Paris trivia quiz: Ten questions that get progressively harder

To celebrate the launch of our new book, Grace the Giraffe in Paris, we’ve put together a little quiz.

Below you’ll find ten questions, all relating to Paris, and all with some kind of connection to our new children’s book. The questions will get progressively harder as you go along.

You do not need our new book to play this quiz, but it certainly should be the next children’s book you buy 🙂

Now, all the questions are below (and the answers!) but the experience is much more fun in audio version, perhaps in a car trip with others listening too. You can listen below or wherever you get podcasts. In a rush? Just keep scrolling.

Good luck!

1. Which animal walked from Marseille to Paris in 1827?

2. Which French novel (and film, and musical) featured characters called Javert and Jean Valjean?

3. Which Paris monument was built between 1806 and 1836?

4. Which popular French newspaper was founded in 1826, right as our story begins?

5. What’s the English word for “parapluie” ?

6. Which museum in Paris features the classic impressionist work by Monet called “La Rue Montorgueil”?

7. Which Paris-based designer made the safari jacket famous in the 1960s?

8. In “Liberty Leading the People”, the central figure (Marianne) is holding a flag in her right hand. But what’s in her left hand?

9. Which couple sang the song “Je T’aime, … Moi Non Plus”?

10. Which museum in the Marais features giraffe memorabilia from 200 years ago?

And that’s it!

How many points did you get? Let us know in the comments below!

A big thanks to Augusta Sagnelli for the wonderful photos.

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