French 1/2 Francophone World Trivia

What does "francophone" mean?

• Obsessed with French

• Of French ancestry

• Speaker(s) of French

• French Colonies

France colonized a large part of the world between which two centuries?

• 18th & 20th

• 16th & 20th

• 19th & 21st

• 12th & 20th

French is an official language of many countries because...

• French is an official language of the Olympics.

• Britain helped France to colonize so many regions.

• France was so popular amongst the wealthy.

• France had once ruled over these regions as colonists.

French in Africa is the same as French in Canada.

• FALSE

• TRUE

How many people speak French today?

• 275 THOUSAND

• 27.5 MILLION

• 275 MILLION

• 27.5 THOUSAND

French is known as...

• The language of beauty

• The language of diplomacy

• The language of aristocracy

• The language of chivalry

French & [this language] are the two official languages of the Olympic Games.

• English

• Spanish

• Mandarin

• Greek

The European Union's Parliament

(aka the legislative branch of the EU)

is housed in this French city -

• Paris

• Strasbourg

• Versailles

• Marseille