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A Frankish king and grandson of the above who was crowned Emperor of the Romans. | Charlemagne | 88%
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Nickname of King Louis XIV. | The Sun King | 88%
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Great Britain was last successfully invaded from this region of France. | Normandy | 83%
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Emperor who made France Great Again--before he foolishly invaded Russia, and then lost all at Waterloo. | Napoleon Bonaparte. | 79%
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In the same war, she led French troops to ultimate victory, but was burned at the stake for witchcraft. | Joan of Arc | 74%
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Financial transaction initiated by the above leader that led to the single largest acquisition of land for the United States. (Hint: use the name it is known for in the US). | Louisiana Purchase | 52%
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A bloody period of intense suspicion and many executions during the French Revolution. | The Reign of Terror | 50%
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In the 100 Years War, the battle in which a force of French knights was utterly annihilated by a "new" weapon. | Agincourt | 48%
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Frankish king who stopped Moorish expansion into Europe at the Battle of Tours. | Charles Martel | 48%
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Persecuted religious minority group massacred in the thousands by Catholics on St. Bartholomew's Day. | Huguenot | 45%
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Would-be assassin of King Louix XV, who was first brutally tortured, then quartered with great difficulty, and finally burnt at the stake, possibly while still alive. | Robert-François Damiens | 12%
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Epic poem situated in the reign of the above about war, betrayal, revenge, and death. | Song of Roland | 12%
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This church, which looks like an ancient Greek temple, was begun by the Ancien Régime. During the French Revolution, some considered making it into a stock exchange, opera, or library. Napoleon wanted it to be a temple to the glory of his Grand Army. The restoration of the monarchy caused the building to be finished as a church. Gabriel Fauré, the notable French composer of light piano music played the ponderous organ there. | L'église de la Madeleine | 2%
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King who was guillotined by the nephew of the official executioner who oversaw the incident described above. | Louix XVI | 2%
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Commander of the French naval forces at the Battle of Trafalgar, he was said to have committed suicide some time later, though many think he was murdered. | Pierre-Charles Villeneuve | 2%
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