Bastille Day

0:03 Calarugus Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme is Bastille Day, French history, the French Revolution in all Things France. Question one. On July fourteenth, seventeen eighty nine, when revolutionaries captured the medieval fortress prison of the Bastille, how many prisoners were inside at the moment of its fall? Question two, France's Grand Bastille d military parade traditionally advances down which Parisian avenue passing from the Arc de trionf toward the Place de la Concord before the President and dignitaries.

0:45 Question three. Just weeks before the fall of the Bastille, delegates of the Third Estate swore a defiant pledge in an unexpected venue at Versailles. What was this space called? Question four? In which city did Claude Joseph Rouget Delille compose La marseiees in seventeen ninety two, the rousing anthem that would become France's national song. Question five. During the French Revolution, reformers introduced the metric system, which two astronomers led the Meridian Survey used to fix the length of the meter. We'll be right back with these answers after this break welcome back. Question one, how many prisoners were in the Bastille when it fell? Answer seven. Only seven prisoners were held there, but the fortress symbolized royal absolutism.

1:47 Its capture electrified France and signaled that sovereignty was shifting from the crown to the people. Question two which avenue hosts the fourteenth of July military parade? Answer the Champs. Since nineteen nineteen, the parade has been closely associated with the Avenue des Champs Lyze, showcasing France's armed forces in Europe's largest regular military parade. Question three, Where was the tennis court oath? Sworn? Answer the tennis Court Salle du Jeu du Pomme at Versailles on June twentieth, seventeen eighty nine. Deputies vowed not to disperse until France had a constitution. The tennis Court oath marked the birth of the National Assembly and a turning point toward revolution. Question four. In what city was La Marseilles composed? Answer Strasbourg. He wrote it as a war song for the Army of the Rhine during the wars of the French Revolution. Volunteers from Marseilles carried it to Paris, giving the anthem its enduring name.

2:46 Question five, which two scientists survey helped define the meter answer Jean Baptiste de Lambre and Pierre Michin. They measured the Paris meridian between Dunkirk and Barcelona, so the meter could be defined as one ten millionth of the distance from the equator to the North Pole along that meridian. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.