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Science, Inventions and Sport

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Which French scientist developed a process to make milk and other drinks safe by heating, now called pasteurisation?
How many Nobel Prizes in different sciences did Marie Curie win?
After which country did Marie Curie name the element polonium, which she discovered in 1898?
Who invented the reading system for blind people that uses raised dots, in the 1820s?
Which brothers presented the first public film screening in Paris in December 1895?
Which chemist is called the father of modern chemistry for his law on the conservation of mass?
Which French institute isolated the HIV virus in 1983?
Which process, announced in 1839, was an early form of photography named after its French inventor?
Which engineer designed the tower in Paris that was built for the Universal Exposition of 1889?
In which year did the TGV high-speed train begin commercial service between Paris and Lyon?
Which supersonic passenger aircraft was developed jointly by France and the United Kingdom?
In which French city is the headquarters of the aircraft maker Airbus?
Which cycling race, held every July since 1903, ends on the Champs-Élysées?
On which surface is the French Open tennis tournament played at Roland-Garros?
Which team did France beat 3–0 in the final of the 1998 World Cup, held in Saint-Denis?
Counting the 2024 Games, how many times has Paris hosted the Summer Olympic Games?
Which Frenchman founded the International Olympic Committee and revived the modern Games?
Which endurance car race is held every year in June in the Sarthe?
Which French physicist gave his name to the unit of electric current, the ampere?
Which French physician invented the stethoscope in 1816?
Which French mathematician and philosopher gave his name to the unit of pressure?
Which European launch vehicle family is launched from the Guiana Space Centre?
Which French space agency, founded in 1961, manages the national space programme?
Which French diplomat and engineer led the building of the Suez Canal, opened in 1869?

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