Directorate-General for External Security quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which political leader acts as supreme commander with final authority over DGSE missions?

   Answer: President of France

   Why: The president chairs the National Intelligence Council that sets the services' priorities, and personally appoints the DGSE director general.

2. 2 Medium

   Which kidnapped politician did French spies seek in the Amazon in 2003?

   Answer: Íngrid Betancourt

   Why: Held by Brazil's federal police at Manaus, the team claimed diplomatic immunity and gave only the DGSE's Paris address.

3. 3 Easy

   What slang word refers to a hidden microphone used to spy?

   Answer: Bug

4. 4 Easy

   What criminal charge were the two captured DGSE agents convicted of in New Zealand?

   Answer: Manslaughter

   Why: The sentence was ten years in a New Zealand prison, but a UN deal moved the pair to Hao Atoll, and both were back in France by May 1988.

5. 5 Easy

   What profession was Fernando Pereira, the sole fatality of the 1985 DGSE bombing?

   Answer: Photographer

   Why: Many assume Pereira was a ship officer, but he was actually a Dutch-Portuguese freelance photographer documenting the campaign.

6. 6 Medium

   What aquatic nickname is commonly given to the Paris headquarters of the DGSE?

   Answer: The Swimming Pool

   Why: The nickname 'La Piscine' arose simply because the building sits right next to a public municipal pool.