Greatest French person of all time...

[Sybarite]

TV programme on at present :

Who do you think would be in the top three?

John

 

[ccscott49]

Never heard of a great french person and don't want to!!

 

[jimi]

Freddy the Frog ... or maybe Robert the Bruce

 

[Guest]

While playing trivial pursuit in France, I found that if I didn't know the answer to the question, the best thing was to say "Charles de Gaulle". It was the right answer a surprising number of times, even to questions that seemed improbable. But the last time I tried it, I failed. The correct answer was - his wife...

Can't win all of them.

 

[Koeketiene]

1. Napoleon
2. Gen De Gaulle
3. Louis Pasteur

 

[jac]

Surely a contradiction in terms, French - person!!! /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[snowleopard]

oops - napoleon wasn't french.

 

[alec]

Napoleon ?

He was responsible for the needless death of probably millions of people.

Please explain.................

 

[Sybarite]

It was his ancestor 8 generations removed Robert de Bruis.

 

[Sybarite]

Close :

Charles de Gaulle
Louis Pasteur
Abbé Pierre
Marie Curie

 

[BlueSkyNick]

What happened to Brigitte Bardot?

 

[Gunfleet]

er...

no. Just can't think of one.

 

[Sgeir]

Djangology

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Oh dear. Wrong comp. He was a great Belgian.

 

[jimi]

Re: Greatest French person of all time... must be surely

M. Beneteau

 

[catmandoo]

Charlemagne

 

[TheBoatman]

Definately a contradiction in terms!!!!

Trying to find a name would be like trying to work out (to the last decimal place) Pi.

The same could be said of trying to name the best French restaurant, having eaten in most of the lay-by "cafs" on the A1 all of which are head and shoulders above anything you can find in France, I rest my case? /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[hylass]

Re: very disapointed...

As nobody did write my name on the list.. ;0).. :0) /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[FullCircle]

Bloke who invented Armagnac...can't think of his name. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Whoever invented Profiteroles....... /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
The Farmer's Wife who came up with Camembert as a saleable commodity /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

Hic burp!! /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif


Jim

 

[Koeketiene]

[ QUOTE ]
oops - napoleon wasn't french.

[/ QUOTE ]

???

Born on Corsica - part of France last time I looked.

 

[Koeketiene]

Was not only general & all round megalomaniac; also wrote the Code Napoleon. The legal framework in over half a dozen European countries is still based upon it.