Paris quiz

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1. 1 Medium

   Standing 210 meters tall, which skyscraper is the tallest in Paris proper?

   Answer: Tour Montparnasse

   Why: Outcry over the tower's monolithic design led city planners to impose a strict 37-meter height ceiling across Paris in 1977.

2. 2 Easy

   Which poet was Rodin's sculpture The Thinker first meant to represent?

   Answer: Dante Alighieri

   Why: The statue was originally conceived as The Poet, depicting Dante gazing down at the suffering figures in his own Inferno.

3. 3 Medium

   Who painted the auditorium ceiling inside the Palais Garnier opera house?

   Answer: Marc Chagall

   Why: Commissioned by culture minister André Malraux, the vibrant modern canvas pays tribute to fourteen opera and ballet composers.

4. 4 Easy

   Which queen was guillotined in Paris during the French Revolution?

   Answer: Marie Antoinette

   Why: Her execution took place at what is now the Place de la Concorde, nine months after King Louis XVI.

5. 5 Easy

   Why were thousands of "love locks" permanently removed from Paris bridges?

   Answer: Their weight threatened the structures

   Why: A railing panel on the Pont des Arts gave way in June 2014; a year later Paris cut off about a million locks weighing 45 tonnes.

6. 6 Easy

   Why did Napoleon order the construction of the Arc de Triomphe?

   Answer: To celebrate his military victories

   Why: Napoleon commissioned the arch in 1806 after his victory at Austerlitz, intending his returning soldiers to march through it.