July 14, 2026
Bastille Day
Bastille Day: French history, the French Revolution, and all things France.
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Calarugus Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In today's theme
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is Bastille Day, French history, the French Revolution in all
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Things France. Question one. On July fourteenth, seventeen eighty nine,
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when revolutionaries captured the medieval fortress prison of the Bastille,
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how many prisoners were inside at the moment of its fall?
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Question two, France's Grand Bastille d military parade traditionally advances
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down which Parisian avenue passing from the Arc de trionf
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toward the Place de la Concord before the President and dignitaries.
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Question three. Just weeks before the fall of the Bastille,
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delegates of the Third Estate swore a defiant pledge in
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an unexpected venue at Versailles. What was this space called?
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Question four? In which city did Claude Joseph Rouget Delille
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compose La marseiees in seventeen ninety two, the rousing anthem
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that would become France's national song. Question five. During the
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French Revolution, reformers introduced the metric system, which two astronomers
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led the Meridian Survey used to fix the length of
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the meter. We'll be right back with these answers after
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this break welcome back. Question one, how many prisoners were
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in the Bastille when it fell? Answer seven. Only seven
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prisoners were held there, but the fortress symbolized royal absolutism.
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Its capture electrified France and signaled that sovereignty was shifting
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from the crown to the people. Question two which avenue
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hosts the fourteenth of July military parade? Answer the Champs.
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Since nineteen nineteen, the parade has been closely associated with
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the Avenue des Champs Lyze, showcasing France's armed forces in
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Europe's largest regular military parade. Question three, Where was the
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tennis court oath? Sworn? Answer the tennis Court Salle du
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Jeu du Pomme at Versailles on June twentieth, seventeen eighty nine.
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Deputies vowed not to disperse until France had a constitution.
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The tennis Court oath marked the birth of the National
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Assembly and a turning point toward revolution. Question four. In
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what city was La Marseilles composed? Answer Strasbourg. He wrote
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it as a war song for the Army of the
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Rhine during the wars of the French Revolution. Volunteers from
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Marseilles carried it to Paris, giving the anthem its enduring name.
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Question five, which two scientists survey helped define the meter
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answer Jean Baptiste de Lambre and Pierre Michin. They measured
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the Paris meridian between Dunkirk and Barcelona, so the meter
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could be defined as one ten millionth of the distance
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from the equator to the North Pole along that meridian.
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That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison,
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and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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See you tomorrow.
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