The French Connection

1 Which Welsh born singer had a chart hit in 1976 with the song Lost in France?

2 Marmite takes its name from the French for what?

3 What is the name of the Stock Exchange in France?

4 What name is given to French soldiers that carry out police duties?

5 Which palace is home to the famed Hall of Mirrors?

6 Which French entertainer penned the autobiography I Remember It Well?

7 French Fields was a sequel to which sitcom?

8 Which TV series was screened in France under the title of Bowler Hat and Leather Boots?

9 In what decade was the Eiffel Tower built?

10 Which material has a name that derives from the French for “cloth of the King”?

11 Fort de France is the main town and capital of which island?

12 In which TV drama did Michael French play Dr Tom Gilder?

13 Which 1995 romantic comedy film saw Kevin Kline embracing Meg Ryan?

14 What ingredient must French ice cream contain by law?

15 Who wrote the novel The French Lieutenant’s Woman?

16 Which character did Gene Hackman play in the cop thriller The French Connection?

17 What is the name of the summer residence of the President of France?

18 In which 2005 film did Dawn French voice the character of Mrs Beaver?

19 Which US state capital has a French name that translates into English as red stick?

20 Who did Jacques Chirac succeed in 1995?

21 Which royal house ruled France from 1589 to 1830?

22 Which mountain range forms a natural boundary between France and Spain?

23 Who was the first French footballer to score in a FA Cup final?

24 In 2002, which author’s remains were moved to the Parthenon in Paris?

25 Which novel opens with the line, “On January 6, 1482, the people of Paris were awakened by the tumultuous clanging of all the bells in the city”?

Answers to The French Connection

1 Bonnie Tyler
2 Cooking pot
3 Bourse
4 Gendarmes
5 Palace of Versailles
6 Maurice Chevalier
7 Fresh Fields
8 The Avengers
9 1880s
10 Corduroy
11 Martinique
12 Born and Bred
13 French Kiss
14 Eggs
15 John Fowles
16 Popeye Doyle
17 Fontainebleau
18 The Chronicles of Narnia- The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
19 Baton Rouge
20 Francois Mitterand
21 Bourbon
22 Pyrenees
23 Eric Cantona
24 Alexandre Dumas
25 The Hunchback of Notre Dame