# Is there a cultural significance to the number 64 in France?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 23, 2011, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321 "2011-02-23T04:34:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cayuga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-cultural-significance-to-the-number-64-in-france/572321/20 "2011-02-24T11:18:45Z")

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> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#):
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> Also, I don’t like the host (Julien Lepers?). I think he talks too much, especially for the timed questions, with the effect that some contestants have less of a chance to answer.

Well, he’s reading the questions off cards, so if they run long, it’s the writers’ fault, not Julien’s.

It took me a while to warm up to him, but I’ve come to like his over-the-top dramatic delivery of lines like “Places…aux…JEU!”

> [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](#):
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> Sorry for this hijack, but who else am I to discuss this game show with, on this board? 😉

Should we take this to Café Society? Maybe MikeG will join us.

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