The French Feud by 42fish [game closed]

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  1. Bordeaux
  2. Napoleon
  3. Blue
  4. French & Indian Wars
  5. Marseilles
  6. Algeria
  7. Le Fabuleux Destin d’Amélie Poulain (or, as y’all may know it, Amelie)
  8. French kiss
  9. Orsay
  10. Monet
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Burgundy

Edith Piaf

Red

Napolenic War

Toulouse

Vanuatu

The Three Musketeers

French Kiss

D’Orsay

Balthus

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Heh, that was my thought process as well : “Napoleon ! No, wait, he was Corsican, so… no ! wait ! The average American doesn’t know/doesn’t make the distinction ! Napoleon it is”

Looks like I was right too. Sarkozy (my alternate) would have been a real poor choice :slight_smile:

I’m kinda bummed the French & Indian wars aren’t racking more votes - I figured, since it’s part of American history and all, more of you would have picked it over the 1870 war which was definitely a Franco-French business with little impact outside the country (well, apart from setting the stage for the Great one, of course)

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Kobal2 is #50. Sorry, sisu, only 50 entries per game. (Next time, read the rules about formatting.)

I’ll get this scored tomorrow.

I wonder why France questions filled up faster than London? Is the subject that much easier? Hmm…

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I picked Vietnam because I thought it would be the most familiar to Americans. I forgot about the French and Indian war because that’s supposed to be called the seven years war, dammit!

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  1. Bordeaux
  2. Napoleon
  3. Blue
  4. Vietnam/ indochinese
  5. Nice
  6. Vietnam
  7. French Connection
    8 french connection
    9, D’Orsay
  8. Renoir
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That’s one proufoundly dumb sentence, Savoy belonged to the Italians for centuries, Alsace and Lorraine both have substantial German speakers, Brittany is a celt region, part of France’s southwest is Basque land. I guess all people of those regions should be permanently discarded from France’s history. Sorry folks, NDP has so decided, you werent French enough for him.
The Vichy regime is looking for some overzealous civil servants, maybe you should apply.

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I’m sorry if I inadvertantly offended you but there’s no need for you to quasi-Godwin this thread. I was taking into account the fact Corsica wasn’t incorporated into France until 1770 (after a short time as an republic) and has its own language and culture. I wasn’t trying to “ethnically cleanse” French history of people who “weren’t French enough” like the Bretons and the Basque.

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I knew Napoleon was Corsican. But I figured de Gaulle was Flemish, Charlemagne was Belgian, and Jean-Luc Godard was Swiss, so why make an issue of it?

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True, but David himself was a complete dick.

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So of course I picked him! :wink:

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Bolding mine.

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    Game Room Moderator
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Point taken, if I see someone mentioning Martin Luther King was too black to be considered part of American history, I’ll refrain from harping back. Thx for the clarification.

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Oh, be my guest, go for the throat. But in the proper way and the proper place, that’s all. :slight_smile:

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  1. Other than Champagne, name a region of France known for its wine.
    1. Bordeaux 37

  2. Burgundy 11

  3. Provence 1

  4. Riviera 1

  5. Name a famous person from France, living or dead.
    2. Napoleon 33

  6. Charles de Gaulle 11

  7. Joan of Arc 3

  8. Edith Piaf 1

  9. Jacques Cousteau 1

  10. Sakozy 1

  11. Name a color in the French flag.
    **3. Blue 24

  12. Red 24**

  13. White 2

  14. Other than World Wars I and II, name a war that France participated in.
    4. Napoleonic wars 15

  15. Franco-Prussian War 12

  16. French and Indian War 10

  17. The Hundred Years War 4

  18. French Revolution 3

  19. Vietnam 3

  20. American Revolution 2

  21. War of 1812 1

  22. Other than Paris, name a city in France.
    5. Marseilles 29

  23. Nice 13

  24. Lyon 4

  25. Cannes 2

  26. Bordeaux 1

  27. Toulouse 1

  28. Name a former French colony.
    6. Algeria 18

  29. Quebec (Canada) 13

  30. French Indo-China 5

  31. Haiti 5

  32. Vietnam 4

  33. Louisiana 3

  34. Chad 1

  35. French Guiana 1

  36. Name a movie set in France.
    7. Amelie 15

  37. The Three Musketeers 5

  38. Chocolat 3

  39. Last Tango in Paris 3

  40. Moulin Rouge 3

  41. Saving Private Ryan 3

  42. Da Vinci Code 2

  43. The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2

  44. The Red Balloon 2

  45. A Very Long Engagement 1

  46. An American in Paris 1

  47. April in Paris 1

  48. Breathless 1

  49. French Kiss 1

  50. Inglourious Basterds 1

  51. La Femme Nikita 1

  52. Paris in the Spring 1

  53. Paris Is Burning 1

  54. Ratatouille 1

  55. The Longest Day 1

  56. The Scarlet Pimpernel 1

  57. Name a phrase using the word ‘French’.
    8. French kiss 19

  58. French fries 17

  59. French toast 6

  60. Pardon my French 3

  61. French kissing 2

  62. French bread 1

  63. French Letter 1

  64. French plait 1

  65. Other than the Louvre, name a famous French museum.
    9. Musee d’Orsay 34

  66. Centre Georges Pompidou 4

  67. Musee Rodin 3

  68. Bastille 1

  69. Centre Juno Beach 1

  70. Chagall Museum 1

  71. Château de Versailles 1

  72. Hermitage 1

  73. Musée de l’Histoire de France 1

  74. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 1

  75. Paris Museum of Modern Art 1

  76. pass 1

  77. Name a French painter.
    10. Monet 33

  78. Renoir 4

  79. Matisse 3

  80. Degas 2

  81. Manet 2

  82. Cezanne 1

  83. David 1

  84. Lautrec 1

  85. Seurat 1

  86. Toulouse-Lautrec 1

  87. Van Gogh 1

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And the winners are… Kobal2 and Sigmagirl!!! Way to go!!! ::flings confetti:: They both got 9/10 top answers. Both got #4 wrong. Good job! Perfect score was 514.00.

I’ll get another Feud up tomorrow. Thanks all! Thanks 42fish!
**1. Kobal2 504.00

  1. Sigmagirl 504.00 **
  2. Sparky812 486.00
  3. astorian 480.00
  4. swampbear 472.00
  5. ScareyFaerie 470.00
  6. blue infinity 464.00
  7. RickJay 462.00
  8. footballisplayedwithyourfeet 456.00
  9. twickster 446.00
  10. Alka Seltzer 436.00
  11. Sternvogel 430.00
  12. Tapioca Dextrin 428.00
  13. GuiriEnEspaña 424.00
  14. 42fish 410.00
  15. Really Not All That Bright 410.00
  16. kenobi 65 404.00
  17. bibliophage 404.00
  18. AuntiePam 398.00
  19. Disheavel 394.00
  20. Wargamer 390.00
  21. notfrommensa 386.00
  22. Freudian Slit 386.00
  23. Ximenean 384.00
  24. NDP 376.00
  25. anyrose 376.00
  26. silenus 364.00
  27. RealityChuck 362.00
  28. MonkeyMensch 362.00
  29. Tom Scud 360.00
  30. Giles 360.00
  31. Registered at Last 346.00
  32. Snickers 340.00
  33. Walkabout 336.00
  34. pravnik 330.00
  35. Little Nemo 326.00
  36. Dead Cat 318.00
  37. Manduck 310.00
  38. ArchiveGuy 306.00
  39. AppallingGael 298.00
  40. Scuba_Ben 294.00
  41. kaylasdad99 292.00
  42. IvoryTowerDenizen 292.00
  43. Simmerdown 292.00
  44. KennerTheGreat 288.00
  45. Fretful Porpentine 274.00
  46. cmkeller 248.00
  47. JohnT 248.00
  48. Elendil’s Heir 212.00
  49. needscoffee 202.00
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I think Vietnam and French Indochina should count as the same answer for #6.

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I’m actually of French ancestry if you go back far enough, so obviously I should’ve disqualified myself from playing. 49th place? Sheesh!

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50th place! Merde!

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Also I think “French kiss” and “French kissing” should be the same. With those two small changes I will probably still be 38th if not worse.

Seriously, what is this spell that Monet has over people?