WHAT IS NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THIS COUNTRY? WHICH WAS ITS ORIGINAL NAME? WHY IS IT CALLED LIKE THAT?
The Marseillaise. The name of the song originally was Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin ("War Song for the Army of the Rine"). On 30 July 1792 after a young volunteer from Montpeiller called François Mireur had sung it at a patriotic gathering in Marseille and the troops adopted it as the marching song of the National Guard of Marseille.
The Marseillaise. The name of the song originally was Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin ("War Song for the Army of the Rine"). On 30 July 1792 after a young volunteer from Montpeiller called François Mireur had sung it at a patriotic gathering in Marseille and the troops adopted it as the marching song of the National Guard of Marseille.
HOW MANY PEOPLE FROM THIS COUNTRY HAVE WON A NOBEL PRIZE? WHO?
57 people:
- J. M. G. Le Clézio, Literature, 2008
- Luc Montagnier, Physiology or Medicine, 2008
- Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Physiology or Medicine, 2008
- Albert Fert, Physics, 2007
- Yves Chauvin, Chemistry, 2005
- Gao Xingjian, born in China, Literature, 2000
- Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, born in Algeria, Physics, 1997
- Georges Charpak, Physics, 1992
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Physics, 1991
- Maurice Allais, Economics, 1988
- Jean-Marie Lehn, Chemistry, 1987
- Claude Simon, born on Madagascar, Literature, 1985
- Gerard Debreu, Economics, 1983
- Jean Dausset, Physiology or Medicine, 1980
- Roger Guillemin, Physiology or Medicine, 1977
- Seán MacBride, Peace, 1974
- Louis Néel, Physics, 1970
- René Cassin, Peace, 1968
- Alfred Kastler, Physics, 1966
- François Jacob, Physiology or Medicine, 1965
- Jacques Monod, Physiology or Medicine, 1965
- André Lwoff, Physiology or Medicine, 1965
- Jean-Paul Sartre, Literature, 1964 (declined the prize)
- Saint-John Perse, Literature, 1960
- Albert Camus, born in Algeria, Literature, 1957
- Andre Frederic Cournand, Physiology or Medicine, 1956
- François Mauriac, Literature, 1952
- Léon Jouhaux, Peace, 1951
- André Gide, Literature, 1947
- Roger Martin du Gard, Literature, 1937
- Frédéric Joliot, Chemistry, 1935
- Irène Joliot-Curie, Chemistry, 1935
- Ivan Bunin, born in Russia, Literature, 1933
- Charles Nicolle, Physiology or Medicine, 1928
- Henri Bergson, Literature, 1927
- Ferdinand Buisson, Peace, 1927
- Aristide Briand, Peace, 1926
- Jean-Baptiste Perrin, Physics, 1926
- Anatole France, Literature, 1921
- Léon Bourgeois, Peace, 1920
- Romain Rolland, Literature, 1915
- Charles Richet, Physiology or Medicine, 1913
- Alexis Carrel, Medicine, 1912
- Paul Sabatier, Chemistry, 1912
- Victor Grignard, Chemistry, 1912
- Marie Curie, born in then Russian Empire, now Poland, Chemistry, 1911
- Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant, Peace, 1909
- Gabriel Lippmann, born in Luxembourg, Physics, 1908
- Alphonse Laveran, Physiology or Medicine, 1907
- Louis Renault, Peace, 1907
- Henri Moissan, Chemistry, 1906
- Frédéric Mistral, Literature, 1904
- Antoine Henri Becquerel, Physics, 1903
- Pierre Curie, Physics, 1903
- Marie Curie, born in then Russian Empire, now Poland, Physics, 1903
- Frédéric Passy, Peace, 1901
- Sully Prudhomme, Literature, 1901
WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS COUNTRY ON 14 JULY 1789?
The French Revolution. Which began that day with the storming of the Bastille.
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