Paris, the City of Love, is known for its romantic atmosphere, iconic landmarks, and rich culture. From the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre Museum and the Notre-Dame Cathedral, the city is home to some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, our list of Paris trivia questions is the perfect way to explore the city and learn more about its many wonders.
Our list of trivia questions covers a wide range of topics, including the city's history, landmarks, food, and entertainment. You'll find questions about the origin of Paris' name, the oldest building in the city, famous museums and galleries, traditional French dishes that originated in Paris, and much more. With our trivia questions, you'll be able to explore the city like never before and gain a deeper understanding of what makes Paris such a special place.
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64 Paris Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2024)
- New York Fashion week, held in February and September annually, is one of the "Big 4" global fashion weeks. Name one other city that hosts a "Big 4" Fashion Week.
Answer: Paris
- Sandwiched between London and Paris on the annual Fashion Week schedule is what metropolis in the Po Valley?
Answer: Milan
- Making the best of 1945 Paris, Hélène Gordon-Lazareff co-founded what fashion magazine that sounds a bit like her own first name?
Answer: Elle
- Started in 1944, "Le Parisien" is one of the top-selling daily what in France?
Answer: Newspapers
- What Parisian-born actress and activist launched the U.N. Women campaign HeForShe in 2014 – about three years after starring in her eighth “Harry Potter” film?
Answer: Emma Watson
- The French 75 cocktail was first created at a Parisian bar called the New York Bar in 1915 during what global conflict that ended on November 11, 1918?
Answer: World War I
- Don't blush: The birthplace of the modern form of the can-can dance is what arousing Paris theatre with a name that translates to "red mill"?
Answer: Moulin Rouge
- Located about 12 miles west of Paris, what former royal residence built by Louis XIV of France now draws an estimated 15 million visitors per year, making it one of the most popular tourist sites in the world?
Answer: Versailles
- The title of what classic novel by James Baldwin refers to an Italian bartender whom the narrator meets at a gay bar in Paris?
Answer: Giovanni's Room
- Completed in 1863, what famous Edouard Manet painting known as “Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe” in French was rejected by the Paris Salon due to its “obscene” depiction of nudity?
Answer: The Luncheon on the Grass
- What famous cathedral of Paris, France, opened in 1345, was made even more famous in an 1831 Victor Hugo novel that was adapted many times?
Answer: Notre-Dame De Paris
- What city was the center of the movement called Surrealism, whose artists include such notables as Jean Arp, Max Ernst, Man Ray, Rene Magritte, and Salvador Dali?
Answer: Paris
- You don't have to be Hercule Poirot to figure it out: Paris to Istanbul was the original route for what elegant train line that made its way into the titles of thrillers by Agatha Christie and Graham Greene?
Answer: Orient Express
- Breaking, or breakdancing for us less hip folks, will become the first dancesport discipline contested at a Summer Olympics when the festivities open in what European city?
Answer: Paris
- Which airport in Paris is the biggest and busiest in France? (Hint: It’s named after a French president)
Answer: Charles de Gaulle Airport
- Vincent van Gogh painted his watery Seine series while living in and around what European capital city?
Answer: Paris
- What “M” French landmark is a large hill in Paris’s 18th arrondissement? It is home to the Basilica of the Sacre-Coeur.
Answer: Montmartre
- What cocktail, commonly served with brunch, is of French origin and was first served at the Ritz Hotel in Paris in 1925?
Answer: Mimosa
- What Minnesota city was named after a French city near Paris which itself was named after the 6th-century French monk Clodoald?
Answer: St. Cloud
- Although CDG is the city's busiest airport with over 75 million passengers in 2019, the city's second-largest airport ORY still had over 30 million passengers in 2019. What is the city?
Answer: Paris
- Known for fine art and antiques, the Hotel Drouot is a large auction house featuring multiple independent auction firms in what world capital city?
Answer: Paris
- In 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales died in a car crash that took place in a tunnel in which European capital city?
Answer: Paris
- Which 1970 Disney animated musical about some felines living the high life in Paris and featured the voice acting of Eva Gabor and Phil Harris?
Answer: The Aristocats
- Lettered subway tiles spell out the text of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen at the Concorde stop of what city's metro line?
Answer: Paris
- What European capital city is served by the airport that uses the IATA code CDG? The airport is named for the man who served as its country's president from 1959 to 1969.
Answer: Paris
- What film franchise had a 2018 release subtitled "Fallout" that was largely set in Paris? Both the filming and the movie's premiere occurred in the French capital.
Answer: Mission Impossible
- The United Nations General Assembly adopted a historic document (Resolution 217) in Paris at its third session in 1948. The document is regularly abbreviated as UDHR, which stands for what?
Answer: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- What three-word phrase appears on the Paris city flag? In English, the phrase means "tossed but never sunk."
Answer: Fluctuat nec mergitur
- What sport is Costa Rican-born Keylor Navas famous for, which he plays professionally for the Paris Saint-Germain club?
Answer: Soccer
- Which life-size sculpture of a half-naked woman is believed to be created by Alexandros of Antioch? When the piece was moved to Paris from Greece in 1820, it lost part of its arms. We're looking for a THREE-word answer here.
Answer: Venus de Milo
- A 2015 climate change agreement is named for what European capital city, which also gives its name to the treaties that ended the Spanish-American War and the American Revolutionary War?
Answer: Paris
- Which 9th-century French king was known as “the Stammerer?” (Hint: He was the son of Charles the Bald, older brother of Charles the Child, and husband of Ansgarde of Burgundy, then Adelaide of Paris)
Answer: Louis II
- Being one of the iconic landmarks in Paris and also being a well known tourist driving experience, how many roads are connected to the roundabout circling the Arc de Triomphe?
Answer: 12
- After being inspired by the Bon Marche in Paris, which American businessman brought the idea of the department store to US shores in 1875
Answer: John Wanamaker
- Which Parisian store, founded in 1852 and the world's oldest continually operating department store, created the first department store catalog?
Answer: Le Bon Marche
- On October 3, 1881, a Paris café became the site of the first conversation in the "modern" form of what language, which had been revived after nearly sixteen centuries?
Answer: Hebrew
- What is the appropriate last name for the brothers who invented a movie camera and projector and who presented the first commercial movie showing in Paris in 1895?
Answer: Lumiere
- Founded in in Paris in 1926 and incorporated in Netherlands, Schlumberger’s headquarters today are in what U.S. state?
Answer: Texas
- The University of Paris is often colloquially known by what eight-letter name, a reference to one of the buildings on its campus in the city's Latin Quarter?
Answer: Sorbonne
- Along with rum, lime juice, and sugar, what liqueur makes up a Parisian Daiquiri? The liqueur is made from elderberry flowers.
Answer: St. Germain
- Creating a record for furthest distance away from the opening ceremony, the surfing events in the Paris 2024 Olympics will be held on which French Polynesian Island?
Answer: Tahiti
- From its opening in April 1992 until May 1994, the Disney theme park now called Disneyland Paris was known by what continental name?
Answer: Euro Disney
- What Texas city contains a replica of the Eiffel Tower, less than one tenth the scale of the original?
Answer: Paris
- With roughly 12 million visitors a year visit, it is said to be the most visited site in all of Europe. The Parisian commune of Chessy is home to the European version of what major American attraction?
Answer: Disneyland (Disneyland Paris)
- The competition that shocked the wine world in 1976, when California wines beat out their French counterparts, is often called the Judgment of (What City)?
Answer: Paris
- Chinese architect I. M. Pei designed the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, but his most recognizable work might be a glass structure of what shape at the Louvre in Paris?
Answer: Pyramid
- Which champagne cocktail named after the kick from a gun is traditionally made with gin, lemon juice, and sugar? (Hint: If you’re in Paris, you could be extra fancy and order a Soixante Quinze)
Answer: French 75
- What “P” building is a complex near the Les Halles in Paris France? It is named after a French president of the 1970s.
Answer: Pompidou Centre
- What museum in Paris, the home many impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, was once a railway station on the Left Bank of the Seine River?
Answer: Musee d’Orsay
- What small town in Avoyelles Parish is the Louisiana 4H Museum and Hall of Fame (which, in turn, is home to the “Parade of Possibilities” exhibit)?
Answer: Mansura
- The district known as “Paris Centre” is made up of how many arrondissements in central Paris?
Answer: Four
- Discovered in 1820 and dating back to the 2nd century BCE, what is the three-word name of the famous armless statue at the Louvre thought to depict the goddess of love?
Answer: Venus de Milo
- In the last season of Friends, what company does Rachel get a job with that leads her to want to move to Paris?
Answer: Louis Vuitton
- The Tropicana donated a number of costumes from what show, which had been imported from Paris and which ran for nearly 50 years, to the Nevada State Museum in Las Vegas in 2021?
Answer: Folies Bergere
- What West Las Vegas Casino, itself named for a famous Parisian nightclub, became the first casino to racially integrate in 1955?
Answer: Moulin Rouge
- Which is the only station of the London Underground to share its name with a station of the Paris Métro? This station is on the Circle line and the District line in Zone 1.
Answer: Temple
- Other than Paris, what is the only other city that a Celonis office is located that begins with the letter P?
Answer: Pristina
- The only Olympics in which Cricket was a sport was the 1900 event hosted in what European capital?
Answer: Paris
- A woman stands behind a well-stocked bar at Paris's Folies-Bergère nightclub in an 1882 painting by what French Impressionist?
Answer: Edouard Manet
- There's a famous French folktale written by Charles Perrault and first published in Paris in 1697 describing a serial killer in the habit of murdering his wives. This man was known by his hair color and his name has distinct similarities with a few well-known pirates. Who is this French folktale character?
Answer: Bluebeard
- Which Oscar winning movie for Best Picture was set around the 1924 Summer Olympics that were held in Paris?
Answer: Chariots of Fire
- Known for its glass roof, what architectural masterpiece in central Paris will host the fencing and taekwondo events at the 2024 Olympics?
Answer: Grand Palais
- What Alpine village was the site of the first Winter Olympic Games in 1924? They were held in connection with the Paris Olympic Games three months later.
Answer: Chamonix
- What cubist's work, featuring outlines of birds, was the first piece by a living artist to adorn the Louvre? It covered the ceiling of what was once King Henri II's antechamber and caused an uproar in Paris.
Answer: Georges Braque
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