Recent posts under tag france

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Ferdinand de Lesseps was a French diplomat, and a builder of what?

posted 2 days ago by Ritika

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In 1642, Cardinal Mazarin succeeded whom as Chief Minister of France?

posted May 7 by Maninder Bath

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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) installed as First Consul in France by 1800 and crowned Emperor of France 1804..........

posted Oct 18, 2023 by Vishal

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What does the French system known as AOC apply to?

posted Sep 7, 2023 by Swati Arora

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When was the Fifth, and current, Republic established in France?

posted Jul 26, 2023 by Sandeep Otari

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In the 90 years between the 1932 election of a President in France (the last before World War II) and 2022 with.........

posted Jul 14, 2023 by Balwinder

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Which pianist, philosophy and public affairs major, and investment banker started a political party and was elected.....

posted Jan 5, 2023 by Varun Kumar

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France's often controversial Petit Saut Dam was built on what river?

posted Jan 4, 2023 by Rahul Chandel

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The French novelist, polemicist and physician Louis Ferdinand Destouches (1894 - 1961, pen-name Louis.........

posted Dec 6, 2022 by Basabdatta Mukherjee

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Christine de Pizan (1364 – c. 1430) was France's first what?

posted Nov 25, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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Pierre Poivre, an eighteenth‑century French horticulturalist and government administrator in the French islands.........

posted Sep 2, 2022 by Rahul Vaidya

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The French astronomer and geodesist, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (1713 – 1762), is known particularly for what?

posted Jul 25, 2022 by Mridul

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Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, the official mistress of Louis XV of France from 1745 to 1750, lent her titled name..........

posted May 16, 2022 by Anshika Utadi

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In 1750 French astronomer Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille set up an observatory in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope..........

posted Apr 26, 2022 by Ankur Athari

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What annual event takes place in spring on the beaches of at Berck-sur-Mer on the Opal Coast of northern France?

posted Apr 14, 2022 by Mohammad

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What is the literal translation of the French phrase "cul de sac"?

posted Mar 7, 2022 by Pardeep Kohli

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The 2020 winner of France's prestigious Prix Goncourt was author Hervé Le Tellier for what book?

posted Jan 5, 2022 by Atif

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People from Brittany in France are known as what?

posted Nov 10, 2021 by Ritika

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In French cooking, the traditional dish of, basically, pickled herring is called what?

posted May 24, 2021 by Aastha Joshi

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Which country gained independence from France in 1953 and became an independent constitutional monarchy.................

posted Jan 11, 2021 by Kuldeep Apte

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When did the territory known as New France, also sometimes known as the French North American Empire or Royal New.......

posted Dec 18, 2020 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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When did France formally recognise the United States of America?

posted Dec 9, 2020 by Sidharth Malhotra

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What was La Fronde in France between 1648 and 1653?

posted Dec 3, 2020 by Divya Bharti

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18th century French adventuress Marie du Barry was mistress to Louis XV from 1769 until banished to the country.........

posted Oct 27, 2020 by Manish Tiwari

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What French landmark was almost consumed by fire in 2019?

posted Sep 15, 2020 by Rajni

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What was the last major land battle between England and France?

posted Sep 4, 2020 by Samardeep Acharya

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Where is the classic French dish, bouillabaisse, said to originate?

posted Aug 19, 2020 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which daughter of James V of Scotland became Queen of France in 1559?

posted Aug 12, 2020 by Kapil Kapoor

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Who has been Prime Minister of France twice and President of France once?

posted Jul 19, 2020 by Udita

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Who became the first President of the French Republic by popular vote in 1848, became dictator after a coup in 1851.....

posted Jul 4, 2020 by Anil Chaurasiya

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19th century French engineer Ferdinand de Lesseps, having supervised the construction of the Suez canal.................

posted May 4, 2020 by Pushpak Chauhan

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Where is a complex of caves in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings?

posted May 4, 2020 by Anuradha Tabyal

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What was the cause of strikes and rioting across France in October 2010?

posted Mar 12, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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In 1956, British and French forces invaded a country in North Africa due to a dispute over which engineering work?

posted Feb 14, 2020 by Prithvi

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Who opened their own business in 1885,by 1890 was recognized as one of France's foremost Art Nouveau jewellery designer?

posted Jan 31, 2020 by Prithvi

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Which French revolutionary, who was instrumental in the death of the King and the establishment of the Republic?

posted Jan 23, 2020 by Simranjeet Singh

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What fashion in French architecture had much to do with the regency of Marie de' Medici?

posted Dec 27, 2019 by Kuldeep Apte

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The Supreme Council of Antiquities was founded in 1859 by the French scholar and archaeologist François Auguste.........

posted Oct 22, 2019 by Pankaj Deshmukh

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Why was the Eiffel Tower built?

posted Oct 15, 2019 by Divya Bharti

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Who was the last king in France?

posted Aug 20, 2019 by Aman

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What is the word for the light infantry or cavalrymen in the French army which was first formed in 1743?

posted Aug 14, 2019 by Varun Kumar

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Louis XIV of France was known as what?

posted Aug 13, 2019 by Ankur Athari

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Which is a fortified town in France?

posted Jul 22, 2019 by Karan Joglekar

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What was the stage name of Jean François Gravelet, a French acrobat who crossed Niagara Falls in 1859?

posted Jul 17, 2019 by Anamika

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Which French naval officer invented the aqualung?

posted Jul 16, 2019 by Prithvi

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What name was given to members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France from the 16th to the 18th centuries..........

posted Jul 8, 2019 by Nikita Sehgal

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What French political scandal involved the sentencing of an artillery officer to life imprisonment for treason in 1894?

posted Jun 6, 2019 by Aman

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What was the first French settlement in North America?

posted Apr 9, 2019 by Varuna Magar

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Which French artist was particularly influential in developing photography as a publicly known and available process?

posted Mar 19, 2019 by Chahat Sharma

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Against what forces were the French fighting at the 1803 Battle of Vertières?

posted Mar 7, 2019 by Sandeep Otari