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Paris Trivia

From the Iron Lady's rivets to the proper way to eat a snail, find out if you're a true Parisian or just another tourist with a beret and a dream.

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS

What colorful, delicate sandwich cookie is a staple of French patisseries and is famously sold in flavors like pistachio, rose, and raspberry?

Macaron

At an 1804 ceremony in Notre-Dame, which woman did Napoleon Bonaparte crown as Empress of the French?

Joséphine

What innovative Gothic architectural feature allowed Notre-Dame to support taller, thinner walls by shifting the roof's weight to external supports?

Flying buttress

Before it served as a royal palace and eventually the world's largest art museum, the Louvre was originally constructed in the late 12th century as what type of structure?

A fortress

Which affectionate nickname was famously used by Tony Blair to describe Diana, Princess of Wales, following her passing in 1997?

The People's Princess