Quarantine Quizzes: Places round 3

QUARANTINE QUIZZES Places round 3: France

1. What year was the last execution by guillotine in France? I​ n 1977 Hamida Djandoubi kidnapped, tortured and murdered a 22-year-old woman in France and was sentenced to death for his crimes. He was the last person to be executed in Western Europe and the last person legally executed by beheading in the Western world.

2. How long did the Hundred Years' War between England and France last? T ​ he Hundred Years' War actually lasted 116 years. It began in 1337 and ended in 1453, although there were long periods of truce or low-level fighting during that time.

3. In the Tour de France who wears a white jersey with red polka dots? ​The King of the Mountains

4. The champagne region in France is closest to which major city? ​Paris / Reims

5. Which is the only French-speaking republic in the Americas? ​Haiti

6. Since 1996, private radio stations in France have been legally obliged to play what percentage of French music? a) 30% b) 40% c) 50% d) 60% ​b) 40% - ​Since 1996, the country’s top media regulator the Conseil Supérieur de L’Audiovisuel (CSA) has been charged with enforcing this French law. The CSA also requires half of the French music quota to be less than six months old.

7. France is home to the most visited museum in the world. What is it called? ​The Louvre - home to the Mona Lisa and the Venus De Milo

8. What is the name for the classic French fish soup? ​Bouillabaisse

9. In what year was the last recorded sword duel in France? ​1967

10. What is the name given to a lover of all things French? ​Francophile