# | What they did / were | Frenchman / Frenchwoman | % Correct |
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1 | WWII general and first president of the Fifth Republic | Charles de Gaulle | 95%
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16 | Corsican who conquered Europe after the French Revolution | Napoleon Bonaparte | 93%
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6 | Les Misérables | Victor Hugo | 85%
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25 | He designed the most famous tower in Paris | Gustave Eiffel | 80%
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4 | Polish-born nobel prize winner | Marie Curie | 80%
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2 | He discovered vaccination and microbial fermentation | Louis Pasteur | 77%
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10 | Singer, Non, je ne regrette rien | Edith Piaf | 74%
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15 | Around the World in Eighty Days | Jules Verne | 73%
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22 | "Father of Europe" who united much of the continent around 800 | Charlemagne | 70%
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24 | Longest ruling president (1981-1995) | François Mitterrand | 67%
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9 | Pioneer in oceanography | Jacques Cousteau | 61%
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21 | Current manager of Real Madrid | Zinedine Zidane | 56%
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26 | J'accuse | Émile Zola | 49%
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17 | Giant of French comedy, The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Louis de Funès | 38%
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8 | Playwright during absolutist France and great writer | Molière | 37%
|
29 | Singer and diplomat with Armenian roots | Charles Aznavour | 33%
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14 | Fables (17th century) | Jean de la Fontaine | 32%
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3 | Catholic priest and Resistance member, Emmaus | Abbé Pierre | 25%
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5 | Comedian and founder of Restaurants du Cœur | Coluche | 25%
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28 | Leader of French resistance during World War II | Jean Moulin | 23%
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13 | Actor / singer nicknamed "her Fernand" | Fernandel | 21%
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7 | Mononymous actor and comedian who played in Le Corniaud | Bourvil | 18%
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20 | Famous for his popular music, from mambo over reggae until funk | Serge Gainsbourg | 14%
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19 | Singer popular in the French-speaking world, died in Mali | Daniel Balavoine | 13%
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30 | Italian-French actor married to Simone Signoret | Yves Montand | 13%
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18 | Starred in many classical films (30s) | Jean Gabin | 10%
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23 | Italian actor who starred in French film | Lino Ventura | 10%
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12 | Singer-songwriter and poet, texts are black humour-tinged | Georges Brassens | 7%
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27 | Nun and humanitarian | Sœur Emanuelle | 2%
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11 | First filmmaker elected to the Académie française | Marcel Pagnol | 1%
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