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Friday, November 19, 2004

This week's Friday Brain-Teaser from xrefer tests your knowledge of Paris, France. Answers here

1. Which Parisian landmark was the highest building in the world until 1930?
2. Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" is in which Paris art gallery?
3. In 1831, who wrote a famous novel about the Hunchback of Notre Dame?
4. The Arc de Triomphe was originally erected to commemorate whose victories?
5. Is the Bois de Boulogne on the east or west side of Paris?
6. Which famous basilica or church dominates Montmartre?
7. In 1928, who wrote the piece of music called "An American in Paris"?
8. In which year was the Bastille stormed by the mob that set the French Revolution in motion?
9. Name the Prefect of the Department of the Seine, born in 1809, who ruthlessly and efficiently rebuilt whole sections of the city of Paris.
10.Which area of Paris, on the right bank of the Seine, gets its name from a French word for a swamp?

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