Religion

Question 1

Catholic capital of France

Answer 1

Lyon

Question 2

3 challenges to the Catholic Church

Answer 2

Protestantism, secularism and islam

Question 3

Famous second bishop of Lyon and author of Against Heresies

Answer 3

Saint Irénée

Question 4

Lyon slave killed for her faith and Patron saint of Lyon

Answer 4

Sainte Blandine

Question 5

Developer of Christianity in Roman Gaul

Answer 5

Saint Martin

Question 6

Converted the pagan king of Franks, Clovis, to Christianity

Answer 6

Saint Rémi

Question 7

Developed the Cistercian order ; prolific writer

Answer 7

Bernard de Clairvaux

Question 8

Created a theological college in Paris called the Sorbonne that became the backbone of the University of Paris

Answer 8

Robert de Sorbon

Question 9

Great Dominican theologian and philosopher and the greatest Catholic philosopher

Answer 9

Thomas Aquinas

Question 10

Organizes French resistance against English in 100 Years War and Burnt in 1431 after a biased trial for heresy

Answer 10

Joan of Arc

Question 11

Replaced Rome to become a home to the popes during the schism in the 14th century

Answer 11

Avignon

Question 12

Developer of French Protestantism, a Frenchman who had to emigrate to Switzerland (Geneva), Second most important Protestant after Martin Luther AND Most influential Frenchman in history !

Answer 12

John Calvin

Question 13

30 years of wars of religion

Answer 13

1562-1598

Question 14

For tolerance of Protestants. Established by Henri IV in 1598 and Rescinded by Louis XIV in 1695

Answer 14

Edict of Nantes

Question 15

The socialist law authorizing gay marriage generated huge Catholic-led demonstrations in 2013 known as

Answer 15

La Manif pour tous

Question 16

Were French colonies until the 1950s

Answer 16

Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia

Question 17

Famous Jewish businesspeople

Answer 17

(Rothschild), Politics (Blum), philosophy (Bergson)