Statistics for French History: Part 1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Roman general who conquered Gaul.	Julius Caesar	91%
The pagan priests of the people named above.	Druids	64%
Site of famous prehistoric cave paintings.	Lascaux	62%
This ancient Roman emperor, who once was active in Gaul with his father, later famously converted to Christianity.	Constantine the Great	55%
Name for people of ancient Gaul (hint: same name as a famous baseball team, though pronounced differently!)	Celts	50%
Early colonizers who founded the city of Messalina, now called Marseille.	Greeks	48%
Grandson of Charlemagne who was known for his lack of hair.	Charles the Bald	44%
Famous Semitic seagoing merchants who established trading outposts in what we now call France.	Phoenicians	38%
Frankish dynasty that ruled most of France after about 509 AD/CE, and after whom a suave and philosophical, though notorious badboy character in the Matrix movies is named.	Merovingian Dynasty	36%
A short-statured early king of the Carolingian dynasty.	Pepin the Short	35%
Name of the bloody wars the above general fought in.	Gallic Wars	29%
Author of the primary source for written information about the dynasty named above. He is also considered a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.	Gregory of Tours	3%