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