French History Trivia
From Joan of Arc’s fiery courage to Napoleon’s self-crowning, prove you’re more than just a baguette in French History.
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Which Austrian-born queen consort of Louis XVI became a symbol of royal excess and was executed by guillotine in 1793?
Marie Antoinette
What cash crop, cultivated in the French Caribbean with enslaved African labor, made colonies like Martinique and Guadeloupe extremely profitable?
Sugar cane
What term describes the system in which Louis XIV, the Sun King of France, centralized all legislative, executive, and judicial power in his own hands?
Absolute monarchy
Which rustic French chicken stew, popularized by Julia Child, is braised in red wine with mushrooms, lardons and pearl onions?
Coq au Vin
Which 1721 satirical epistolary novel by Montesquieu, written as letters from two travelers critiquing French society, is credited with launching the French Enlightenment?
Persian Letters