Melange french quiz finals.

1. Mélange finals

2. Round 1: Infinite Pounce
• 9 questions.
• Clockwise.
• 10 on a direct, 5 on a pass.
• +15/-5 on the pounce

3. 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.

5. Marianne.

6. 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?

8. Le Louvre.

9. 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.
(Picture on next slide)

12. Rolland Garros, French Open

13. 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.

15. D’Artagnan.

16. 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".

17. X - ½ Y - ¼ Z - ¼

19. X-Henri Becquerel
Y-Pierre Curie
Z-Marie Curie

20. 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."

22. Louis Vuitton

23. 7. Connect

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

27. 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.”

29. Fermat’s last theorem

30. 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.

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

33. 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?

35. Professor Cuthbert Calculus

36. 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?

38. King of Hearts

39. 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 _____.

41. Mayday.

42. 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.”

44. Descartes; Cartesian system

45. 14.
Posters for which movie?

48. Les Miserables.

49. 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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50. • 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.

52. Narendra Modi.

53. 16.Who does Ben Kingsley play?

55. George Melies

56. 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?

58. Denim.

60. 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.

62. Fete de la Musique

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

65. +30/-20

66. +25/-15

67. +20/-10

68. +15/-5

69. +10

71. 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.