GEOGRAPHY QUESTIONS

LANGUAGE QUESTIONS

A Paris airport is named after which French WWII Freedom fighter?

Answer: Charles de Gaulle

Chien' is the French word for which animal?

Answer: Dog

Which river runs through Paris?

Answer: Seine

Which 3 letter French word containing only vowels means 'water in English?

Answer: Eau

Which French region lends its name to the famous sparkling wine it produces?

Answer: Champagne

'Fromage' is the French word for which food?

Answer: Cheese

Which Oceania team did France lose to in the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup final?

Answer: New Zealand

French composer Claude Debussy’s ‘Clair de Lune’ translates as the light from what celestial body?

Answer: Moon

Which French city connects with Dover on the shortest ferry route between France and England?

Answer: Calais

What is the English meaning of the cathedral 'Notre Dame'?

Answer: Our Lady

Which city on the Mediterranean coast is the second largest in France?

Answer: Marseille

Which holiday is celebrated in France as Paques?

Answer: Easter

Which country shares the longest border with France?

Answer: Brazil (borders French Guyana)

'Vert' is French for which color?

Answer: Green

What is the highest mountain in France?

Answer: Mont Blanc

‘Faux amis,’ which describes words that appear the same in different languages but have different meanings, translates into what ‘relationship’ English phrase?

Answer: False Friends

Fort-de-France is the capital of which French Caribbean territory?

Answer: Martinique

Though harmless, what French word would encompass Baguette, Brioche and Croissant?

Answer: Pain (French for bread)

Ajaccio is the largest city on which French island in the Mediterranean sea?

Answer: Corsica

'Gare' is the French word for what type of building?

Answer: (Train) Station