Q 01/05

Legend says the archangel Michael pressed a finger into which part of Bishop Aubert, founder of Mont-Saint-Michel?

A) His palm

B) His skull

C) His shoulder

D) His chest

Answer · why

B) His skull

His skull, with a hole in it, is still displayed in a nearby church. Sceptics say the hole is a sign of ancient surgery, not an angel's touch.

Q 02/05

Up to 700 prisoners held in Mont-Saint-Michel's abbey in the 1830s worked in a workshop there making what?

A) Fishing nets

B) Wooden clogs

C) Straw hats

D) Altar candles

Answer · why

C) Straw hats

Straw hats kept the inmates busy until the workshop started a fire in 1834 that damaged part of the abbey.

Q 03/05

Which Disney animated film modelled Corona, its island kingdom with a hilltop castle, on Mont-Saint-Michel?

A) Frozen

B) Cinderella

C) Aladdin

D) Tangled

Answer · why

D) Tangled

Tangled sets Rapunzel's home kingdom on a steep island just off the mainland, crowned by a castle much as the abbey crowns the Mont.

Q 04/05

What lifted the gilded archangel statue off the spire of Mont-Saint-Michel's abbey for repairs in 2016?

A) A helicopter

B) A tower crane

C) An airship

D) A cargo balloon

Answer · why

A) A helicopter

A helicopter plucked the statue from the spire so that its lightning rod could be restored, then flew it back into place.

Q 05/05

La Mère Poulard, the Mont-Saint-Michel inn with a wall of famous autographs, is known for which fire-cooked dish?

A) Crêpe

B) Cassoulet

C) Omelette

D) Quiche

Answer · why

C) Omelette

Omelette was Annette Poulard's answer to guests who came and went with the tide: a giant, fluffy one several inches thick.