2006-12-27 03:39:18 · 39 answers · asked by Derr 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
High fashion designers like Coco Chanel,
philosophers like Sartre,
Gourmet cuisine,
Wines,
Cinematography (New wave cinema) Demy, Goddard, Renoir, Truffaut)
Paris, City of Light,
Literature (Victor Hugo, Stendahl)
Museums (Louvre)
poetry (Rimbaud)
Theater (la Comedie Francais, Voltaire)
Mimes( Marcel Marceau)
Feminists (Simone de Beauvoir)
Painters, (Manet, Monet, Cezzane)
among many things...
2006-12-27 03:43:12 · answer #1 · answered by Dulcinea 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You mean other than helping the US gain its independence from the Brits, giving us Lady Liberty, supplying all the pretty French women for guys to ogle at, and enduring all the jokes aimed its way?
The French Military Tradition (Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, Napoleon Bonaparte, Foreign Legion, etc.)
The French Language, Philosophy and Literature
The French Arts
The French Cuisine
Paris with all the trappings
Colonialism in Canada and the US.
Imperialism in Asia, Africa and Central America.
Disagreeing with the US. (Good Heavens! The Audacity!)
2006-12-27 04:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by PSE 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Champagne, EIffel Tower, Victor Hugo, Fine Cuisine, helping US win against the British, selling Louisiana Territory in US to Thomas Jefferson, French Resistance in WWII, Jean Paul Sartre, Anais Nin, Marcel Marceau, Bridget Bardot, Jean Piaget,Berlioz,Coco Chanel, Napolean, Charle Degaulle, Simone de Beauvoir, Joan of Arc, Louis Braille,invented Diesel engine, gyroscope, stethoscope, hot air balloon, and pasteurization. oh yeah, and the bikini!
2006-12-27 03:59:14 · answer #3 · answered by mountain woman 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon
wines
champagne
St. Tropez
cheese
The Louvre
The Eiffel Tower
2006-12-27 05:40:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gabriela Z 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wine, food. (Champagne, croissants, escargot, coq au vin, French bread)
The French Revolution (Liberty, Equality, Fraternity)
Our Statute of Liberty
The marvelous art museum, The Louvre.
Notre Dame de Paris (and its Hunchback)
Toulouse Lautrec, Eiffel, Manet, Degas
Paris fashion.
Philosophers: Rousseau, Sartre
LOVE
2006-12-27 03:40:57 · answer #5 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Paris
The Arc d' Triumph
The Louvre
Fine wine
Fine cheese
Codification of Laws
Helping the Colonies during the American Revolution
Marquis de Lafayette
Bizet
Monet
Manet
Seurat
Cezanne
Gauguin
Charles DeGaulle
Fashion
2006-12-27 08:21:38 · answer #6 · answered by Malika 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
French wine, champaign, food, perfume, Eiffel Tower, Victor Hugo, Audrey Tautou.
2006-12-27 03:42:05 · answer #7 · answered by Joy M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I just want to set one thing straight: the French did NOT invent French fries!
French-fried potatoes -- "frites" -- were invented/created in BELGIUM. People still come south from the Netherlands and north from France into Belgium to get a paper cone of frites with a variety of sauces. (Mayonnaise is more popular than ketchup!)
2006-12-27 08:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by pat z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Waving the white flag (or surrendering) at the slightest sign of trouble. Eating frogs, snails, and bread sticks. Hating the Americans, and most other nations. Burning any livestock that is imported from the U.K. ALIVE! Just because they hate us Brits. The list goes on!
2006-12-27 04:37:12 · answer #9 · answered by mad_kinkster 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The War againts England!!
2006-12-27 03:46:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋