Q 01/05

Joan of Arc is known as the Maid of which city, whose English siege she helped break in 1429?

A) Orléans

B) Tours

C) Bourges

D) Chartres

Answer · why

A) Orléans

Orléans had been under English siege for months when the teenage Joan arrived with a relief army in April 1429; the siege was soon lifted, and Charles...

Q 02/05

Which river is the longest entirely within France?

A) Seine

B) Garonne

C) Loire

D) Rhône

Answer · why

C) Loire

The Loire rises in the Massif Central and stays in France all the way to the sea, unlike the Rhône, which begins at a glacier in the Swiss Alps.

Q 03/05

On what date does France celebrate its National Day, often referred to as Bastille Day?

A) July 14th

B) August 1st

C) July 4th

D) June 6th

Answer · why

A) July 14th

July 14th marks the storming of the Bastille in 1789, but the French never say Bastille Day: the holiday, official only since 1880, is simply 'le 14 j...

Q 04/05

Which mountain range forms France's border with Spain?

A) Pyrenees

B) Alps

C) Massif Central

D) Vosges

Answer · why

A) Pyrenees

The Pyrenees became the agreed frontier in 1659, when Louis XIV's France and Philip IV's Spain ended a long war with a peace named after the mountains...

Q 05/05

Approximately how tall is the Eiffel Tower, including its antenna?

A) 330 meters

B) 250 meters

C) 400 meters

D) 180 meters

Answer · why

A) 330 meters

The Eiffel Tower stands about 330 meters tall after a new antenna was added in 2022; at its 1889 completion it was roughly 300 meters, then the world'...