FRANCE Flashcards

1
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Who wrote the novel THe Torture Garden

A

Octave MIrbeau

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2
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Became FRench Pm since july 2020

A

Jean Castex

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3
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Actress main star of la regle du jour, married austro fascist PRince Starhemberg

A

Nora Gregor

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4
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Christian Diors sister, hero of French resistance

A

Catherine Dior

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5
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Fashion designer trained Dior and Givenchy

A

Robert Piguet

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6
Q

French region, the northernmost, fusing Picardy and Nord-pas-de Calais, with capital at lille

A

Hauts de france

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7
Q

Strasbourg is capital of which fusion of Champagne ardenne, ALsace and lorraine

A

Grand est

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8
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Besancon and Dijon jointly admin which new merged region

A

Bougogne FRanche comte

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9
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Lyon is capital of which merged regio

A

Auvergne RHone alpes

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10
Q

Marseilles is capital of

A

Provence alpes cote azur

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11
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Southernmost region of mainland france capital toulouse

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Coccitaine

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12
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With capital at Bordeaux, Nouvelle aquitain is what merger

A

Aquitaine limousin poitou charentes

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13
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Created to serve the city of nantes

A

Pays de la loire

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14
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Capital of normandy

A

Rouen

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15
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What is capital of Centre VAl de loire

A

Orleans

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16
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Paris is in which region

A

Ile de france

17
Q

MANAGER OF 1998 world cup winning team

A

Aime Jacquet

18
Q

France won male female team golds in 2020 olym

A

Handball

19
Q

Legendary french judoka

A

Teddy riner

20
Q

Married french olympic boxers

A

Tony yoka esrelle mossely

21
Q

French olympic swimmer died in plane crash

A

Camille muffat

22
Q

French 3 x canoing gold medallust

A

Tony estanguet

23
Q

Which literary group centred on french woman of letters germaine de stael

A

Coppet

24
Q

French novelist wrotecscript for hiroshima mon amour

A

Marguerite duras

25
Q

Who designed centre pompidou in Metz

A

Shigeru Ban

26
Q

Renaissance literary figure and grandmother of henry iv

A

Margaret of valois

27
Q

King crecy

A

Phillip vi

28
Q

King poiters

A

John 2

29
Q

King agincourt

A

Charles vi

30
Q

In which range does tge Loire rise

A

Cevennes

31
Q

Port at mouth of Loire

A

St nazaire

32
Q

French white wine associated with Nantes made from melon grape

A

Muscadet

33
Q

Largest chateau in loire valley

A

Chambord

34
Q

Marseille on which gulf

A

Lion