Statistics for Embarrassing Chapters in French History

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This country is able to quickly overwhelm and defeat France in 1940	Germany	99%
Napoleon loses 95% of his army after invading this country	Russia	94%
Thousands are beheaded for political crimes during this part of the French Revolution	Reign of {Terror}	89%
In a 1976 blind taste test, wines from this U.S. state are judged superior to wines from France	California	83%
Slaves overthrow their French oppressors to establish this country in 1804	Haiti	78%
This general becomes President after a coup causes the collapse of the Fourth Republic in 1958	Charles de Gaulle	76%
A law makes it illegal for women to wear these (unless on a bicycle or horse). It was finally repealed in 2012.	Pants	75%
This celebrated female fashion designer collaborates with the Nazis	Coco Chanel	72%
France loses this colony in 1962 after a brutal eight year war	Algeria	71%
The French are forced to withdraw from this peninsula after losing the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954	Indochina	62%
French intellectuals such as Jacques Derrida forever ruin the humanities with the invention of this nihilistic "ism"	{Post}modernism	61%
The "Rainbow Warrior", a boat owned by this environmental group, is sunk for protesting French nuclear tests in pristine ocean waters	Greenpeace	60%
This violent song, advising listeners to "Let impure blood water our lands" is made the national anthem	La Marseillaise	60%
People wearing these type of vests protest after yet another tax increase reduces the quality of life for French citizens still further	Yellow	59%
This soccer player head butts an opponent in the World Cup finals	Zinedine Zidane	58%
France loses many of its North American colonies as a result of this 1756-1763 war	Seven Years' War	54%
France protects and celebrates this film director who drugged and raped a 13 year old girl	Roman Polanski	53%
Painter Paul Gauguin likely spreads syphilis to the population of this tropical island	Tahiti	52%
In 1415, France loses this battle against a much smaller English army, mostly peasant archers	Battle of {Agincourt}	46%
In this last 19th century "affair", an innocent Jewish soldier is convicted of treason	{Dreyfus} affair	42%