July 14, 2025

Bastille Day - Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

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Celebrate Bastille Day with five questions about the French Revolution and the dramatic events that changed history. From the storming of the Bastille to the Reign of Terror, explore the revolutionary spirit that shaped modern France and democratic ideals worldwide. Get all our episodes commercial-free at caloroga.com/plus.

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Caalarogus Shark Media. Greetings, Trivia fans. I'm Mark Allison, and

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today we're celebrating Bastile Day with questions about the French

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Revolution and French history. Question one, in what year did

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the storming of the Bastile Fortress take place, marking the

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beginning of the French Revolution? Question two? Which French queen

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originally from Austria was famously associated with the phrase let

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them Eat cake? Question three? What was the name of

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the period during the French Revolution when thousands were executed

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by guillotine? Question four? Who was the military leader who

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rose to power after the French Revolution and later crowned

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himself of France? Question five? What is the name of

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the French national anthem that was written during the revolutionary period.

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We'll be right back with these revolutionary answers after this break.

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Welcome back, trivia fans. Let's reveal today's answers. Question one,

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When did the storming of the Bastille occur? Answer? July fourteenth,

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seventeen eighty nine. Parisian revolutionaries stormed this medieval fortress in prison,

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seeking gunpowder and weapons. Though only seven prisoners were freed,

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the event became a powerful symbol of the people's uprising

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against royal authority, and is still celebrated as France's national Day.

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Question two, which Austrian born queen was associated with, let

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them eat cake? Answer Marie Antoinette. Though historians she actually

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said this phrase, it symbolized the perceived indifference of the

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aristocracy to the people's suffering. She was executed by guillotine

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in seventeen ninety three, nine months after her husband, King

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Louis the sixteenth. Question three, What was the period of

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mass executions called? Answer? The Reign of Terror? From seventeen

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ninety three to seventeen ninety four, approximately seventeen thousand people

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were executed by guillotine, including many revolutionary leaders themselves. The

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period ended with the execution of Maximilian Robespierre, who had

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orchestrated much of the violence. Question four. Who crowned himself

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emperor after the Revolution? Answer? Napoleon Bonaparte. Rising through military

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ranks during the Revolution, Napoleon seized power in a coup

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in seventeen ninety nine and crowned himself emperor in eighteen

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oh four. He conquered much of Europe before his final

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defeat at Waterloo in eighteen fifteen. What is France's national

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anthem answer La Marseilles. Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de

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Lil in seventeen ninety two. It was originally called war

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song for the Army of the Rhine. The Stirring Battle

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hymn became the rallying cry of the revolution and was

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officially adopted as the national anthem in seventeen ninety five.

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That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Allison

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in Today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.

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