The Paris Quiz

Twenty questions on Paris, from its history and landmarks to its people and culture. How well do you know it?

20 questions · about 8 min · 20s each

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About this quiz

Towers, museums, boulevards and what lies beneath.

Questions
20, with 20 seconds for each. Faster answers score more.
Difficulty
Easy to start, harder towards the end
Covers
  • Landmarks
  • Museums
  • Geography
  • Culture
  • Streets
  • Sport
  • History
  • Underground
  • Transport
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Warm-up questions

Not part of the quiz, so peek at the answers all you like.

  1. 1Neighbourhoods

    Which Left Bank district of Paris is famous for the cafes where Sartre and de Beauvoir wrote?

    1. AMontmartre
    2. BSaint-Germain-des-Pres
    3. CLe Marais
    4. DBelleville
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    BSaint-Germain-des-Pres

    Its Cafe de Flore and Les Deux Magots are among the city's best-known literary cafes.

  2. 2Culture

    Which Paris opera house is the setting of 'The Phantom of the Opera'?

    1. AThe Palais Garnier
    2. BThe Opera Bastille
    3. CThe Theatre du Chatelet
    4. DThe Olympia
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    AThe Palais Garnier

    Gaston Leroux set his 1910 novel there.

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