Melange - French quiz finals - 2015. Put Funda.

Mélange finals

Round 1: Infinite Pounce

• 9 questions.• Clockwise.• 10 on a direct, 5 on a pass.• +15/-5 on the pounce

1.

________ is a national symbol of the French Republic,an allegory of liberty and reason, and a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty. The name is a combination of the names of a biblical character and her mother.

Marianne.

2. L’Axe historique (his torical axis) is a line of

monuments, buildings and thoroughfares that extends from the centre of Paris, France, to the west. It is also known as the Voie Triomphale ("triumphal way"). If one end is at the la Defense, what is at the other end?

Le Louvre.

3.

______ _____was an early French aviator and a fighter pilot during World War I. In 1913, he became the first person to cross the Mediterranean sea by air. Because of his extraordinary service, the government of France named a sporting centre after him.

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Rolland Garros, French Open

4.

Charles Ogier de Batz de Castelmore, Comte ________ served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard and died at the Siege of Maastricht in the Franco-Dutch War. The heavily fictionalized version of ________ featured in Dumas' works and their subsequent screen adaptations is now far more widely known than the real historical figure.

D’Artagnan.

5.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 was divided, one half awarded to X "in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity", the other half jointly to Y and Z,"in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor X".

X - ½ Y - ¼ Z - ¼

X-Henri BecquerelY-Pierre CurieZ-Marie Curie

6.

_____ ______ was a French businessman. He was taken on as an apprentice in the workshop of a successful box-maker and packer named Monsieur Marechal. After the re-establishment of the French Empire under Napoleon III, _____ ______ was hired as personal box maker and packer to the Empress of France, Spanish countess Eugenie de Montijo. She charged him with "packing the most beautiful clothes in an exquisite way."

Louis Vuitton

7. Connect

The chief engineer of the Eiffel Tower was Maurice Koechlin, an ancestor of Kalki Koechlin

8.

This is the written version of what?“It is impossible to separate a cube into two

cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second, into two like powers. I have discovered a truly marvellous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain.”

Fermat’s last theorem

9.

This is a real syndrome which causes the immediate whitening of hair due to overwork or extreme pain. This was named after a lady who was jailed during the French revolution and her hair turned white while she was in prison. Name her.

Her last words were “Pardon me sir, I meant not to do it. “ Put Funda.

Marie Antoinette

Her last words were so because she was apologizing was stepping on her executioner’s toe.

10.

This is Auguste Picard. He was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer. A Certain fictional character is said to have taken inspiration From him. Who?

Professor Cuthbert Calculus

11.

Charlemagne or Charles I, was King of the Franks who united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France. How has he been immortalised in the world of games?

King of Hearts

12.

The word _____ comes from the French phrase venez m’aidez meaning “come help me”. A senior radio officer in London was asked to think of a word that would indicate distress and would easily be understood by all pilots and ground staff in an emergency. Since much of the traffic at the time was between London and Paris, he proposed the word _____.

Mayday.

13.

Rene ______ was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician. His most important contribution was in the field of Maths; this system is named after him. His best known philosophical statement was “I think therefore I am.”

Descartes; Cartesian system

14.

Posters for which movie?

Les Miserables.

15.

Schedule of who?• _____ will arrive late on April 9 in Paris, France. After

the ceremonial welcome, he will interact with top French CEOs during the scheduled two round table meetings. Then _____ will visit the UNESCO headquarters. It is also said that _____ will be attending a lunch session at the French National Assembly.

• On his second day, April 10, _____ will meet French President Francois Hollande, during which both the sides will hold talks. The meeting will focus on strengthening business ties between the two countries.

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• Thereafter, _____ and Hollande will take a boat ride on the Seine river. Hollande will also host a banquet for _____.

• On April 11, _____ will visit Toulouse, in southern France and French space agency CNES. Thereafter, _____ will go to pay homage to the thousands of Indian soldiers killed during World War I at a memorial in Lille. He will then return to Paris and attend a reception by the Indian community following a meeting with former French President Nicolas Sarkozy.

Narendra Modi.

16.Who does Ben Kingsley play?

George Melies

17.

X is a textile fabric that originated from the city of Nimes in France. The name of the fabric originates from French for << from Nimes>>.

What is X?

Denim.

18.

____ __ __ ______ is an annual music celebration taking place on June 21, the first day of summer in cities around the world. The concept of an all-day musical celebration on the days of the solstice, was originated by American musician Joel Cohen, who spent two seasons as a producer of programs for the French National Radio. This is a very famous event in France. Fill in the blanks.

Fete de la Musique

Short Visual Connect

Rules:• Series of five pictures.• Identify the common underlying theme.• Scoring will be done based on points on each

slide.

+30/-20

+25/-15

+20/-10

+15/-5

+10

Jules Verne novels

• Lincoln island - The mysterious island• From the Earth to the Moon• Voyage of the Nautilus – 20,000 Leagues

under the sea• Journey to the Center of the Earth• Map of Phileas Fogg’s travel – Around the

world in 80 days.