A bit of French trivia...?
Here are a few questions:
1) 5 Paris attractions and one point we can see at each.
2) The untouchable point in Paris?
3) What is the label of the Left Bank neighborhood frequented by students?
4)What university is situated in the above neighborhood?
5)When and why be the Eiffel Tower built, and who built it?
6)The name of the island contained by the middle of the Seine River?
7)What famous building sits on this island? When be it built?
8)Where was the French Revolution started?
9)Is it still within? What is it called presently?
10)In what neighborhood is the Sacre Coeur Cathedral located in?
11)Who be the first bishop of Paris?
12)What are the two banks of the Seine River (In French).
13)What big-hearted of art is found in the Centre Pompidou?
14)Where are the intellectual hero Voltaire and Rousseau buried?
15)Who designed the entrance to the Louvre Museum?
I would appreciate if you could help me out! If you know merely a few answers, its okay! List them! Your help would be greatly appreciated!
Answers: Alright, here we walk!
1. -The Eiffel Tower for best views of the city
-Louvre museum for the Mona Lisa
-Musee d'Orsay for impressionist artwork
-Centre Pomipdou for wacky artwork and architecture that one would just find in Paris
-The Opera for music and dramatic productions
-Sacre Coeur for religious history
-Arc de Triomphe for a classic Napoleonic monument
2. The highest point contained by Paris is the Sacre Coeur, not the Eiffel Tower as most tourists believe.
3. Quartier Latin
4. Sorbonne
5. It was built by Gustave Eiffel within 1889 for the Exposition Universelle.
6. The big island is called the Ile de la Cite.
7. The Notre Dame Cathedral and the Conciergerie prison are both in that.
8. Started at the Bastille
9. It was demolished within 1789, I believe, and it's now call Place de la Bastille.
10. Montmartre
11. Saint Denis was the first, not Eudes as some ethnic group think.
12. La Rive Droite and La Rive Gauche
13. Wacky, wacky, wacky modern art. It's adjectives colorful and so fun to see.
14. The Pantheon
15. I. M. Pei designed it.
I can't believe I knew adjectives of this =]
Hope it helps!
1) Etoile, the Arc de Triomphe; ^Ile de la Cité, N^otre Dame; Seine River, the Bateaux; Louvre, Mona Lisa; Défense, Eiffel Tower.
2) Eiffel Tower. The top of it.
3) The Left Bank (Rive Gauche contained by French)
4) Le Sorbonne, right across the street from the pension I stayed contained by.
5) 1898, World's Fair, Gustave Eiffel (hence, the name).
6) ^Ile de la Cité and the ^Ile Saint Louis, There are two.
7) N^otre Dame Cathedral. Don't know what year...13th century, I believe. I rang the bell once.
8) At the Bastille Prison
9) No, they tore it down at the start of the revolution.
10) Sacre Coeur is surrounded by Montmartre. And it's not the Cathedral, that would be N^otre Dame. There can only be one contained by any city. Church rules.
11) Saint Louis?
12) Rive Guache and Droite. I believe you've already covered this.
13) Used to be modern art. I suppose it still is. Picasso has be displayed there upon experience.
14) The Panthéon.
15) The new one? IM Pei.
Hey, I thought you be quizzing us!
) 5 Paris attractions and one thing we can see at respectively.
- Trocadero - musée de l'homme
- River Seine - the best location to look at Paris
- Quartier du marais
- Musée Rodin
- Cité des sciences et de l'industrie- La Villette
2) The highest point contained by Paris?
- Eiffel Tower third floor
3) What is the name of the Left Bank neighborhood frequented by students?
- Quartier Latin
4)What university is situated within the above neighborhood?
Assas ParisVIII
5)When and why was the Eiffel Tower built, and who built it?
Gustave Eiffel - 1887c- 21 months - Exposition Universelle
6)The describe of the island in the middle of the Seine River?
Ile Saint Louis et Ile de la Cité
7)What foremost building sits on this island? When was it built?
la Conciergerie & Notre-Dame
8)Where be the French Revolution started?
Etas généraux at the beginning of 1789 - disagreeements between nobles, clergy and relations
9)Is it still there? What is it call now?
Not a single stone - adjectives were used for buildings contained by the surroundings - Bastille
10)In what neighborhood is the Sacre Coeur Cathedral located in?
Xe - XIXe arrondissement close to Anvers Mo station
11)Who be the first bishop of Paris?
Eudes
12)What are the two banks of the Seine River (In French).
Rive gauche - Rive droite
13)What manner of art is found in the Centre Pompidou?
Contemporary
14)Where are the intellectual hero Voltaire and Rousseau buried?
Panthéon
15)Who designed the entrance to the Louvre Museum?
The pyramid was designed by Ming Pei
1 ) i. Monmartre - Sacre Coeur
ii. Opera - gallery lafayette
iii. Eiffel Tower
iv. Notre Dame
v. Louvre Museum
2) Tour Eiffel
3) Latin quarters
4) La Sorbonne and Paris V
5) Built for the Exposition Universelle, obtain was Gustav Eiffel
6) Ile de la Cite
7) Notre Dame cathedral - 1163-1345
8) 1789-1799 at Bastille on the 11th
9) Revolution done in 1799. No it be burnt
10) Monmartre
11)
12) Rive gauche , Rive droite
13) Modern art
14) In the Pantheon
15) I. M. Pei
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