Friday 12 June 2015: CANTA French Quiz

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1 1 Friday 12 June 2015: CANTA French Quiz Please take this little quiz home with you if you don`t have time to tackle it this evening. It isn`t a competition! I have divided the questions into several rounds on various themes, which should cater for a range of interests. Bonne chance.. The answers are on page 6. Round 1: Présidents et premières dames Here, in chronological order, are photographs of the 7 presidents of the 5 th French Republic from 1958 to the present day. Can you name them and match them with their wives / partners who have enjoyed the unofficial status of première dame and who are presented here in random order? Julie Gayet and Anne Pingeot, although not having the status of première dame, are also associated with French presidents. With which presidents are / were they in a relationship? Danielle Bernadet te Cécilia Carla Valérie AnneAymone Claude Yvonne (Trierweille r) Julie Gayet Anne Pingeot Round 2: La bonne cuisine française How would you describe in English the following items, taken from Le livre de la bonne cuisine, by Marianne Constant? Coquilles Saint-Jacques à la crème Crevettes grillées Cuisses de grenouille poêlées Escargots au champagne

2 2 Moules à la marinière Huîtres pochées aux poireaux Lapin à la moutarde Canard à l`ananas et au poivre vert Sports round Here are the names of 8 French sports personalities. Two are cyclists, two are tennis players, two are footballers and two are athletes. Allocate their names to the sports with which they are associated: Amélie Mauresmo, Christelle Daunay, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Eric Cantona, Jeannie Longo, Renaud Lavillenie, Thierry Henri, Richard Virenque. You will find their pictures below. In one of the pictures there is a clue! Perhaps you`ve seen the champion in picture 2 on the television during the London Olympics. Jeannie Longo is a household name in France, like Paula Radcliffe, but she`s not a runner Cyclists Tennis players Footballers Athletes Media round: In this painting by Delacroix, Liberté guides the people to victory against oppression. She sports the Phrygian bonnet which, in classical antiquity, was the headdress worn by slaves released from bondage. By what Christian name is Liberté known? This iconic figure has undergone numerous incarnations over the years. Do you recognise the following three well-known personalities from the world of entertainment, two actresses and one singer, who have served as models for the sculptors commissioned to portray the

3 3 Spirit of the Republic in the s, 1970s and s? The first two both have Christian names and surnames which begin with the same letter; the second one is a singer who first became famous in the 1960s for the song Un homme et une femme; the third one is a French actress, whose initials are C.D. and who starred in Le dernier métro in (The sculptor hasn`t produced a very faithful likeness of her!) Visual arts round: Which French artists / sculptor created the works of art shown below? Do you know the titles of the first two paintings and the sculpture?

4 4 Ballet dancers Scenes from Tahiti

5 5 French scientists and inventors With which inventions and discoveries do you associate: Marie Curie Jean-Jacques Ampère Nicéphore Niépce and Jacques Daguerre Louis Pasteur Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier Louis et Auguste Lumière Literature round: Which French authors wrote the following works of literature: 1. The 17th century comedy, The Miser (L`Avare) (The name of this playwright, which starts with an M, is synonymous with the French language. English is la langue de Shakespeare; French is la langue de M ) 2. Les Misérables 3. Les trois Mousquetaires 4. The Maigret stories 5. The Elegance of the Hedgehog In 2014, the French writer, Patrick Modiano, was awarded which coveted international prize for literature? Popular Music Round Which French singers are best known for the following songs, whose popularity has spread beyond the confines of the Hexagon? 1. Douce France, pays de mon enfance 2. Non, je ne regrette rien 3. Tous les garçons et les filles de mon âge se promènent dans la rue deux par deux. 4. Joe le Taxi Mâcon 1. On which river does our twin town, Mâcon, lie? 2. Of which other river is this a tributary? 3. What is the name of the wind which seasonally blows down the corridor formed by the valleys of these two rivers? 4. Of which region is Mâcon the capital? 5. What is the name of the senator / mayor of Mâcon? 6. Name the two main bridges which span the river at Mâcon. Two of the quais which run along the banks of the river are named after the famous people described below. (Members of CANTA have stayed in riverside hotels situated on the quais.) A Romantic poet and statesman, born in Mâcon. A left-wing politician, founder editor of the newspaper l`humanité, who was assassinated in 1914.

6 6 Do you remember their names? Here are some important buildings in Mâcon, each of which is currently put to a use for which it was not originally intended. What is their function today? (Below are pictures of two of these buildings.) L`hôtel Montrevel Le couvent des Ursulines L`hôtel Senecé Le couvent franciscain, rue des Epinoches. L` hôtel Senecé Le couvent des Ursulines Squares in Mâcon town centre 1. On which of Mâcon`s squares is the statue of the vendangeurs (grape pickers) to be found? 2. On which of the town`s squares does la Maison de Bois stand? (La place Saint-Pierre, La place aux Herbes, la place de la Paix or La place de la Barre?)

7 7 Answers : Round 1 Charles De Gaulle Georges Pompidou Yvonne Claude Valery Giscard d`estaing Anne -Aymone François Mitterrand Jacques Chirac Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande Danielle (Anne Pingeot mistress) Bernadett e Cécilia Carla Valérie Trierweille r (Julie Gayet) There is currently no première dame, as François Hollande and Valérie have separated and Julie has not taken over as first lady. Round 2: La bonne cuisine française: Scallops in cream sauce; grilled shrimps; frogs` legs cooked in frying pan; snails cooked in champagne; mussels cooked in white wine; poached oysters with leeks; rabbit in mustard sauce; duck with pineapple and green pepper. Sports Round Cyclists Tennis players Footballers Athletes Richard Virenque Amélie Mauresmo, Eric Cantona Renaud Lavillenie Jeannie Longo : Jo-Wilfred Tsonga Thierry Henri Christelle Daunay At 55 and possibly not quite retired, Jeannie is the most titled woman cyclist, x 9 world champion. Christelle became the European champion in the women`s marathon in Media Round Liberté called Marianne; sculptures: Brigitte Bardot; Mireille Mathieu; Catherine Deneuve. Visual Arts Round Impression Sunrise : Monet ; Moulin de la Galette: Renoir; Ballet dancers: Degas; Tahiti scene : Gaugin ; Thinker : Rodin. Scientists and inventors: Marie Curie : radium ; Louis Pasteur : pasteurisation and vaccination against cholera and rabies etc. ; Ampère : inventor of electric telegraph and electromagnet ; Lavoisier : analysis of composition of the air : oxygen, nitrogen. Also research into the chemical composition of CO2; Niépce: invention of the earliest form of photograph / Daguerre perfected his methods, falsely taking the credit for Niépce`s early work; Lumière brothers: invention of the cinématographe: earliest form of cine camera. Literature: 1. Molière; 2. Victor Hugo; 3. Alexandre Dumas (père); 4. Georges Simenon ; 5. Muriel Barbery. Modiano won Nobel prize for literature. Popular music: 1. Charles Trenet; 2. Edith Piaf; 3. Françoise Hardy; 4. Vanessa Paradis. Mâcon 1. La Saône; 2 Le Rhône; 3. Le Mistral ; 4.Capital of La Bourgogne du sud ; 5. Jean-Patrick Courtois ; 6. Le pont Saint-Laurent & le pont François Mitterrand. Les quais: 1. Le quai Lamartine ; 2. Le quai Jean Jaurès. Buildings: Hôtel Montrevel : Town Hall ; Le Couvent des Ursulines : Town Museum ; L`hôtel Senecé : Lamartine Museum ; Le Couvent franciscain : Bureau des Associations, including offices of Mâcon Twinning Committee. Squares: 1.Place de la Barre; 2. Place aux Herbes.

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