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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the famous monument at La Defense | La Grande Arche |
| What is the famous cemetery that houses the graves of Jim Morrison, Chopin , etc. | Pere Lachaise |
| Artist's District | Montmartre |
| Business District | La Defense |
| Student/ Intellectual District | Quartier Latin |
| Paris is divided into 20 of these | arrondisements |
| underground mass graves | catacombs |
| Modern art museum with its pipes running on the outside of the building | Centre Pompidou |
| Airport in Paris | Charles de Gaulle |
| This sturcture used to be a prison where Marie-Antoinette was during he Revolution. | La Conciergerie |
| River that divides Paris into 2 parts | Seine |
| Church with the Rose window and the flying buttresses | Notre Dame |
| Church that looks like a white mosque. Sacred Heart | Sacre Coeur |
| Church that looks like a Greek temple | La Madeline |
| President of France | Francois Hollande |
| Where does the French president live? | Palais d'Elysees |
| This sits across from the Eiffel Tower and houses three museums | Palais de Chaillot |
| The tomb of the Unknown solider sits underneath this monument | Arc de Triomphe |
| French National Anthem | La Marseillaise |
| La Joconde | Mona Lisa |
| Le Penseur | The Thinker |
| This museum houses famous scupltures like the Thinker | Musee Rodin |
| What is the University of Paris called? | La Sorbonne |
| Famous Parisian Nightclub | Moulin Rouge |
| This Museum used to be a train station. It houses many famous Impressionist works of art. | Musee D'Orsay |
| The tallest building in Paris | Tour Montparnasse |
| Nickname of Paris | La Ville Lumiere |
| First inhabitants of Paris | Parisii |
| Oldest Bridge in Paris | Pont Neuf |
| Left bank | La Rive Gauche |
| Right Bank | La Rive Droite |
| Paris subway system | Metro |