https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed As the nights draw in some of France's best hearty winter dishes come to the fore, as well as seasonal cakes and special food festivals. https://www.thelocal.fr/20201021/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-classic-french-winter-cooking Wed, 21 Oct 2020 12:16:42 +0200 quiz-how-well-do-you-know-classic-french-winter-cooking There are plenty of things about France that are stranger than fiction, but can you sift the real facts from the ones we just made up? https://www.thelocal.fr/20230523/quiz-can-you-sort-the-france-facts-from-the-france-fiction Tue, 23 May 2023 16:18:56 +0200 quiz-can-you-sort-the-france-facts-from-the-france-fiction From the Big Apple to the Eternal City, towns and cities around the world all attract nicknames - but how many of these French cities can you identify from their nicknames? https://www.thelocal.fr/20230411/quiz-how-many-french-cities-can-you-identify-by-their-nicknames Tue, 11 Apr 2023 16:54:54 +0200 quiz-how-many-french-cities-can-you-identify-by-their-nicknames Did you know that as well as being able to smile nicely and look slinky in a frock, candidates for Miss France also need to take a test on the history and culture of France? 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Take our quiz to test your knowledge of the south west of France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20200606/quiz-test-your-knowledge-of-southwest-france Sat, 06 Jun 2020 14:00:00 +0200 quiz-test-your-knowledge-of-southwest-france It was a fairly quiet year all round for news in France, but one or two things did happen in 2019 - see how many of them you can remember. https://www.thelocal.fr/20191231/quiz-take-the-france-quiz-of-the-year-2019 Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0100 quiz-take-the-france-quiz-of-the-year-2019 Paris is full of streets that have their own unique charm, whether they're stunningly beautiful, played an important role in French history or have a quirky past of their own. But how many of them can you recognise? 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Try our test and see how informed you are before hitting the road. https://www.thelocal.fr/20190412/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-the-rules-of-cycling-in-france Fri, 12 Apr 2019 18:33:50 +0200 quiz-how-well-do-you-know-the-rules-of-cycling-in-france How well have you followed the news in France in 2018? Test your knowledge of the big events that took place over the year in our quiz over. Here's the fifth and final round. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181231/quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-five Mon, 31 Dec 2018 17:49:37 +0100 quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-five How well have you followed the news in France in 2018? Test your knowledge of the big events that took place over the year in our quiz over the next few days. There'll be five rounds of 10 questions. Here's round four. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181228/quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-four Fri, 28 Dec 2018 17:37:19 +0100 quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-four How well have you followed the news in France in 2018? Test your knowledge of the big events that took place over the year in our quiz over the next few days. There'll be five rounds of 10 questions. Here's round three. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181227/quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-three Thu, 27 Dec 2018 18:09:42 +0100 quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-three From citizens' rights to bacon and medicines, test your knowledge of the Brexit saga. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181227/quiz-how-well-do-you-know-your-brexit Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:43:11 +0100 quiz-how-well-do-you-know-your-brexit How well have you followed the news in France in 2018? Test your knowledge of the big events that took place over the year in our quiz over the next few days. There'll be five rounds of 10 questions. Here's round two which is picture based. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181221/quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-two Fri, 21 Dec 2018 14:10:24 +0100 quiz-what-happened-in-france-in-2018-round-two How well have you followed the news in France in 2018? Test your knowledge of the big events that took place over the year in our quiz over the next few days. There'll be six rounds of 10 questions. Here's round one. https://www.thelocal.fr/20181220/end-of-year-quiz-round-1-what-happened-in-france-in-2018 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:18:57 +0100 end-of-year-quiz-round-1-what-happened-in-france-in-2018