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What do you (really) know about Paris?

by Elisa Palmer
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What do you (really) know about Paris?
Dominique Lesbros
Editions Parigramme
May 2010
Price: €7.90

Paris, Sunday 20 July 2010 (no, that’s my birthday)

Paris, Sunday, June 20, 2010


(in the evening: beautiful clearings; night: cloudy)

You live in Paris.

<AND>You want to shine in society.

<SO>This book is for you.

Crédits photos : Elisa Palmer

1/Paris is the capital of France, but what exactly is a capital?

a) the place of residence of the sovereign or head of state

b) the city with the highest human density

c) the seat of administration, justice and government

2/Which trees line the avenue des Champs-Elysées?

a) chestnut trees

b) plane trees

c) paulownias

3/Who was Jean-Paul Sartre for the owner of Le Flore?

a) his best friend and his son’s godfather

b) his worst client

c) a faithful and anonymous regular, in short, a customer like any other

4/Other than the five metro stations that are also national train stations, which station is the busiest?

a) Bastille

b) La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle

c) Republic

5/Among these three writers, which one did not live around the gardens of the Palais-Royal?

a) Colette

b) Jean Cocteau

c) Victor Hugo

PS: I offer the book to the first person who sends me the right answers: [email protected]

The Eiffel Tower

Plein Soleil à La Motte-P-G

Le paulownia tomenteux

Jean Cocteau par Modigliani, 1919

Jean-Paul au café

Elisa Palmer

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