Friday, February 8, 2008

Current Events Quiz - Closed

Update: All entries must be submitted today (Monday February 11th) in order to be considered for the prize. Get yours in now.

We are starting a weekly current events quiz this week. Current BYU students will be able to email in responses to this weekly quiz and be eligible to win great prizes every week. This week's prize is a $5 gift certificate to the BYU Bookstore.

To enter, send an email to byufrenchstudies@gmail.com by Monday February 11th with the subject "BYUFS Quiz 2/8/08" exactly as you see it here. In the email list your letter answers only to the questions like so:
  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
...and so on.

Please include your first and last name in you email also so we know who wins. The winner will be randomly chosen from the entries with the most correct responses. Winners will be notified by email and will pick their prize up from the French and Italian department front desk. Sorry, but we will not be sending out any prizes by mail.

Here is the quiz, good luck!

  1. Jérôme Kerviel, c'est un
    a. politicien
    b. missionnaire
    c. acteur
    d. trader
  2. Quel politicien américain a dit: "Si nous ne changeons pas de politique, nous deviendrons la France du XXIe siècle"?
    a. Mike Huckabee
    b. Mitt Romney
    c. Hillary Clinton
    d. John McCain
  3. Nicolas Sarkozy nomme sa philosophie politique une "politique de _____."
    a. grandeur

    b. civilisation
    c. libéralisme
    d. bonheur
  4. Sarkozy vient de se marier avec
    a. Paris Hilton
    b. Isabelle Huppert
    c. Liya Kebede
    d. Carla Bruni
  5. Persepolis raconte l'histoire d'une jeune femme
    a. iranienne
    b. irakienne
    c. palestinienne
    d. algérienne
  6. Selon la loi, on ne peut plus _____ dans des cafés parisiens.
    a. boire de l'alcool
    b. manger du boeuf américain
    c. fumer
    d. parler anglais
  7. Ce joueur de tennis a placé deuxième à l'Open d'Australie.
    a. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
    b. Richard Gasquet
    c. Henri Leconte
    d. Sébastien Grosjean
  8. Le traité de _____, autorisé par le parlement français cette semaine, remplace le projet de constitution européenne.
    a. Paris
    b. Bruxelles
    c. Nice
    d. Lisbonne
Hint: You might find some of the answers in this very blog, but not all of them.