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Jan-4-2005 18:37

See if there is interest for this.

1. Each day I will post 10 questions, at random times of the day.
2. Each Quiz runs exactly 24 hours.
3. The first person that has all 10 questions right, wins. Or if no one has all questions right, the best one wins.
4. You can only post answers ONCE for the same quiz.
5. No cash involved. Just glory. :)

Jul-13-2006 00:52

Congratulations, Rosamund!! (Hands you a Tricolor, a baguette, and a wedge of brie.) Happy Bastille Day, tout le monde!!

Jul-13-2006 01:04

Yay, happy Bastille Day to you too!! :) - and James if you see this Happy Birthday tomorrow ;)

Mais juste une petite chose - they had 1, 2, 5, 10 and 20 francs as coins as well if we're talking right before the Euro took over ;)

Oki, Vive La France :D

Jul-13-2006 01:59

Merci, Breitkat, let's celebrate the Bastille Day with our new quiz. Squirrel's Fantine reminded me that Hugo was the first writer I read apart from children's books, so today's theme will be the French literature. True or false?

1. Jean Valjean is a character in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
2. "The Count of Monte Christo" was written by Alexandre Dumas the son.
3. "Red and Black" is a novel by Stendhal.
4. Nemo is the captain of Nautilus.
5. Madame Bovary's name is Marguerite.
6.Valmont is the protagonist of "Dangerous Liaisons".
7. Charles Perrault is famous for his fairy tales.
8. George Sand was famous for her love affair with the composer Liszt.
9. "Father Goriot" was written by Jean Jacques Rousseau.
10. Francoise Sagan was only seventeen when she wrote "Bonjour Tristesse" (Hello sadness).


Bonus:
Georges Simenon, author of novels featuring the most famous French detective Maigret, was Belgian.

Jul-13-2006 02:33

1. False
2. Tossing a coin...true?
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True?
8. False
9. False?
10. True?
Bonus: True

Jul-13-2006 02:53

1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. I'd only be guessing, but it sounds right >> True
6. True
7. True
8. True? although Chopin rings a bell... (that's no allusion to Qu. 1)
9. no idea
10. no idea
Bonus. No idea.
Well I finished in a flurry of confusion there :)

Jul-13-2006 10:44

1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. False
6.True
7. True
8. False
9. False
10. True
Bonus: True

Jul-13-2006 21:09

Look the Daily Pub Thread has its very own sticky!!! Now I won't have to look for it anymore :)

Seeing as I know very little about French Literature, I will guess true for all in the hopes that I'll get around 50% correct :P

Jul-13-2006 21:29

Woo hoo stuck to the top. So it should, this must nearly be the most posted to thread on the site :) Having gone back and checked some of my answers, seems I don't know jack about French literature either! :s

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