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Aquitaine Region Quiz

The historical region of Aquitaine stretches over the Southwestern parts of France. How much do you know about it?
Part of the French Regions series
Quiz by camus
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Last updated: April 18, 2021
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First submittedAugust 23, 2020
Times taken67
Average score71.4%
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Largest city
Bordeaux
Bordering foreign country
Spain
Major mountain range in the south
Pyrenees
Minority language that is unrelated to all other European languages
Basque
Sea resort known for surfing and high society guests, alternatively known as Miarritze
Biarritz
Cave with paintings from the Paleolithic era
Lascaux
River, or short-lived political group during the French Revolution
Gironde
Queen consort of France and England, crusade leader and duchess of Aquitaine
Eleanor of Aquitaine
This English king, nicknamed "Lionheart", spent much of his life in Aquitaine
Richard I.
English hero of the Hundred Years' War and prince of Aquitaine, known as the "Black Prince"
Edward of Woodstock
Region beginning with G, alternatively known as Guyenne
Gascony
Large-nosed poet and hopeless lover (who came from "G"): ____ de Bergerac
Cyrano
D'Artagnan, also a native of "G", is the hero of which classic novel?
The Three Musketeers
A black variety of this fungus is often found in Périgord
Truffle
camus
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Level 78
Aug 23, 2020
Kudos to anyone who gets more than 50%!
baptistegorce
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Level 54
Aug 23, 2020
I'm French, so I found 12 answers (and I missed one because I didn't know the English for...). It's easier for me (but I don't live in this region). This is a very nice quiz! I'll try the other ones. Congrats!
camus
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Level 78
Aug 23, 2020
Thank you! Which answer did you miss because of the English word? I'll gladly accept the French one.
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