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Question	Answer	% Correct
How was Joan of Arc killed in 1431 at age of 19?	Burned alive at the stake	91%
Where did Napoleon die after six years of exile on May 5, 1821?	Saint Helena	91%
Who is the youngest president in the history of France?	Emmanuel Macron	88%
What is considered the starting point of the French Revolution?	The Storming of the Bastille	88%
Which battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815?	Battle of Waterloo	85%
Who led Free France, the government-in-exile during the World War II?	Charles de Gaulle	85%
Who did France fight in the Battle of Agincourt in 1413?	England	85%
Who did France fight in the Battle of Verdun in 1916?	Germany	85%
Who was King of France when the French Revolution began?	King Louis XVI	85%
Who was the main French leader during the Reign of Terror?	Maximilien Robespierre	85%
Napoleon's invasion of what country turned out to be his downfall?	Russia	85%
In which city in France the evacuation of British army occurred in 1940?	Dunkirk	79%
Where was Napoleon exiled in 1814 and then returned the following year?	Elba	79%
What Frankish king was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor by the pope?	Charlemagne	76%
Which country Napoleon, as a general in the French military, invaded five years before the Napoleonic Wars?	Egypt	73%
What was the name of the period after Napoleon’s return from exile until King Louis XVIII retook the throne?	The Hundred Days	73%
What Russian novel provides a broad panorama of Russian society against the backdrop of the 1812 Napoleonic army's invasion?	War and Peace	70%
Which French president was convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years?	Nicolas Sarkozy	67%
What were the people during the Women's March on Versailles protesting?	Price of bread	67%
What did Napoleon Bonaparte become when the French Directory was overthrown?	First Consul of France	64%
Who was elected first president of the French Republic in the 1848?	Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte	64%
What was not one of code names for the landing beaches on D-Day in Normandy in WWII?	Silver	64%
What was the symbol of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars?	Golden eagle	61%
Who was the first king of Carolingian dynasty?	Pepin III	58%
A scandal over what item damaged Marie Antoinette's reputation with the people?	Diamond necklace	55%
Which President became famous for abolishing the death penalty in France?	François Mitterrand	55%
Who was the first king of the Franks to unite all of the Frankish tribes under one ruler?	Clovis I	52%
In which town did Napoleon play a major role in 1793, which also significantly improved his reputation as a soldier?	Toulon	48%
What did the English find Joan of Arc guilty of?	Dressing like a man	36%
What was the name of the first major dynasty of the Franks?	Merovingian	36%
Who did French army fight in the Battle of Austerlitz?	Russians and Austrians	36%
Who was the president of France during World War I?	Raymond Poincaré	33%
Which of the following best describes the Second Estate during French Revolution?	Nobility	27%
What was the concluding battle of the Hundred Years' War?	Battle of Castillon	21%
What city was Joan of Arc defending when she was captured?	Compiegne	6%