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  1. Who wrote the novel Les Misérables, published in 1862?
  2. Who wrote the children's story The Little Prince?
  3. In which Paris museum is the Mona Lisa displayed?
  4. Which painter's work Impression, Sunrise gave its name to the Impressionist movement?
  5. Which sculptor created The Thinker?
  6. Which French sculptor designed the Statue of Liberty, given by France to the United States?
  7. Which museum in Paris occupies a former railway station on the left bank of the Seine?
  8. Who composed the orchestral piece Boléro in 1928?
  9. Which composer wrote the piano piece Clair de lune, part of the Suite bergamasque?
  10. In which year did a major fire destroy the spire and roof of Notre-Dame de Paris?
  11. Which author wrote the seven-volume novel In Search of Lost Time?
  12. Which author wrote The Stranger and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957?
  13. Which philosopher wrote Being and Nothingness and refused the Nobel Prize in 1964?
  14. Which French philosopher is known for the statement I think, therefore I am?
  15. Which author wrote the Fables, including The Crow and the Fox, in the 17th century?
  16. Which playwright wrote Tartuffe and The Miser?
  17. From which region of France does Camembert cheese come?
  18. Which vegetable stew from Provence is made with aubergine, courgette, tomato and peppers?
  19. Which sparkling wine can legally bear the name Champagne?
  20. Which prize is the top award of the Cannes Film Festival?
  21. Which institution, founded in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, oversees the French language and its dictionary?
  22. In 2022 UNESCO recognised the artisanal know-how and culture of which French food as intangible heritage?
  23. Which cake, containing a small figurine, is eaten in France around Epiphany in January?
  24. Which thin pancakes are traditionally eaten in France on 2 February, Candlemas?

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