first what?

posted Nov 25, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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What is the name of the most famous art gallery in Paris?

posted Sep 18, 2017 by Atif

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In French cooking, the traditional dish of, basically, pickled herring is called what?

posted May 24, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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What fashion in French architecture had much to do with the regency of Marie de' Medici?

posted Dec 27, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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Who was the first and only woman to become the PM of France ?

posted Jun 8, 2015 by Mridul

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Emperor Napoleon III commissioned what monument from the sculptor Aimé Millet, which was installed in 1865 in...........

posted Aug 17, 2016 by Aastha Joshi

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Which is one matter for which Anne, Duchess of Brittany, (1477-1514), is remembered? [MCQ]

posted Dec 3, 2018 by Amarvansh

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In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope..........

posted Apr 26, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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People from Brittany in France are known as what?

posted Nov 10, 2021 by Ritika

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Georges Pompidou, Prime Minister of France (1962-68) succeeded whom as President in 1969?

posted Jun 27, 2016 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Which French city near the Mediterranean Sea, was an embarcation point for the 7th and 8th Crusades, and is now.........

posted Sep 8, 2016 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Helen of Troy is particularly known in American and French thoroughbred horseracing circles for what?

posted Sep 4, 2015 by Sidharth Malhotra

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Which of these musicals is set in France following Napoleon's fall from power, during the restoration................... [MCQ]

posted Mar 26, 2018 by Amarvansh

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The French astronomer and geodesist, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 – 1762), is known particularly for what?

posted Jul 25, 2022 by Mridul

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French sculptor Frédéric Bartholdi (1834-1904) is best known for what work?

posted Oct 8, 2015 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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What is a plisson, a speciality of Poitou in France?

posted Jul 5, 2017 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Who was the last king in France?

posted Aug 20, 2019 by Aman

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What does the French system known as AOC apply to?

posted Sep 7, 2023 by Swati Arora

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First developed from 1531 onwards in Paris, what is Garamond?

posted Sep 22, 2015 by Aastha Joshi

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In France, what would you buy in a fromagerie? [MCQ]

posted Jul 24, 2018 by Ujjwal Mehra

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On 15 December 1940, whose remains were transferred from Vienna to Paris as a "gift" to France by Adolf Hitler?

posted Jan 19, 2016 by Simranjeet Singh

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For administrative purposes, France is subdivided into 100 areas which are called … what?

posted Jul 1, 2016 by Anamika

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France's often controversial Petit Saut Dam was built on what river?

posted Jan 4, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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What was the name of the temporary harbours that were towed to the French coast to facilitate D Day landings?

posted Aug 26, 2016 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Who was born in Besançon in France and lived 19 years in the UK's Channel Islands, prior to which he wrote..............

posted Dec 7, 2017 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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Who was President of France for over 10 years from 1958? [MCQ]

posted Jul 28, 2018 by Anil Chaurasiya

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In which year Napoleon I crowned himself as Emperor of France?

posted Aug 14, 2017 by Ankana Guchait

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Who is considered as the youngest ruler crowned in the history of France?

posted May 10, 2017 by anonymous

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Louis XIV of France was known as what?

posted Aug 13, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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On which island of France Napoleon was born?

posted Jul 31, 2017 by Naveen Kumar

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When was the last death penalty carried out in France?

posted Nov 19, 2015 by Pardeep Kohli

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn, .......... a candidate for election as President of France, was dogged with accusations of what?

posted Nov 26, 2015 by Rahul Vaidya

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Who wrote "J'accuse",an open letter to Félix Fauré, President of France,accusing the unlawful jailing of Alfred Dreyfus?

posted Sep 4, 2015 by Puneet Batra

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Which is a fortified town in France?

posted Jul 22, 2019 by Karan Joglekar