Round 1

1. Stethoscope is the greatest invention of French in terms of medical. Fact ot Bluff?

Answer: FACT

Trivia: the greatest French inventions has saved innumerable lives. This lifesaver was the humble
stethoscope which was devised by the French physician René Laennec in 1816. It works by using a small
disc-shaped resonator to amplify the internal sounds of the patient.

2. Panna Cotta is a type of dessert from France also known as burnt cream or Trinity cream, and uses
custard as its base.

Answer: Bluff

Crème brûlée — is a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a texturally contrasting layer
of hardened caramelized sugar. It is normally served slightly chilled; It became extremely popular in the
1980s, "a symbol of that decade's self-indulgence and the darling of the restaurant boom"

3. Leonardo da Vinci is a French painter, one of the greatest of the Post-Impressionists, whose works
and ideas were influential in the aesthetic development of many 20th-century artists and art
movements, especially Cubism. Fact or Bluff?

Answer: Bluff

Paul Cézanne
Trivia: The Card Players, a famous painting by Cezanne, is the second costliest masterpiece artwork in
the world, it held the record until 2015. It was sold for more than $250 million in 2011.

4. Aspirin is a medication discovered in France that is used to reduce pain, fever or inflammation. Fact or
Bluff?

ANSWER: FACT

TRIVIA: also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) was discovered by Charles Frederic Gerhardt a French
Chemist in 1853

5. Pasteurization is a process where fresh foods are heated briefly to high temperatures, to kill off
bacteria, then cooled rapidly. Fact or Bluff?

Answer: Fact

Trivia: This is a classical method of food preservation which extends the shelf life by inactivating
unwanted spoilage microorganisms. The process was named after the French microbiologist, Louis
Pasteur, whose research in the 1880s demonstrated that thermal processing would inactivate unwanted
microorganisms in wine
6. Brandy is a generic term for sparkling wine, typically drunk during celebrations. In France, they called
it “the devil’s wine”. Fact or Bluff?

Answer: Bluff

Trivia: Champagne — is produced under the rules of the appellation - used to identify where the grapes
for a wine were grown; became associated with royalty in the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. If the
bottle fails to break this is often thought to be bad luck. In France the first sparkling champagne was
created accidentally; the pressure in the bottle led it to be called "the devil's wine" (le vin du diable), as
bottles exploded or corks popped. At the time, bubbles were considered a fault. In 1844 Adolphe
Jaquesson invented the muselet to prevent the corks from blowing out. Initial versions were difficult to
apply and inconvenient to remove.
7. French hairstylist Alexandre Godefroy invented the first hair dryer in 1888 Godefroy’s model was
neither portable nor handheld, but it meant that people could finally stop drying their hair using a
vacuum cleaner. Fact or Bluff?

Answer: Fact

8. Rumba is developed under the aristocratic influence as a formalized form of dance in France. Fact or
Bluff?

Answer: Bluff

Trivia: Ballet

Balletto is Italian diminutive of the ballot, meaning “to dance, to jump about.” Its vocabulary is based on
French terminology. It is a formal dance technique combined with costumes, scenery, and music, as
other forms of artistic elements. Ballet integrated dance, music, stage design and poetry to make
dramatic storyline. Rumba is from Cuba.
Round 2

Jumbled Words (Categories)

1. Pencil Sharpener (School Supplies)

2. Collotype (Mechanical Printing)

3. Parachute (Transportation)

4. Baguette (Bread)

5. Ratatouille (Food-Vege)

6. Vincent Van Gogh

7. Pablo Picasso

8. Pierre Auguste Renoir

9. Coco Chanel

10. Christian Dior

1. Pencil Sharpener Trivia: It was devised by a French mathematician Bernard Lassimonne who filed for
a patent in 1828. As the name suggests they are devices designed to sharpen pencils' writing points by
shaving the surface or wearing it away. Its design was improved in 1847 by another Frenchman, Thierry
des Estivaux, to produce the device we are all familiar with today.

2. Collotype Trivia: Alphonse Poitevin devised the process known as Collotype in 1856. This was a
dichromate based photographic process that produced images similar to metal-based photographic
prints. This was used to produce large volumes of mechanical printing before the invention of the
cheaper offset lithography. It was often used to produce early postcards. Although popular at the time it
was ultimately replaced by offset lithography.
3. Parachute Trivia: The modern parachute was invented in the late 18th century by Louis-Sébastien
Lenormand in France, who made the first recorded public jump in 1783. Parachutes are usually made
out of light, strong fabric, originally silk, now most commonly nylon. Despite there being various
examples of earlier designs, it is widely accepted that modern, frameless, parachutes were invented by
Louis-Sébastien Lenormand. His design would be recognizable to many a skydiver today. He built and
tested his design in public in 1783 by jumping off the Montpellier observatory.

4. Baguette Trivia: In the 18th century, France started to bake this type of bread which distinguishable
by its length and crisp crust. Is a long, thin, and stock-like loaf of French bread that is commonly made
from basic lean dough. The word itself simply means "wand", "baton" or "stick".
5. This kind of food is made from stewed vegetable and is internationally recognised both as a French
dish and a movie with rat as its main character Ratatouille — It is a stewed vegetable recipe that can be
served as a side dish, meal or stuffing for other dishes, such as crepes and omelettes. means from 1778
a motley stew. The abbreviation “rata” means, in military slang a mixture of beans and potatoes and
mixed vegetables and fatty meat. The movie was released in 2007, plot follows a rat named Remy, who
dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian
restaurant's garbage boy.

6. Vincent Willem van Gogh He is a Dutch post-impressionist painter who is among the most famous
and influential figures in the history of Western Art.

Trivia: 1. Despite Vincent van Gogh’s fame today, he never achieved professional success during his
lifetime. He sold only one painting while alive, seven months prior to his death, for a mere 400 francs.

Trivia: 2. Arguably Van Gogh’s most famous work, Starry Night was completed while he was residing in
an asylum in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, where he was recuperating from a nervous breakdown.
7. Pablo Picasso- The Spanish-born artist in France that had become the most well-known name in
modern art, with the most distinct style and eye for artistic creation. Trivia: Picasso's full name has 23
words. Picasso was baptized Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los
Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Martyr Patricio Clito Ruíz y Picasso. He was named after
various saints and relatives. The "Picasso" is actually from his mother, Maria Picasso y Lopez. His father
is named Jose Ruiz Blasco.

8. PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR- His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life, full of
sparkling color and light. Trivia: Renoir was so passionate about painting that he even continued when
he was old and suffering from severe arthritis. Renoir then painted with the brush tied to his wrists.
9. Coco Chanel Trivia: The founder and namesake of the Chanel brand, she was credited in the post-
World War I era with liberating women from the constraints of the "corseted silhouette" and
popularizing a sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style. Her real name is Gabrielle Bonheur
"Coco" (Chanel)

10. Christian Dior Trivia: French designer who introduced the classic modern pencil skirt in his 1954
Autumn Winter Collection.