Sancerre - Quiz
  • 1. Which river does Sancerre overlook?
A) Loire
B) Rhône
C) Garonne
D) Seine
  • 2. Which cheese was invented in Sancerre?
A) Brie
B) Roquefort
C) Camembert
D) Crottin de Chavignol
  • 3. Which tribe originally settled the area of Sancerre?
A) Franks
B) Normans
C) Bituriges
D) Visigoths
  • 4. To whom was the early hillside Roman temple in Sancerre possibly dedicated?
A) Julius Caesar
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Augustus
  • 5. In what year was the Augustinian abbey founded in Saint Satur?
A) 1621
B) 1572
C) 1152
D) 1034
  • 6. How high is the natural fortress of Sancerre?
A) 410 meters
B) 500 meters
C) 250 meters
D) 312 meters
  • 7. What were the names of the two towers on the feudal chateau in Sancerre?
A) Tour de France and Tour de Loire
B) North Tower and South Tower
C) Tower of the Kings and Tower of the Queen
D) Tour des Fiefs and Tower of Saint George
  • 8. Who granted the Customs of Lorris charter to the merchants of Sancerre?
A) Stephen I
B) Louis IX
C) Philip IV
D) Henry II
  • 9. What were the rebels led by the count of Sancerre in 1184 called?
A) Brabançons
B) Huguenots
C) Royalists
D) Capetians
  • 10. Who defeated the Brabançons?
A) German troops
B) English forces
C) Confrères de la Paix
D) Roman legions
  • 11. In what year did Stephen I abolish serfdom?
A) 1152
B) 1190
C) 1184
D) 1200
  • 12. Which figure destroyed the Augustinian Abbey in Saint Satur?
A) Louis-Edmond de Phelippeaux
B) Napoleon Bonaparte
C) Henry II of Bourbon
D) Edward, the Black Prince
  • 13. Who was the comrade-in-arms of Joan of Arc based in Sancerre?
A) Jean de Léry
B) Louis-Edmond de Phelippeaux
C) Jean V de Bueil
D) Stephen I
  • 14. How long did the siege of Sancerre in 1572–1573 last?
A) One year
B) Nearly eight months
C) Two weeks
D) Three months
  • 15. Who documented the siege of Sancerre?
A) Stephen I
B) Jean V de Bueil
C) Jean de Léry
D) Louis-Edmond de Phelippeaux
  • 16. What weapon was notably used during the siege of Sancerre?
A) Cannons
B) Muskets
C) Catapults
D) Slings
  • 17. In what year was the feudal chateau destroyed by royal order?
A) 1685
B) 1621
C) 1572
D) 1834
  • 18. Who bought the county of Sancerre in 1637?
A) Henry II of Bourbon
B) Louis-Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle
C) Stephen I
D) Jean V de Bueil
  • 19. What major event caused a mass exodus of Protestant merchants in 1685?
A) The Hundred Years' War
B) The Siege of Sancerre
C) The French Revolution
D) Revocation of the Edict of Nantes
  • 20. Who led the royalist rebellion in Sancerre during the French Revolution?
A) Louis-Edmond de Phelippeaux
B) Henry II of Bourbon
C) Jean-Pierre de Montalivet
D) Jean V de Bueil
  • 21. In what year were the administrative services of Sancerre transferred to Bourges?
A) 1885
B) 1926
C) 1944
D) 1919
  • 22. Who purchased a mansion and vineyards in Sancerre in 1919?
A) Louis-Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle
B) Mlle de Crussol d'Uzès
C) Jean-Pierre de Montalivet
D) Paul de Lavenne de Choulot
  • 23. What was the purpose of Operation Spencer in 1944?
A) To rebuild the suspension bridge
B) To liberate Bourges
C) To establish a hospital
D) To prevent German crossing of the Loire
  • 24. Who was the "Franciscan of Bourges" that saved lives during World War II?
A) Jean V de Bueil
B) Louis-Edmond de Phelippeaux
C) Alfred Stanke
D) Stephen I
  • 25. Which village was burned by German troops in 1944?
A) Saint Satur
B) Gordona
C) Lorris
D) Thauvenay
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