FRANCE Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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Who wrote the novel THe Torture Garden

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Octave MIrbeau

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2
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Became FRench Pm since july 2020

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Jean Castex

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3
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Actress main star of la regle du jour, married austro fascist PRince Starhemberg

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Nora Gregor

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4
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Christian Diors sister, hero of French resistance

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Catherine Dior

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5
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Fashion designer trained Dior and Givenchy

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Robert Piguet

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6
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French region, the northernmost, fusing Picardy and Nord-pas-de Calais, with capital at lille

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Hauts de france

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7
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Strasbourg is capital of which fusion of Champagne ardenne, ALsace and lorraine

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Grand est

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8
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Besancon and Dijon jointly admin which new merged region

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Bougogne FRanche comte

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9
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Lyon is capital of which merged regio

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Auvergne RHone alpes

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10
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Marseilles is capital of

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Provence alpes cote azur

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11
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Southernmost region of mainland france capital toulouse

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Coccitaine

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12
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With capital at Bordeaux, Nouvelle aquitain is what merger

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Aquitaine limousin poitou charentes

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13
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Created to serve the city of nantes

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Pays de la loire

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14
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Capital of normandy

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Rouen

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15
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What is capital of Centre VAl de loire

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Orleans

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16
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Paris is in which region

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Ile de france

17
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MANAGER OF 1998 world cup winning team

18
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France won male female team golds in 2020 olym

19
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Legendary french judoka

20
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Married french olympic boxers

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Tony yoka esrelle mossely

21
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French olympic swimmer died in plane crash

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Camille muffat

22
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French 3 x canoing gold medallust

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Tony estanguet

23
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Which literary group centred on french woman of letters germaine de stael

24
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French novelist wrotecscript for hiroshima mon amour

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Marguerite duras

25
Who designed centre pompidou in Metz
Shigeru Ban
26
Renaissance literary figure and grandmother of henry iv
Margaret of valois
27
King crecy
Phillip vi
28
King poiters
John 2
29
King agincourt
Charles vi
30
In which range does tge Loire rise
Cevennes
31
Port at mouth of Loire
St nazaire
32
French white wine associated with Nantes made from melon grape
Muscadet
33
Largest chateau in loire valley
Chambord
34
Marseille on which gulf
Lion