Mentioned in the title of a 1953 play originally written in French, for which other character do the down-at-heel Vladimir and Estragon wait in vain?
Which day in the Christian calendar is known in France as ‘mercredi des Cendres’?
What was the surname of the brothers Auguste and Louis who invented a working ‘cinematograph’ in the 1890s, only to abandon moving pictures by 1905 because they saw no future in them?
Which rugby union forward who played 62 times for France between 2000-11, spent five years at Sale Sharks, where he won the affectionate nickname ‘Sea Bass’?
In the kitchen of a large restaurant or hotel, a ‘potager’ would be responsible for the preparation of what?
In the kitchen of a large restaurant or hotel, a ‘potager’ would be responsible for the preparation of what?
Which very short children’s song contains the repeated phrase, “Sonnez les matines!” (“Morning bells are ringing”)?
Théodore Géricault’s most famous painting shows a raft strewn with the desperate survivors of which ship, wrecked off the coast of west Africa in July 1816?
In stories and novels by Georges Simenon, what is the first name of Paris police commissioner Maigret?
Acquired in 2015 by the American corporation XPO, with what line of business is the Lyon-based company Norbert Dentressangle most closely associated?
Published: 13 September 2017