Artists and Celebrities

Question 1

Claude Monet

Answer 1

Founder of impression paintings

Question 2

Napoléon Bonaparte

Answer 2

Military chief during French Revolution

First president (emperuer) of France after the French Revelolution

Question 3

Charles de Gaulle

Answer 3

First president of “Ve Republique”

Question 4

Jeanne d’Arc

Answer 4

Famous for her role in the Hundred Years War (Geurre de Cent Ans) between England and France

She was burnt at the stake (brulle) in Rouen

Question 5

Louis XIV

Answer 5

Symbol of absolute monarchy ( monarchie absolue)

Known as Roi-Soleil

Question 6

Gustave Eiffel

Answer 6

Built the Eiffel tower for “L’expositon universellle de Paris” (world expo)

Engineer and Architect

Question 7

Louis Pasteur

Answer 7

Chemist and Microbiologist

Invented anti-rabies vaccine

Known as the founder/father of Microbiology (fondatuer de la Microbiology)

Question 8

Marie Curie

Answer 8

Discovered radium

First female professor in Sorbonne University

Won Nobel prize of physics in 1903

Won Nobel prize of chemistry in 1911

Question 9

Coco Channel

Answer 9

One of the biggest fashion designers (creatrice du mode)

Question 10

Molière

Answer 10

Writer of plays

Famous for “Le Malade imaginaire”

Question 11

Victor Hugo

Answer 11

French writer

Famous book: “Le Bossu de Notre Dame” (Hunchback of Notre Dame)

Famous poem: “Demain dès l’aube” from the collection “Les Contemplations”

Question 12

Jules Verne

Answer 12

Father of Sci-fi

Author of “Tour du monde en quatre-vingt jours” (Around the world in 80 days)

Question 13

Édith Piaf

Answer 13

French singer

Known as “Little Sparrow”

Marion Cotillard acted as her in the movie “La vie en rose”

Question 14

Céline Dion

Answer 14

Canadian singer

Born in Charlemagne in Québec

Biggest fan : Michel Gerard ((: