Quiz. Are you good at French history? – Evening edition West-France

Who could we meet 100,000 years ago on the current territory of France?

• Cro-Magnon
• Néandertal
• Nobody except aurochs and bears

This extinct species was present between -200,000 years ago and -35,000 years ago in Europe.

In what year did Louis XIV die?

When the First World War broke out, who was President of the Republic?

• Paul Doumer
• Raymond Poincaré
• Félix Faure

He was in power from 1913 to 1920.

In the year -52, the Gauls were beaten by the Romans during…

• the battle of Poitiers
• the battle of Alesia
• the battle of Armorica

Who created the Bank of France?

• Napoleon Bonaparte
• Charles de Gaulle
• Louis XII.

It was in 1800.

Who won the Hundred Years' War in 1453?

• England
• France
• Person

What was Robespierre's first name?

1515, Marignan… What happened?

• François I^is imposes the French language in legal acts
• The military victory of Francis I to recover the Duchy of Milan
• The greatest military defeat of Francis I^isin Navarre

When Henry IV was assassinated on May 14, 1610, who assumed the regency?

• Cardinal Richelieu
• Colbert
• Marie de Medici

She was the mother of Louis XIII, who was only 9 years old at the time.

The Gauls loved eating tomatoes, brought back from Italy by the Romans.

The tomato, originally from South America, was only introduced to Europe in the 16th century.^e century.

During the period called the “Restoration”, who took power?

• The Bourbons
• Napoleon
• The Valois

The Bourbon restoration took place in two stages, from 1814 to March 1815 and from July 1815 to 1830.

Which king died in a crusade?

• Louis IX
• Philippe Le Bel
• None

He died during the 8^e and last crusade, in 1270, in Carthage.

Which king was Cardinal Richelieu the principal minister of?

• Henry IV
• Louis XIII
• Louis XIV

He held this position from 1624 until his death in 1642.

Who were the Arverni?

• A Gallic people
• Artisans responsible for working leather
• The militia that protected Paris in the Middle Ages

They lived in the current Auvergne region, which has kept their name.

Who was the Sun King called?

• Louis XVI
• Hugues Capet
• Louis XIV