French Revolution
1789 saw the Estates-General, the Tennis Court Oath, and the storming of the Bastille. This topic is part of Revolutions within History. This page currently draws on 7 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
French Revolution trivia questions
The French Revolution began in what year?
Answer: 1789
Bonus fact: 1789 saw the Estates-General, the Tennis Court Oath, and the storming of the Bastille.
What Paris fortress-prison was stormed on July 14, 1789?
Answer: Bastille
Bonus fact: The storming of the Bastille became a symbol of the revolution.
Which document proclaimed universal rights during the French Revolution?
Answer: Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Bonus fact: The declaration was adopted in August 1789.
Which prison was stormed in Paris at the start of the French Revolution?
Answer: The Bastille
Bonus fact: The Bastille was stormed on July 14, 1789.
Which Dickens novel begins with the line 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?
Answer: A Tale of Two Cities
Bonus fact: The novel is set around the French Revolution.
"Barry Lyndon" is set mainly in which century?
Answer: 18th century
Bonus fact: Its story unfolds across the world of European aristocracy and war before the French Revolution.
"Scaramouche" is set during which major historical upheaval?
Answer: The French Revolution
Bonus fact: The story follows André-Louis Moreau as political events transform his life and loyalties.