Which scandalous writer was moved from the Bastille days before it was stormed?
Answer
Marquis de Sade
98363 Intermediate Trivia Questions
98363 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which military school's cadets traditionally open the Bastille Day parade?
Answer
École Polytechnique
Which French king ordered a larger Bastille fortification in 1369?
Answer
Charles V
Which Swiss regiment supplied grenadiers to the Bastille garrison in July 1789?
Answer
Salis-Samade Regiment
Who proposed the 1880 law adopting 14 July as an annual national festival?
Answer
Benjamin Raspail
Which French republic wanted to revive the 14 July festival in 1880?
Answer
Third Republic
Which regiment reinforced the Bastille attackers after 3 pm?
Answer
Gardes Françaises
Which Paris complex was stormed for muskets before the Bastille on 14 July 1789?
Answer
Hôtel des Invalides
What royal warrant made the Bastille a symbol of arbitrary imprisonment?
Answer
lettre de cachet
Which estate reconstituted itself as the National Assembly on 17 June 1789?
Answer
Third Estate
Which finance minister's dismissal on 11 July 1789 fueled Paris unrest?
Answer
Jacques Necker
Which astronaut played Irish instruments on the ISS for Saint Patrick's Day 2011?
Answer
Catherine Coleman
What Saint Patrick's Day custom puts a shamrock into the bottom of a drink?
Answer
Drowning the shamrock
What term names Irish-language week, held from 1 March to Saint Patrick's Day?
Answer
Seachtain na Gaeilge
Who wrote the 1795 poem that first called Ireland the Emerald Isle?
Answer
William Drennan
Which Irish republican organization adopted green in the 1790s?
Answer
United Irishmen
Which Anglo-Irish order of chivalry adopted blue as its colour in 1783?
Answer
Order of St Patrick
Which street hosts Hot Springs, Arkansas's very short Saint Patrick's Day parade?
Answer
Bridge Street
Which group has organized Montreal's annual Saint Patrick's Day parade since 1929?
Answer
United Irish Societies of Montreal
Which character's burial marks the end of Barranquilla Carnival?
Answer
Joselito Carnaval
Who first depicted Viareggio's Burlamacco mascot in 1931?
Answer
Uberto Bonetti
What is the first float of a Rio samba school called?
Answer
abre-alas
What is the opening group in a Rio samba-school parade called?
Answer
comissão de frente
What is Barranquilla Carnival’s nocturnal pre-carnival parade called?
Answer
La Guacherna
Which Ash Wednesday event officially ends Santa Cruz de Tenerife Carnival?
Answer
Burial of the sardine
The Late Latin phrase “carne levare,” linked to Carnival’s name, means what?
Answer
remove meat
What is burned during Patras Carnival's closing ceremony?
Answer
Carnival King
In 2000, Santa Cruz de Tenerife became headquarters of the FECC with what world carnival title?
Answer
Carnival Capital of the World
Viareggio Carnival floats are usually made from what material?
Answer
Paper-pulp