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French-Speaking Countries Quiz

Can you name the countries where more than 25% speak French (not necessarily as a first language).

2014, according to the Francophonie via Wikipedia
Quiz by Quizmaster - Aug 13, 2017

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%	Country
97%
96%
79%
73%
72%
70%
66%
61%
58%

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54%
53%
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47%
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ruudsje

level 68

Dec 19, 2011

Très jolie!

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DoctorPhil

level 27

Dec 9, 2016

And I got 22 and missed Canada. Glad not to be the only one. :P

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username729

level 29

Dec 19, 2011

Lol. I got 18 right, but I missed Canada.

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sillie

level 76

May 16, 2014

I got 19 and missed Belgium and Luxembourg!

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kiwiquizzer

level 56

Aug 28, 2016

I got 21 and missed Canada!

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xolkan

level 55

Dec 20, 2011

sigh I missed Cote D'Ivoire. A country that derives its name from French.

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zoidberg

level 46

Dec 20, 2011

I missed Canada!! Urg

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theLAYTshow

level 44

Jan 17, 2012

Maybe accept CAR for Central African Republic?

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Zippy

level 66

Feb 22, 2015

What ^^ said. Other quizzes do.

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Quizmaster

level ∞

Aug 23, 2015

Yes, CAR will work now.

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jigtm

level 34

Mar 30, 2016

Merci beaucoup!

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shanetaylor

level 22

Feb 19, 2012

Vanuatu :D!

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Guyinasuit

level 33

Apr 17, 2012

14/25...eh, not so good on places with French colonial influences...still can't believe I forgot Canada :P

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MyFavoriteColorIsGreen

level 14

Jan 28, 2013

I only got 2. France and Canada... I'm dumb.

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Harneet

level 2

Jul 24, 2017

wow

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kiwiquizzer

level 56

Oct 12, 2017

You are not dumb. You are learning.

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patat

level 19

Mar 24, 2013

I got 17 but missed Canada..that's lame

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LadyQuizling

level 55

May 21, 2014

Harder than I expected. And I speak French! I should have got Canada and Tunisia. Je suis bete!

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SilverFlute

level 25

Jul 3, 2016

Accent! ACCENT! Police, police, police! 999!!!!!

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lucd13

level 58

Jun 19, 2014

Very surprised about Bénin, but not a bad result.

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Possums

level 35

Jun 21, 2016

Not really if you think about the countries surrounding it

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Sparky1000

level 50

Oct 19, 2014

I will be extremely concerned once the France answer in this quiz drops to 99%. It seems inevitable...

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buck1017

level 72

Aug 24, 2015

97% as of 8/24/15

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DeusCaritasEst

level 60

Sep 7, 2015

Are you sure that's not the percentage of French-speaking citizens France has that you're looking at?

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Quizmaster

level ∞

Aug 23, 2015

This quiz has been updated with the latest data.

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kalbahamut

level 70

Sep 7, 2015

oh yeah, Ivory Coast.. duh..

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dunkinggandalf

level 66

Sep 7, 2015

I really don't understand that France apparently just has 97% of people who speak French. Of native speakers, sure, but even recent immigrants learn French within a few years, and there aren't enough annual immigrants to make up such a high percentage. Or does this include tourists? Really, I don't get it - if someone has an explanation, I'd be glad to hear it!

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Quizmaster

level ∞

Sep 7, 2015

Perhaps it includes European and American retirees who are living in France.

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SilverFlute

level 25

Jul 3, 2016

My beloved geography teacher.

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Milanthro

level 47

Sep 9, 2015

Might be because of places like French Guiana and French Polynesia as well as some recent immigrants. France still has some ex-colonies in the world that are considered part of the country and referred to as territories.

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Cedo

level 45

Dec 5, 2015

French Guyana is a région, so it's considered part of France the same way Normandy does. But there's a lot of immigration (a lot illegal) from Brazil and Suriname.

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Cedo

level 45

Dec 5, 2015

The same way 92% of the people living in Germany speak german. when you do a pole, you don't considere the future years immigrants will need to learn the language.

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divantilya

level 40

Oct 11, 2017

Pray tell, why anyone would migrate legally or otherwise from Brazil and/or Suriname to French Guiana?

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kalbahamut

level 70

Nov 22, 2016

3% is a tiny number for a country that has so many immigrants, and that is within less than 100 km or so of about 15 other countries, most of which are full of people who do not speak French. Obviously no, it does not count tourists.

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ander217

level 72

Oct 9, 2017

And as someone already mentioned, I would think French Guiana would have a lot of people who don't speak French.

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coolbrain1

level 32

Feb 27, 2017

what i don't understand is monaco with their 79%

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fitheach

level 51

Mar 24, 2017

A lot of rich people from around the world live there for tax reasons.

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idontlikeit2

level 42

Apr 30, 2017

nobody is bringing up basque?

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fitheach

level 51

Oct 11, 2017

Why should they? I doubt there are many (if any at all) monolingual Basque speakers in France these days

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leema

level 52

Sep 7, 2015

Probably in Vatican there are more than 25% citizens who speaks french :P

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Elan

level 55

Sep 7, 2015

Biggest facepalm ever I completely forgot about Canada.

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mishmosh

level 47

Sep 7, 2015

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Erikthev

level 60

Sep 7, 2015

You don't categorise what Canadians speak as "French" do you?

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Milanthro

level 47

Sep 9, 2015

Depends. Are you talking about Acadien, Quebec or Metis french? Ils sont tout different dialects. It isn't cool to be snobby.

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Cedo

level 45

Dec 5, 2015

And what would it be?

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Milanthro

level 47

Jun 27, 2016

All three are Canadian french dialects. The most spoken is Quebec french and even then there is a lot of variety.

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fh2796

level 51

Sep 8, 2015

Oh God.. How could I forget our neighbours in Switzerland as a German?!? ^^

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londonico

level 21

Sep 26, 2015

Switzerland does not have 66% speaking French. 66% speak German, and French should be about 25%, maybe even less.

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Cedo

level 45

Dec 5, 2015

It's written "not necessarily as a first language"...

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Maxnorrac

level 45

Dec 1, 2015

Switzerland has not 66%... this seems to be the percentage for German-speaking ones (I'm a French-speaking Swiss and I can tell you we represent less than 1/4 of the total population). According to Wikipedia, there are 22% French-speaking Swiss people.

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Cedo

level 45

Dec 5, 2015

read the description : "not necessarily as a first language". It's not about your people, it's about people who can speak french.

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Carry

level 58

Feb 3, 2016

Just follow the source. It says: "No distinctions are made between native speakers of French and those who learnt it as a foreign language, between different levels of mastery or how often the language is used in daily life."

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TheBigCheesy

level 66

Dec 28, 2015

I remember trying Swaziland but somehow forgot Switzerland. My mind is just not clicking today. :(

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HeatSteelerRoyalEli

level 24

Mar 3, 2016

Faso?

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IrajMalik19

level 2

May 16, 2016

got 27 out of 27

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Mrlazarv

level 20

Jun 23, 2016

I've missed: Algeria, Morocco and Lebanon. For the first two alright, but can't believe I forgot Lebanon.

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kiwiquizzer

level 56

Aug 28, 2016

Same. I tried Syria (having been there, and noting a lot of people speak French), but forgot Lebanon!

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Findlay

level 67

Oct 10, 2016

Missed Luxembourg despite it being obvious. Missed Morocco and Equatorial Guinea - I was under impression the only widespread European language there was Spanish. Having read more I now see I was very wrong in the case of Morocco.

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divantilya

level 40

Dec 9, 2016

If you had seen Casablanca, you would not have forgotten Morocco!

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erikp474

level 41

Nov 21, 2016

I thought more people spoke German in Switzerland than French.

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JBlouw1850

level 47

Nov 21, 2016

I've heard that the Swiss are very multilingual. German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all official languages, so they probably learn more than one in school.

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ayeaye11

level 2

Dec 9, 2016

shouldn't Madagascar be included?

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vinsuse77

level 49

Feb 5, 2017

I'm surprised Lebanon still has some French influence.

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fcalvaresi

level 27

Sep 9, 2017

France still has an excellent image in Lebanon, especially within the Maronites. They saw France as their protector during the nineteenth century and then France created Lebanon to be their homeland.

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CBFILHO

level 22

May 24, 2017

Randomly guessed lebanon and it was correct :D

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Harneet

level 2

Jul 18, 2017

got all of them

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cosmokim

level 55

Jul 19, 2017

Facepalmed at missing Haiti.

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Vladonetska

level 33

Aug 22, 2017

Woww Luxembourg...Luxembourgish...

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Archer1212

level 40

Sep 9, 2017

i fell one short of the average score, but only got 1 point? what gives?

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bobcarbonara

level 28

Sep 9, 2017

Well Switzerland with 77% is absolutely wrong. Burkina Faso is missing ; Niger as well (not Nigeria... but Niger is largely french speaking).

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fitheach

level 51

Oct 11, 2017

Have you even looked at the source given at the top (I suspect not). And the quiz is not about first language speakers, so the stat about Switzerland is likely to be correct (the Swiss being famed multi-linguists).

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divantilya

level 40

Oct 11, 2017

Just about all Europeans and a surprising number of Africans and Latin Americans are multi-lingual. We seem to be one of the few "civilized" countries which tenaciously clings to our mono-lingualism as if it were a badge of honor.

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bobcarbonara

level 28

Sep 9, 2017

And Chad, Chad is also French speaking.

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mightythor

level 58

Oct 9, 2017

Surprised not East Timor, given they (also) go by Timor Leste.