Le Crayon D’Or French Quiz 2011

Stage Finals

Le Crayon D’Or French Quiz 2011

Round 1

1. Connect Airbus, the Galileo positioning system, the SPOT satellite system, Gael Clichy

2. Connect Guy de Maupassant, Operation Overlord and Gustave Flaubert

3. Which French fashion house began as a harness workshop on the boulevards of Paris? Now, it is described as being at “the height of luxury with a nod to the house's equestrian heritage.“

4. What legendary work of French literature was inspired by the true story of a shoemaker named Pierre Picaud, sent to jail as a result of a prank by 3 jealous friends?

5. What is the French word for capitalist?

6. Which French overseas region shares its borders with Brazil and Suriname?

Le Crayon D’Or French Quiz 2011

Round 2

1. Connect Marie Curie, Pierre Curie, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Jean-Luc Godard, Pope Alexander V and St. Ignatius of Loyola.

2. The Tour de France is the most well known and prestigious of cycling's 3 "Grand Tours". In which countries are the other 2 held?

3. Which French designer is the creator of the iconic LBD (Little Black Dress)?

4. "One last question, ___________." "Ask, professor." "You're rich, then?" "Infinitely rich, sir, and without any trouble, I could pay off the ten-billion-franc French national debt!"

Who said that?(Same as the blank

5. What term was coined by art critic Louis Leroy after observing one of Claude Monet’s works?

6. The shortest correspondence in history is credited to author X and his editor upon the release of Y. X was on vacation during the time the book was published and was curious as to its success. He sent his editor a telegram saying “?” and was rewarded with the reply “!”

Le Crayon D’Or French Quiz 2011

Round 3

1. Identify this French tennis player who jointly smashed a world record at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships

2. Identify this man from the world of football

3. Execution of Louis XVI. Identify the place.

4. Identify the person

5. Who is this Google Doodle commemorating?

6. Early logo of which French MNC?

Le Crayon D’Or French Quiz 2011

Round 4

1. What brand do we associate Christian Audigier with?

2. Connect Gerard Butler, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Gaston Leroux

3. What brand of restaurants and hotels belongs to French fashion designer Pierre Cardin?

4. What was invented by the Montgolfier brothers in the 18th century, leading then King of France Louis XVI to elevate their father to nobility and creating the hereditary appellation of "de Montgolfier"?

5. In 2007, it was discovered that Balthazar Napoleon Bourbon is the last living descendant of a nephew of France's first Bourbon King, Henry IV. Napoleon Bourbon is hence next in line to the French Throne, which was abolished after the 1848 revolution, ie the "last King of France." Where in the world does he currently live?

6. The world-famous ballet The Nutcracker is adapted from The Story of a Hazelnut-cracker written by which prolific French author?

Le Crayon D’Or French Quiz 2011

Round 5

1. ___________ is a fictional character whose name translates from French as “The Number.” He has been portrayed n screen by Peter Lorre (1954), Orson Welles (1967) and Mads Mikkelsen (2006).

2. _____________ is an artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. Notable surviving examples include the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and Rockefeller Center in New York and the famous East Stand Façade of the old Arsenal Stadium at Highbury

3. __________, translating to “vanguard” refers to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics.

4. Which French author, on being questioned about being biracial, replied with“It is true. My father was a mulatto, my grandmother was a negress, and my great-grandparents were monkeys. In short, sir, my pedigree begins where yours ends.”

5. Where in Paris would you find the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

6. How do we better know Bibendum?