Statistics for French Inventions

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
Method of reading for the blind	Braille	92%
Capturing an image for posterity	Photography	92%
Butter substitute	Margarine	91%
Very thin pancake	Crêpe	89%
More humane way to behead someone	Guillotine	89%
Wheel-based casino game	Roulette	88%
The silver screen	Cinema	86%
Tubes of illuminated gas often used in signs	Neon Lighting	86%
Doctor's listening device	Stethoscope	85%
Swimsuit named after an atomic atoll	Bikini	84%
Modern weights and measures	{Metric} System	83%
Method of making food safer, especially milk	Pasteurization	82%
Knife attached to the end of a firearm	Bayonet	78%
Vaccine for this fatal animal-bite disease	Rabies	76%
Method of underwater breathing	SCUBA	76%
Radioactive element discovered by the Curies	Radium or Polonium	66%
Way of seeing in a submarine	Periscope	62%
The first human flying technology	Hot Air Balloon	57%
Drawing toy with two knobs	Etch A Sketch	56%
Demonstrates the rotation of the Earth	{Foucault} Pendulum	27%